AFS Joins Level 3 Program

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- American Fiber Systems (AFS), a leading independent provider of "dark" fiber-optic communication networks for carriers and service providers in U.S. cities with populations of 300,000 to three million, today announced that it has joined the Level 3 Communications' Solution Provider Program. According to the agreement, Level 3 customers will now have immediate access to AFS dark fiber solutions in Kansas City, St. Louis, Cleveland, Nashville, Salt Lake City and Hartford, and future access to over 100 more U.S. cities that AFS plans to build over the next eight years. Additionally, AFS and Level 3 will refer customers to each other. "It is our goal to offer a complete, carrier-neutral solution to our customers and to continue to provide connectivity solutions that enhance the value proposition of our dark fiber," said Bob DeRosa, AFS vice president of marketing. "The Level 3 arrangement adds service enhancements to AFS 'dark' solutions that we can now make available to our customers."American Fiber Systems Inc. Level 3 Communications Inc.