PrimeLink Selects Alloptic

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Alloptic, Inc., a global leader in the design and development of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (GEPONs), the most widely deployed next generation access network solution, announced that PrimeLink of Plattsburgh, New York, has selected Alloptic's GEPON solution to upgrade their access network.

"PrimeLink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Champlain telephone Company, shares more than 100 years of experience providing service to upstate New York. PrimeLink is committed to meeting customers' growing needs and providing unparalleled service. The growing customer demand for higher bandwidth services, meant we needed to find a new solution to cost effectively replace our existing GPON equipment," said Steve Pinto, Director Of Network Operations. "As we reviewed our options, only Alloptic had a proven, available, standards based product operating at gigabit speeds. With the Alloptic GEPON solution, we are now able to provide the feature rich, higher bandwidth services our customers are now demanding with the reliability and performance our customers expect."

Alloptic is an industry leader in the development and deployment of IEEE Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) technology. Alloptic's access network solution has been deployed around the world and offers the only GEPON solution with five years of field hardened, operational history. The Alloptic solution leverages a standard ITU PON architecture while delivering a gigabit of bandwidth. With a native ability to support traditional TDM voice over an Ethernet-based platform, Alloptic is able to provide today's worry free telephone services while seamlessly migrating users to next generation services like VoIP and IP HDTV.

"Alloptic is pleased to add PrimeLink to our growing list of CLEC customers," said Art Schultz, VP of Worldwide Sales for Alloptic. "With Alloptic's solution, PrimeLink can quickly and easily upgrade their existing customer base to a rich set of new services, while the scalability and flexibility of our solution ensures PrimeLink complete peace of mind for the future. Using Alloptic's Ethernet based and IEEE compliant, solution allows PrimeLink to leverage the economics and operational efficiency of Ethernet, while providing their end customers the rich functionality and ease of use they expect."

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