FTGX - FiberNet Selected for Portfolio of Networking Services PR Newswire - September 28, 2004 07:55 Colocation, Wide Area Network and Direct Internet Access Solutions to Be Provided for Law Firm Offices in the New York Metro Market
NEW YORK, Sep 28, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTGX), a leading provider of managed network services, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff, P.C., one of the largest disability law firms in the state of New York, to provide colocation at 165 Halsey Street, wide area network solutions and direct Internet access services. The agreement includes providing connectivity for the firm's corporate offices within the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as those in Nassau County, New York.
165 Halsey Street, located in Newark, NJ, is one of the most prominent carrier hotels in the New York metropolitan area, allowing for ready access to multiple voice, data, and Internet providers. FiberNet's facility within 165 Halsey Street provides secure, reliable colocation solutions for many business-critical operations, including domestic and international private lines, dedicated Internet access and managed services. Colocation space is available in flexible options from single cabinets to private suites with thousands of square feet.
"Having real-time connectivity to our lawyers and back-office support whether in the office or in court, is crucial for us," said Robert Fishman, Managing Partner of Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff P.C. "As such, a secure and reliable colocation solution with 24/7 support was a deciding factor for us. FiberNet could provide us with all that and more," he continued. "With 165 Halsey Street, FiberNet's wide area network and colocation solutions, ensured a reliable back-up for our network needs."
Colocating with FiberNet at 165 Halsey Street allows enterprise clients to leverage FiberNet's extensive network reach into the New York metro market while maintaining a geographically diverse presence in nearby Newark, New Jersey. FiberNet routes its traffic from 165 Halsey Street through redundant diverse fiber paths into Manhattan for increased security and the assurance of continuous service for its customers.
Tom Brown, FiberNet's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, said, "Being selected by such a prestigious enterprise client as Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff, P.C., is testament that our entire portfolio of managed network services continues to support our enterprise customers' networking needs. Be it colocation, metro Ethernet transport or direct Internet access, FiberNet can serve any telecommunications request within days."
About Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff P.C.
Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff, P.C. is a full service law firm that has been representing the injured person and worker for over 70 years. The firm counsels members of many of New York's largest unions in the construction and building trades, state and municipal employment, health care, general service, police, corrections and sheriffs organizations. The firm concentrates in serious personal injury cases, including trials, workers compensation claims, occupational disease claims, social security disability claims and municipal and state disability retirement. Brecher, Fishman et al. has ten offices servicing clients throughout the greater New York Area. The firm recently completed a new computer system designed to allow its attorney's to work on-line twenty-four hours a day on a completely remote basis in real time with full research support in a paperless environment.
Brecher, Fishman et al. is located at 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038. For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.brecherfishman.net.
About FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc.:
FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. deploys, owns and operates fiber-optic networks designed to provide comprehensive broadband connectivity to other telecommunications service providers and enterprise customers for data, voice and video transmissions.
FiberNet's networks provide an advanced, high bandwidth, fiber-optic solution to support the demand for network capacity and to facilitate the interconnection of multiple carriers' and customers' networks. FiberNet's primary business is to provide optical and electrical broadband circuits within and between carrier hotels, which are industrial buildings where service providers house their communications equipment to exchange and route communications traffic.
FiberNet's networks support multiple domestic and international transmission protocols including synchronous optical network, or SONET, synchronous digital hierarchy, or SDH, Ethernet, and Internet Protocol, or IP, and can deliver broadband connections with bandwidth ranging from 1.5 megabits per second to 10.0 gigabits per second, as well as optical wavelengths.
FiberNet currently operates primarily in the two gateway markets of New York and Los Angeles, focusing its services in the local loop of major metropolitan areas. FiberNet also provides project management services for connectivity outside of its core metro markets through its Network Solutions Initiative.
For more information on FiberNet, please visit the Company's website at http://www.ftgx.com.
Various remarks that we may make about FiberNet's future expectations, plans and prospects constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such remarks are valid only as of today, and we disclaim any obligation to update this information. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in FiberNet's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc.
Norma I. Salcido, Director, Marketing and Communications, +1-212-405-6210, norma.salcido@ftgx.com, for Fibernet Telecom Group, Inc.
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