NorthPoint Network Now Covers All ILEC Territories With Launch of Service in
Denver, Phoenix, Portland and Seattle
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthPoint Communications (Nasdaq: NPNT) today established the only national digital subscriber line (DSL) network with the launch of its award-winning high-speed Internet access service in Denver, Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle. With the launch of service in these major U.S. markets, NorthPoint is the only DSL provider to offer service in all six incumbent local exchange carrier territories. NorthPoint's presence now spans more than 700 cities and towns across 24 metropolitan regions nationwide.
"NorthPoint is the only DSL provider to deliver truly nationwide coverage and this offers our network service provider partners a distinct competitive advantage," said Liz Fetter, NorthPoint's president and chief operating officer. "The demand for DSL-based broadband local access is booming across the U.S. and NorthPoint offers its partners the most expansive network to capitalize on this opportunity."
NorthPoint DSL is available from nearly 150 national and regional network service provider partners nationwide, including Internet service providers, competitive local exchange carriers, long distance carriers, value-added resellers and others. National service providers Flashcom, Frontier, Phoenix Network and PSN.net will offer NorthPoint DSL in each of the four new regions. NorthPoint's high-speed Internet access is available immediately in Denver and Portland. NorthPoint will launch service in Phoenix and Seattle in two weeks. Partners in each region include:
Denver -- Flashcom (www.flashcom.com), Frontier (www.frontiercorp.com), ICG Communications (www.icgcom.com), Phoenix Network, PSN.net (www.psn.net) and Verio (www.verio.com).
Phoenix -- @Work (www.work.com), Flashcom, Frontier, IXC Communications (www.ixc-comm.com), Phoenix Network and PSN.net (www.psn.net).
Portland -- @Work, Flashcom, Frontier, MegaPath (www.megapath.net), Phoenix Network, PSN.net and Verio.
Seattle -- Flashcom, Frontier, Phoenix Network, PSN.net and Verio.
NorthPoint DSL is designed to meet the needs of small and midsize business customers as well as home based businesses and telecommuters. According to industry analysts, business adoption of DSL is expected to grow at annual rate of 155 percent with small businesses leading this growth. More than one million small businesses are investing in Internet connectivity every year.
NorthPoint DSL uses standard telephone lines to provide access to the Internet at speeds up to 1.5 Mbps. Once limited to dial-up modem access and speeds of 56 Kbps at best, DSL offers small and midsize businesses "always on" Internet access at speeds that will support advanced applications once reserved only for large businesses that can afford expensive "T1" connections.
NorthPoint pioneered the use of "symmetric" DSL (SDSL) as the DSL technology of choice among business customers. NorthPoint DSL provides two- way symmetric bandwidth to support the full spectrum of today's "push" and "pull" enterprise applications. SDSL service provides fractional T-1 speeds at a fraction of the cost, delivers superior network performance, and is easier to configure than ISDN. In addition, businesses can easily migrate to higher speeds as their Internet applications grow and their bandwidth needs increase. NorthPoint's DSL service ideally matches business usage patterns and supports a range of business applications including intranets, extranets, virtual private networks (VPNs), email, electronic commerce, Web hosting, and more.
About NorthPoint
NorthPoint Communications, based in San Francisco, is a national, facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier dedicated to providing affordable, dedicated high-speed Internet access over existing phone lines using digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. The company operates DSL- based local networks in 24 major markets, representing 37 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), and will expand its service to 28 markets, or 61 MSAs, by the end of 1999. Upon completion of its planned expansion, NorthPoint's DSL network will pass 4 million businesses and 30 million homes. NorthPoint provides DSL-based Internet access service -- at speeds up to 1.5 Mbps, more than 25 times faster than common dial-up modems -- through national and regional Internet service providers, CLECs, long distance carriers, value- added resellers and other partners. For additional information, visit www.northpointdsl.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements. Such statements are indicated by words or phrases such as "anticipate," "estimate," "projects," "believes," "intends," "expects" and similar words and phrases. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the company's dependence on strategic third parties to market and resell its services, intense competition for the company's service offerings, dependence on growth in demand for DSL-based services, ability to raise additional capital and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments.
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