Article: BROOKS FIBER 'FLIPS SWITCH' AND INTRODUCES LOCAL (DIAL-TONE) SERVICES TO HARTFORD MARKET

 
  Governor Applauds Achievement While Customer 
Explains His Preference For Brooks Fiber 

HARTFORD, Conn., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooks Fiber Properties (Nasdaq: BFPT), a nationwide provider of competitive local telecommunications services, today began local exchange services in Hartford, Connecticut on its new multi-million dollar 5ESS central office switch from Lucent Technologies. The company, which has installed new fiber plant tripling the reach of its Hartford network, used the switch turn up to mark Brooks Fiber's entry into competitive switched services, or local dial tone. The network competes with the services of Southern New ...

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