[1st-mile-nm] CityLink FTTH in Albuquerque

[Richard Lowenberg]

CityLink Receives Prestigious Fiber-to-the-Home Council Certification, First in
New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, NM ? August 13, 2008? The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council of
North America has certified CityLink Fiber as operating a pure fiber to the
home network, meaning that CityLink subscribers can look forward to receiving
all the
benefits of this next-generation telecommunications technology.

Council certification is intended to help consumers identify which providers are
offering 100% fiber optic connections for delivering superior quality and
bandwidth for video, Internet and voice services.  The certification allows
providers to affix a badge stating "This Home is Fiber Connected" at the
subscriber site, and to use the image on the badge in promoting their
services.  Use of the image signifies that an installation meets the FTTH
Council's standard for running fiber optic cable all the way to the boundary of
the home premises.

?The badge demonstrates to our communities CityLink?s strategic commitment
in deploying fiber optic cable all the way to the home or business?, said
John Brown, Co-Founder of CityLink.

Companies wishing to be certified by the FTTH Council must submit an
application, under go technical and business review, agree to conduct
themselves by a code of ethics, exhibit a ?Strategic Commitment? to FTTH
and submit to other review processes.   CityLink joins the list of fewer than
50 other companies across the country that has been certified by the FTTH
Council.  Other
certified companies include Verizon?s FiOS, Elim Valley Development, and City
of Wilson NC.  CityLink is the first FTTH network to be certified in New
Mexico.

?We offer this program to ensure that there is no confusion, and that
broadband, telephone and video subscribers know that they are getting the
quality and bandwidth capabilities that are present only when fiber is run all
the way to the home," said Joe Savage, President of the FTTH Council.

Savage added that the growing popularity of fiber to the home, along with the
high performance and service quality widely associated with direct fiber
connections, have prompted some providers that are still using copper in their
last mile to claim that they deliver service over what they call a "fiber
network."

"While it's understandable that competing Internet, telephone and video service
providers would want to associate their product with optical fiber, consumers
do not get the benefits of a 100% fiber network unless the fiber optic cable
goes all the way to the home.  That's why we came up with this certification
program and the fiber-connected badge," he said.

Brown further stated that with FTTH, customers are ?future-proofed? for next
generation communications and video services, which are expected to consume
thousands of times the bandwidth currently available via DSL or cable
infrastructure.

CityLink's new certified FTTH service brings 100Mb/s of upload and download
speed Internet service to the home for $59.95 a month.

CityLink is currently deploying both business and residential fiber services in
the 87102 and 87104 areas of Albuquerque.  The company has plans to deploy city
wide.


-- 
Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
P.O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110;   505-603-5200 cell
rl at 1st-mile.com  www.1st-mile.com


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