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Denver, CO: February 24, 2004.
foreThought.net, one of Denver's "Top-10 ISPs", today
announced the launch of an integrated broadband voice and data service for
small and medium-sized business customers. By leveraging Voice over IP technology
from MetaSwitch, foreThought.net is able to offer greater flexibility and
lower costs than the TDM-based solutions available from other carriers in
the region.
foreThought.net selected MetaSwitch as its strategic supplier
based on the company's proven ability to deliver a complete end-to-end solution.
With MetaSwitch's award-winning VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch, foreThought's
packet-based network delivers unsurpassed levels of reliability and voice
quality over both POTS and T1 interfaces. The use of Voice over IP enables
much more efficient use of bandwidth thanks to dynamic bandwidth allocation,
voice compression and silence suppression. In addition, forethought.net
is leveraging the MetaSwitch VP3500's PRI capability to offload dial-up
Internet traffic.
"It was clear to us that an integrated broadband voice
and data service was key to our ability to compete in the Denver area. For
a long time, however, the technology just wasn't up to speed with where
we wanted to be," explains Jawaid Bazyar, foreThought.net's CEO. "We were
therefore excited when MetaSwitch demonstrated to us that we could profitably
launch a carrier-class service far superior to that offered by other providers
in this region."
"We are already witnessing the pent-up demand for this
service," continued Bazyar. "Many of our existing 2,200+ customers have
already signed up, and we look forward to bringing more on board. Based
on our projected take-up rate, we expect the deployment to be cash-flow-positive
within 6 months, and profitable within the first year. Critical to this
success was MetaSwitch's ability to deliver not just reliable dial-tone,
but small business features such as Centrex and PBX interconnection."
"Profitable ISPs, such as foreThought.net, understand
that in order to stay competitive they need to offer a bundled voice and
data service," said Tom VandeWater, MetaSwitch Regional Manager. "MetaSwitch
is pleased to have been chosen as the switch provider to deliver next-generation
VoIP services to foreThought.net's customers."
The MetaSwitch VP3500 is the leading broadband-enabled
Next Generation Class 5 Switch in North America, with over 40 deployments,
and support for GR-303, VoATM and VoIP as well as advanced Web-based subscriber
services. Service providers are able to simultaneously serve customers in
multiple calling areas with over 100 Class 5 features and services. The
MetaSwitch VP3500 is easy to deploy and scales from 400 to over 250,000
subscribers in a single rack.
About foreThought.net
Founded in Denver in 1995 as three separate companies
providing web hosting, telecommunications equipment and Internet services,
the companies merged to become foreThought.net in 1999. Today foreThought.net
provides high-quality, easy to use Internet solutions for small business
including outsourced web hosting, email, and telephone services in the state
of Colorado. For more information, see www.foreThought.net
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch, a division of privately held Data Connection,
is the result of 22 years of experience supplying leading-edge technology
to the telecommunications industry. Data Connection’s track record of consistent
profitability ensures long-term commitment to product development and
customer support. The widely deployed MetaSwitch VP3500 Next Generation
Class 5 Switch
offers service providers an immediate solution for broadband (VoIP
and/or VoATM) and POTS service and a future-proof "softswitch" architecture
for enhanced applications.
MetaSwitch has offices in Alameda, CA, Dallas, TX and Reston,
VA in the US and London, Chester and Edinburgh in the UK.
For more information, see www.metaswitch.com.
Data Connection and MetaSwitch are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and
Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
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