Cox Business announced today that it is MEF 14 compliant, a distinction bestowed by the global Metro Ethernet Forum and the hallmark of carriers who deliver advanced Ethernet services....

"Cox Business has established itself as the MSO leader in the U.S. Business Ethernet Services marketplace and continues to be aggressive in this space," said Rosemary Cochran, principal, Vertical Systems Group.  "The latest MEF 14 certification further solidifies Cox Business as a competitive threat to telco incumbents and enables the company to offer a higher level of service to its customers in the future."

Cox Business is currently ranked fourth among U.S. Ethernet providers, above several incumbent providers, according to Vertical Systems Group's Year-End 2007 U.S. Retail Business Ethernet share analysis.  Cox Business became the first MSO to enter the top tier of U.S. business Ethernet providers in 2007.  The company attributes its aggressive growth to its successful history of delivering Ethernet services to customers served by both fiber and hybrid fiber coax (HFC).

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