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Mid-2008 Market Share Results for U.S. Business Ethernet Services

BOSTON, MA, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...The first half of 2008 saw continued rapid growth of Business Ethernet Services in the U.S., according to Vertical Systems Group's latest market share analysis.  The number of installed domestic customer ports increased more than 16 percent for the six-month period ending June 30.

AT&T accounted for 21 percent of total ports, followed by Verizon with 15 percent, TW Telecom with 13 percent and Cox with 10 percent.  Rounding out the top tier of Ethernet service providers with more than 5 percent share were Qwest (8 percent), Cogent (7 percent) and Time Warner Cable (6 percent).

"Most providers steadily increased their port deployments, spurred by new Ethernet service offerings and migration of larger customer networks," said Rick Malone, Principal at Vertical Systems Group. "The Competitive Provider segment was the fastest growing for the period, taking advantage of SMB opportunities and rollouts of Ethernet over copper. The other two provider segments, MSO and Incumbent, also experienced growth."

XO, AboveNet, Level 3 and Reliance Globalcom (formerly Yipes) lead more than forty other companies delivering retail Ethernet services to business customers in the U.S.  Other Business Ethernet providers in alphabetical order include: American Fiber Systems, Alpheus Communications, American Telesis, Arialink, Balticore, Bright House Networks, Charter Business, CIFNet, Cincinnati Bell, Comcast Business, Embarq, Expedient, Exponential-e, Fibernet Telecom Group, FiberTower, Global Crossing, Integra, IP Networks, LS Networks, Masergy, Met-Net, Neopolitan Networks, NTELOS, NTT, One Communications, Optimum Lightpath, Orange Business, Paetec, RCN, Savvis, Spirit Telecom, Sprint, SuddenLink, Surewest, US Signal, Veroxity, Virtela, Windstream, and others.


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