Conterra Broadband Services Joins Allied Fiber's Dark Fiber Community

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Conterra Broadband Services ("Conterra"), a national provider of high capacity, wide area network services specializing in underserved areas of the U.S., announces today that it has joined Allied Fiber's Dark Fiber Community. 

With more than 140 members, the Dark Fiber Community serves as a networking and educational center for those in the optical fiber networking industry.  The community allows for easy exchange of information between industry leaders who are interested in eliminating obstacles for broadband access and in building new infrastructure for cutting-edge fiber optic networks.

"We see the Dark Fiber Community as a place for Conterra to share its successes in serving underserved areas of America," said Dennis Francis, President and COO of Conterra.  "While access to fiber-based services may be readily available in large, metropolitan cities, there are still many locations throughout the U.S. that do not have access to the adequate bandwidth required to successfully compete in today's digital economy.  Conterra's hybrid, broadband services bridge this digital divide and make a meaningful difference in the communities in which we serve," concluded Francis.

"We are pleased to welcome Conterra to the Dark Fiber Community," said Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber.  "Their experience and expertise at providing fiber-quality services throughout rural America will expand the community's knowledge base, and their participation in this forum will be an asset to our members," concluded Newby.

For more information on the Dark Fiber Community, visit http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com.

About Conterra Broadband Services

Conterra Broadband Services, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is a national provider of facilities-based broadband services for K-12, healthcare and government entities, wireless and wireline carriers, and select enterprises that require bandwidth intensive, carrier-grade data, video and voice transport services primarily in underserved areas throughout America.  Conterra and its subsidiaries currently operate in 25 states and provide wide area networking services to over 275 school districts and hundreds of cell towers, with total sites in service approaching 2,000.  For more information about Conterra, visit www.conterra.com or call 877-365-6701.

About Allied Fiber

Allied Fiber owns, builds and will operate its own network-neutral, fiber optic cable system, connecting sub-sea landing points, cell towers, data centers, carrier hotels, colocation huts, enterprise buildings, schools and governments with next generation, long-haul and short-haul dark fiber. This necessary dark fiber network, planned to unite along its route the continental United States, is created to address America's need for more broadband access, wireless backhaul, data center distribution and lower latency communications services. Allied Fiber is employing the most advanced fiber optic cables in its multi- duct dark fiber system to meet the ever increasing bandwidth demands for wireless, Video over IP and other advanced technologies thus enabling the development of the Global Broadband Economy for the United States. For more information, please visit www.alliedfiber.com.

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