Carrier Ethernet News

Windstream extends its WAN reporting tool across U.S. footprint

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 18 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Local

... to $1.54 billion Windstream Q3 revenues get boost from broadband, business and FTTT sales AT&T, CenturyLink, Windstream face DSL patent suits Windstream's virtual LAN services get MEF 9 and MEF 14 certifications Fragmen... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Metro Ethernet Forum   Paetec

Gartner: AT&T gets high business marks, but faces new competition

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 4 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Regional , Other analysts

... (Nasdaq: WIN) on the mid-sized business side. Through their acquisitions of Qwest Communications, Savvis and PAETEC, CenturyLink and Windstream have become the third and fourth largest business service providers, respec... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec

Different Strategies For Incumbent Carriers On Vertical’s Incumbent Carrier Business Ethernet LEADERBOARD

Explore CEN Feature (Mar 28 2013) Vertical Systems

...e. Fourth-ranked Windstream also has been growing its Ethernet business very briskly, said Malone. Although Windstream has substantial CLEC assets, it is categorized here as an ILEC due to its original heritage. The co... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Vertical Systems Group   NuVox   Qwest

CenturyLink, Windstream dominate the ILEC Ethernet services ecosystem

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 27 2013) Business Ethernet , Local , National , Regional

... found its place as a hybrid ILEC/CLEC with the acquisition of smaller ILEC and CLEC assets such as NuVox and PAETEC. I encourage you to take a look at our new feature: CenturyLink, Windstream, other incumbents rise to t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Qwest   Paetec

CenturyLink, Windstream rise in Carrier Ethernet market

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 4 2013) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , National , Regional , Vertical Systems

...don't see it getting worse. I just see it as flat this year." CenturyLink, Windstream grow up CenturyLink and Windstream have taken up the No. 3 and 4 spots on the Leaderboard as they have both expanded their Ethernet po... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Vertical Systems Group   NuVox   Qwest

Clint Heiden, Sidera Networks - CLEC Leader

Explore FierceTelecom (Oct 23 2012)

Comment "Great interview, thanks for sharing. Bicom Systems offers a CLEC solution - feel free to see our blog post about ..." - laurabicom

...s later purchased by PAETEC and then ultimately Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) in 2011. Following the completion of Windstream's acquisition of PAETEC, Heiden quickly was appointed as the new president of Sidera Networks. Duri... (Read Full Article)

1 Comment Mentions:   NuVox   RCN   ABRY Partners

Meet 2012’s competitive provider leaders

Explore FierceTelecom (Oct 22 2012) Middle Mile

As the saying goes in the telecom industry: It's the services, stupid. All of the CLECs on our list this year have been continually expanding their underlying networks and service sets, particularly IP-based Carrier Ethernet and cloud-based services. On the CarrierEthernet side, CLECs are simultaneously building out fiber into more buildings and Ethernet over Copper (EoC) to other business sites where they can't currently prove in a case to deploy fiber.

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Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Integra Telecom   Zayo

CLECs to ILECs: Don't hang up your copper networks!

Explore FierceTelecom (Oct 15 2012) Access

Comment "Good article, thanks for posting. We also have an article on CLEC: http://blog.bicomsystems.com/clec" - laurabicom

...th another dark fiber provider. And while technology advancements have enabled some CLECs such as PAETEC--now Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN)--to deliver 100 Mbps-based EoC in some areas, most SMB customers want between 2-20 Mb... (Read Full Article)

1 Comment Mentions:   XO Communications   NuVox   MegaPath

Expansions at Windstream, Alpheus, EarthLink, Lumos, MegaPath

Explore Telecom Ramblings (Oct 9 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

...rward in its integration of all those CLEC assets it has acquired, the largest and most recent of which being PAETEC. They have expanded their Carrier Switched Ethernet services out to more than 300 CLEC markets, includi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   MegaPath   EarthLink

Network Bytes: Windstream, Sidera, Megapath, Teliasonera, Level 3

Explore Telecom Ramblings (Aug 2 2012) Middle Mile

...deploying redundant DWDM gear to bring the facility on-net. Since the PAETEC deal, Virginia has become one of Windstream’s key fiber markets and they’ve had quite a bit of success in the federal vertical. Sidera Networks... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec   Level (3)

ILECs grew video, business and broadband power in Q1 2012

Explore FierceTelecom (Jun 12 2012) Access , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Regional

As seen in previous quarters, the top ILECs continue to see ongoing IP service growth pains. They continued to see gains in their next-gen business and consumer services, including broadband data, video and Ethernet, while voice services continued their expected decline.

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Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Hawaiian Telcom   Consolidated Communications

Industry Spotlight: Sean Baillie on Windstream’s Fiber Plans

Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 24 2012) Managed Data Services , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , National

...AETEC and Intellifiber before that. TR: It has been five months now since PAETEC’s fiber group became part of Windstream, unifying fiber assets from Intellifiber, McLeod, KDL, Norlight, and NuVox amongst others.  How has... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec   Intellifiber

Windstream hits new wholesale note with carrier switched Ethernet product

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 19 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Wholesale , Local , Wholesale / Exchange

...at will serve not only its ILEC, but also its CLEC territories gained through its acquisitions of PAETEC and NuVox. "We view it as a smaller entry point into a larger product, which will cover our entire footprint," Shi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec

Wholesale provider leaders to watch in 2012

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 16 2012) Middle Mile , Mobile Backhaul , Wholesale

...(Nasdaq: WIN). Having previously beefed up its fiber holdings with its acquisition of KDL, its acquisition of PAETEC helped the once mainly rural telephone provider instantly expand its fiber network footprint again with... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   EarthLink   Zayo

Windstream's business service ambition: A necessary and inevitable move

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 13 2012) Middle Mile , Local

... three key acquisitions of traditional CLECs to grow its business service empire, including NuVox, Q-Comm and PAETEC: NuVox: By acquiring NuVox, it immediately gained 90,000 business customers leveraging IP-based service... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Qwest   Paetec

Windstream sees EoC as a time-to-market play

Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 7 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Local

...$40M if merger with Windstream fails * Windstream's $2.3B PAETEC buy enhances its business service foothold * Windstream continues M&A roll with $2.3B PAETEC acquisition Tools * Subscribe * Email * Print * Contact Author... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec

Carrier Ethernet: Looking Back at 2011 and Ahead to 2012

Explore CEN Feature (Jan 3 2012)

...gh as 200 Mb/s using Carrier Ethernet over copper. With its acquisition of PAETEC, which closed in late 2011, Windstream gained PAETEC’s Intelliber unit, which was an Ethernet over copper pioneer. Back in July we spoke ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Informa   Vertical Systems Group   NuVox

Paetec/Intellifiber veteran Clint Heiden joins Sidera Networks as president

Explore FierceTelecom (Dec 19 2011) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul

...Heiden, the former SVP and president of National Accounts and Fiber Services for Paetec (recently acquired by Windstream), has found a new home at Sidera Networks as the competitive provider's new president. ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Qwest   Zayo

Top Deals of 2011: Windstream purchases PAETEC

Explore FierceTelecom (Dec 14 2011) Local , Regional

...Sean Buckley Related Stories * Windstream closes PAETEC purchase * Windstream gets the FCC's blessing for its PAETEC acquisition * PAETEC shareholders approve Windstream acquisition * PAETEC shareholders should approve W... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Qwest   Paetec

PAETEC secures contract to provide Texas DIR wireline and wireless services

Explore FierceTelecom (Nov 18 2011) Mobile Backhaul , Cable / MSO

...eline and wireless services * Week in research: VoLTE, VAS show promise; MNCs prefer on-net VPN connections * Windstream adds S.C. to its latest broadband stimulus work order * Grading the top 11 ILECs in Q3 2011 * Takin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Time Warner Cable   Paetec

PAETEC scores 5-year DoD contract at Ft. Detrick, MD

Explore FierceTelecom (Sep 26 2011) Middle Mile , Local

...ides various network access points to ensure redundancy for 10,000 voice circuits. Along with voice services, PAETEC will provide private Carrier Ethernet data network services and Internet access services that will enab... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec   Cavalier Telephone

PAETEC Hooks Up Fort Detrick

Explore Telecom Ramblings (Sep 22 2011) Local , Regional

...tomorrow.... Anonymous: I think Chuga-Chuga has smoked a little too much o... "Windstream Pounces, to Acquire PAETEC" Tyler Durden: PAET was a wonderful company to work for. I sent s... PAETEC (NASDAQ:PAET, news, filings... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Paetec

Industry Spotlight: Abovenet’s Rajiv Datta

Explore Telecom Ramblings (Sep 6 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

...er" Anonymous: Why would any one trust ATT &CWA the workers w... Timmer: CWA can rot in hell... "Windstream’s PAETEC Bid Wasn’t the Highest" Anon: Not at all -- Level3 is a data (IP/MPLS) network w... en_ron_hubbard: Wha... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NTT   NuVox   Paetec

Windstream Deserves More Credit

Explore Telecom Ramblings (Aug 18 2011) National , Regional

...t fiber operators have been showing the way lately when it comes to the enterprise. Windstream’s purchases of NuVox, KDL, and now PAETEC represent a dramatic departure from the legacy ILEC and RLEC businesses the company... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Qwest   Paetec