US Signal Adds Data Center Location in Chicago, Illinois

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Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:08am EST

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- US Signal, a leading provider
of data bandwidth capacity in the Midwest today announced the addition of a
new data center located at 1905 W Lunt Ave, Elk Grove Village, Illinois to its
metro Chicago, Illinois network.
    Customers gaining access to US Signal's Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
(DWDM) optical backbone, based on Cisco technology, at this data center can
benefit by lowering network costs to their sites throughout the Great Lakes
region.
    "Providing services in carrier-neutral data centers is an important
component of US Signal's strategy in the Chicago market," said Steve Oyer,
vice president of sales, "This location will be critical in enabling more
customers to access the US Signal portfolio of Internet, Private Line,
Wavelength and MPLS VPN Services at a low cost."
    US Signal also recently completed expansion in the Northwest and Western
suburbs of Chicago, to complement its existing downtown Loop and other
Chicagoland points of presence, by introducing services at the following
locations:
    -- Elk Grove Village, Illinois - EGVGILEG
    -- Oak Brook, Illinois - OKBRILOA
    -- Chicago (Newcastle), Illinois - CHCGILNE
    -- Hoffman Estates, Illinois - HFESILWL
    -- Schaumburg, Illinois - SCBGILCO

    The US Signal network, the largest in the Midwest, includes more than 700
route miles of fiber optic metro rings in 14 markets and over 3,500 route
miles of long haul fiber connecting more than 100 on-off ramps, comprised of
major carrier hotel locations and incumbent telephone company central offices.
    About US Signal
    US Signal (www.ussignalcom.com) is a full-service fiber optic solutions
provider, offering a wide range of carrier class telecommunications solutions
to carrier, wholesale and enterprise customers.  The Company has built and
developed one of the most comprehensive fiber optic networks in the Midwest.
As a full-service solutions provider, US Signal offers unlimited high-speed
capacity, dark fiber and collocation services, and also works with customers
to design and build new network construction projects.
SOURCE  US Signal

Chad Hohendorf, Marketing Communications Manager of US Signal,
+1-616-988-7038, chohendorf@ussignalcom.com
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