FairPoint Communications Adds Virtual Customer Premises Equipment, Expanding Company’s Network Function Virtualization
10 January 2018 - 3:32AM
FairPoint Communications, a Consolidated Communications Company
(NASDAQ:CNSL), today announced the launch of virtual Customer
Premise Equipment (vCPE), a cloud-based routing solution that
provides scalability, accelerated provisioning and built-in
geographic diversity. vCPE eliminates the need for traditional
dedicated routing hardware on-premises, moving routing for WAN, IP
and VoIP services to a world class, cloud-based routing solution.
“This service delivery option is ideal for
small-to-medium businesses and offers a cost-effective solution
with flexibility in provisioning and deployment,” said Doug Abolt,
vice president of commercial product management at FairPoint
Communications. “vCPE provides businesses with a reliable and
scalable routing solution that simplifies operations and reduces
capital expense by eliminating the need for continued investment in
routing hardware.”
The experienced team at FairPoint Communications
manages all routing components, along with service upgrades and
maintenance, allowing for the quick delivery of customized
user-solutions. With redundancy and built-in geographical
diversity, there is virtually no downtime with vCPE service
delivery. Additionally, with 16x the survivability of a traditional
on-site router, vCPE provides service level assurance-backed,
dedicated symmetrical Ethernet services.
vCPE is available now in Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont.
About FairPoint, a Consolidated
Communications CompanyFairPoint is now a part of
Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL), a leading broadband and
business communications provider serving consumers, businesses of
all sizes, and wireless companies and carriers, across a 24-state
service area. Leveraging its advanced fiber optic network spanning
more than 36,000 fiber route miles, Consolidated Communications
offers a wide range of communications solutions, including: data,
voice, video, managed services, cloud computing and wireless
backhaul. Headquartered in Mattoon, Ill., Consolidated
Communications has been providing services in many of its markets
for more than a century. www.fairpoint.com.
Contact: Chastity Valvick,
Consolidated Communications 507-387-1866,
chastity.valvick@consolidated.com
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