SiriCOMM Announces Benefits From Network Enhancement Initiative
17 August 2007 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
JOPLIN, Mo., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SiriCOMM, Inc.,
(OTC:SIRC) (BULLETIN BOARD: SIRC) today announced progress on its
network enhancement initiative. Over the past two month, crews have
touched about 40 percent of the locations in the SiriCOMM network,
primarily in the East and Midwest. An operating firmware upgrade
was installed at each site visited. Additionally, Cisco Aironet
1300 Series access points were installed at various sites as
required to improve wireless signal across the parking area. The
firmware upgrade improves bandwidth management by categorizing and
prioritizing traffic for transmission and enabling traffic shaping
rules to limit the transfer speed of each customer's connection,
effectively managing potential abuse of network bandwidth capacity
by abusers. The two methods combined greatly improve the
consistency of the customer experience. "In order to support our
growing customer base without incremental cost increases, it became
increasingly important for us to manage how our customers used
network resources," explained Kory Dillman, vice president of
network and software development. "Analyzing traffic patterns
revealed that a limited number of excessive bandwidth users were
occasionally impacting the service quality for a large number of
other customers. With this upgrade, we now have the ability to
effectively monitor and manage customer use habits." Subsequent to
the firmware upgrade, the Company's Terms of Service were also
modified to limit the total amount of capacity each customer may
transmit within each service plan. Limiting capacity to each
customer ensures that they cannot abuse network resources by using
more bandwidth than they purchased. "Our focus is on quality, which
in our case means a reliable and consistent service for our broad
base of customers," stated Mark Grannell, the Company's president
and CEO. "These upgrades are improving the customer experience as
well as making our network more efficient, providing increased
capacity for growth with minimal incremental cost." As the network
enhancement project continues, the Company expects all sites to be
running the new software in the next quarter and access point
upgrades continuing throughout the calendar year. About SiriCOMM
SiriCOMM is wireless network provider, specializing in wireless
Internet connectivity and productivity applications tailored to the
transportation industry. By providing both network access and a
robust application host platform, SiriCOMM delivers a responsive
and convenient way for all industry stakeholders to utilize and
leverage information. The company uses Wi-Fi and radio-frequency
technologies to create hot spots at locations convenient to highway
travel. More information including network locations is available
at http://www.siricomm.com/. Statements about the future
performance of SiriCOMM, economic trends, and other forward-looking
statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation,
continued acceptance of SiriCOMM's products, increased levels of
competition for the company, new products and technological
changes, SiriCOMM's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other
risks detailed from time to time in SiriCOMM's periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SiriCOMM
provides no assurance regarding the actual outcome of the events
contemplated by any forward-looking statements included in this
release. DATASOURCE: SiriCOMM, Inc. CONTACT: John Burton, Vice
President, Marketing & Sales of SiriCOMM, Inc.,
+1-913-647-5223, Web site: http://www.siricomm.com/
Copyright