IXC Completes LA to San Francisco Network Link; Western Corridor Segment Aimed at Meeting Demand for Heavy IP Data Traffic

Business Wire, Oct 20, 1998

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--IXC Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IIXC) today announced the activation of a 520-mile fiber network segment between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Part of the company's rapidly expanding national fiber network, this recently completed segment targets two of the top Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSAs) in the country with a combined total population of more than 20 million. IXC now has activated more than 9,300 fiber route miles and is on track to activate 13,000 fiber route miles reaching all of the top 50 MSAs during the first quarter of next year.

"With so much of the country's technology industry based on the West Coast, it's critical that ISPs and other carriers have access to a high-capacity, technologically advanced network to meet the rising demand for data traffic," said Ben Scott, chairman and CEO of IXC. "Activating our network's Los Angeles to San Francisco segment provides a cost-effective communications infrastructure capable of meeting current and future demand."

IXC's growing network is based on an optical ring architecture, engineered for the industry's highest availability and performance. Complementing this reliability is the fact that the network is monitored by one of the most modern surveillance systems in the industry. The Network Operations Center in Austin is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Continuous self-diagnosis and early warning systems allow IXC to detect and correct potential trouble before transmission integrity is affected.

IXC's network-based delivery solutions are designed to address the speed and capacity requirements of the global communications market. Having completed the first new coast-to-coast fiber optic network in the United States in more than a decade, IXC Communications Inc. is at the forefront of the industry's new class of emerging domestic and international carriers. IXC offerings include private line, broadband, Internet and long distance switched and dedicated services. IXC is a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq under the symbol IIXC. IXC's Web site is at www.ixc-comm.com.