Integra Telecom Launches Ethernet Solutions

Business Wire, June 16, 2008

Native Ethernet Service For Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Integra Telecom Inc., a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier for business, launched Ethernet Solutions in Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah. The service, referred to as Ethernet Solutions Metro E IP, offers businesses increased Internet bandwidth via native Ethernet protocol.

"This product release adds to Integra's robust offering of easy to use business communication services," said Dudley Slater, CEO of Integra Telecom. "Increased reliance on the Internet has caused small and mid-sized businesses to demand greater levels of bandwidth that were previously demanded by large businesses. Ethernet Solutions Metro E IP allows us to provide an affordable solution to our customers' growing bandwidth needs."

Native Ethernet has traditionally been delivered by fiber, resulting in significant cost hurdles for both the service provider and the customer. Integra's new Ethernet Solutions provides a native Ethernet connection without the extensive costs of building a direct fiber connection.

Integra's Ethernet Solutions offers options of five, 10, 15, 20 or 30 megabits per second (Mbps) of full-duplex, symmetrical IP bandwidth. These increments allow for growth, while making it possible for customers to choose a bandwidth that meets their current business needs.

"Integra's Ethernet Solutions provide a cost-effective service that has allowed us to make the leap up from our previous T1 service," says Scott Morgan of Spectrum Engineering in Salt Lake City, an Integra Telecom Ethernet Solutions customer. "Until now, fiber options have been largely out of reach. The Ethernet bandwidth from Integra has provided me with what I need to support our business."

Boise and Salt Lake City are the first of Integra's markets to deploy Ethernet Solutions. The company intends to roll the service out in its additional markets throughout 2008.

All Integra products and services are backed by locally based customer care representatives and technicians.

About Integra Telecom

Integra Telecom Inc. provides voice, data and Internet communications to thousands of business and carrier customers in 11 Western states, including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The company owns and operates a best-in-class fiber-optic network comprising metropolitan access networks, a nationally acclaimed tier one Internet and data network, and a 4,700-mile high-speed long haul network. The company has earned some of the highest customer loyalty and customer satisfaction ratings in the telecommunications industry. Primary equity investors in the company include Warburg Pincus, Banc of America Capital Investors and Boston Ventures. Integra Telecom, Electric Lightwave, Eschelon Telecom, Unicom and OneEighty Communications are registered trademarks of Integra Telecom Inc. For more information, visit www.integratelecom.com.