AGL Networks continues fiber expansion in Atlanta
Atlanta Data Center added to network
ATLANTA – July 21, 2009 - AGL Networks announced today the completion of a backbone fiber expansion into the new NationalNet facility at 1130 Powers Ferry Place, Marietta. NationalNet is a full service colocation, dedicated server and managed services provider serving customers throughout the world from Metro Atlanta.
“Data center connectivity is the heart of AGL’s fiber footprint. This is the 16th on-net data center in Atlanta and further differentiates us from everyone else,”
said Jim Gillis, president, AGL Networks. “Data center options in today’s enterprise market are critical. Our customers need the best collocation deal for their business. Providing our clients with lower operating cost, enhanced network security and redundancy is what our company does.”
"Our goal in opening the new Atlanta data center is to offer a superior facility enabling us to provide the high level of services that our customers have come to expect from us. To do this we must have the fiber options available for us to grow over the next 20 years. AGL’s dark fiber reach surpasses all the others in Atlanta and the ease in which they do business was very refreshing" said Tony Morgan, CEO, NationalNet. “We strive to form close, long term relationships with our clients and partners like AGL Networks. Our new data center coupled with dark fiber from AGL Networks allows NationalNet to offer competitive colocation and hosting solutions to our customers from all over the world.”
The benefits of leasing capacity from AGL Networks include the ease and ability to increase bandwidth on demand, complete route diversity from other providers, enhance network security with an all underground network, provide flexibility in applications that utilize dark fiber and reduce overall telecommunication costs.
This addition brings AGL Networks Atlanta on-net building list to over 180 sites with a fiber footprint now exceeding 420 route miles. For more information about AGL Networks, visit our website at www.aglnetworks.com.
About AGL Networks
AGL Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources (NYSE: AGL), owns, constructs and operates dark fiber optic networks and provides last mile connectivity between telecommunications service providers and business customers in the United States with large metro fiber footprints in Atlanta and Phoenix and specific turnkey fiber solutions in Kansas City, St Louis, Richmond and Nashville. For more information, visit www.aglnetworks.com.
About AGL Resources
AGL Resources (NYSE: AGL), an Atlanta-based energy services company, serves approximately 2.3 million customers in six states. The company also owns Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, an asset manager serving natural gas wholesale customers throughout North America. As a 70 percent owner in the SouthStar partnership, AGL Resources markets natural gas to consumers in Georgia under the Georgia Natural Gas brand. The company also owns and operates Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, a high-deliverability natural gas storage facility near the Henry Hub in Louisiana. For more information, visit www.aglresources.com.
About NationalNet
NationalNet is a premier internet services provider offering data center, colocation, dedicated, and managed server solutions and services. NationalNet’s technical expertise, state-of-the-art infrastructure and outstanding customer support allow NationalNet to guide clients through all pivotal phases of their IT initiatives including system planning, application development, implementation, infrastructure management and hosting. For more information visit www.nationalnet.com.
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