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<div class="meta"><p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: smaller;">Posted July 29, 2011</p>
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<h2><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Bridging America's Healthcare Digital Divide</span></font></h2><p><span class="xn-location">CHARLOTTE, N.C.</span> and <span class="xn-location">ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.</span>, <span class="xn-chron">July 28, 2011</span>
/PRNewswire/ -- Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC ("Conterra"), a national
broadband services company specializing in bringing unique bandwidth
solutions to complex telecommunications projects in rural areas, has
been awarded a multi-year contract to provide fiber-quality, high-speed
wide area network services to Presbyterian Healthcare Services of <span class="xn-location">Albuquerque, NM</span>.</p><p>The broadband network design uses multiple transport media including
fiber optic and FCC-licensed microwave radio connections which will
augment and enhance Presbyterian's current wide area telecom network
throughout hundreds of miles of rural <span class="xn-location">New Mexico</span>.
The telecommunication transport services provided by Conterra are
supported financially through the Rural Health Care Pilot Program
initiated by the federal government to facilitate the creation of a
national broadband network dedicated to health care, connecting public
and private health care providers in rural and urban locations.</p><p>Presbyterian Healthcare Services is <span class="xn-location">New Mexico</span>'s only private, not-for-profit healthcare system and its largest provider of care. Presbyterian was founded in <span class="xn-location">New Mexico</span>
in 1908, and offers eight hospitals in seven communities, a statewide
health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Presbyterian is
the second largest private employer in <span class="xn-location">New Mexico</span> with more than 9,000 respected employees and growing.</p><p>The five hospitals and three clinics involved in the project will be connected to the Presbyterian Data Center in <span class="xn-location">Albuquerque</span>
via a high-speed, wide area network provided and maintained by
Conterra. The network will transport electronic medical records,
electronic imaging as well as provide high-speed transport for new
telemedicine opportunities.</p><p>Conterra's managed broadband network will provide an alternate
high-speed IP-based Ethernet network for Presbyterian Healthcare
Services, for the physical redundancy of network hardware and services.
Conterra monitors, manages and supports its networks on a 24x7x365 basis
and guarantees industry leading network performance and reliability.</p><p>"Conterra is proud to be able to participate in the Rural Health Care
Pilot Program and to provide high-quality broadband services for
Presbyterian Healthcare Services", commented <span class="xn-person">Van E. Snowdon</span>,
Conterra's Executive Vice President of Business Development. "The
Federal Communications Commission has highlighted telemedicine as one of
the top priorities in its national broadband plan. We believe that
Conterra's unique ability to provide customized hybrid optical fiber and
FCC licensed radio networks in rural and underserved areas of America,
where there are few, if any, existing high-speed broadband
telecommunication solutions, will lead to other healthcare network
opportunities," added Mr. Snowdon.</p><p>Construction of this new network is expected to begin this summer, with service initiation expected in late 2011.</p><p><b>About Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC</b></p><p>Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, headquartered in <span class="xn-location">Charlotte, NC</span>,
is a national provider of facilities-based broadband services for
health care, schools, wireless carriers, municipalities and select
enterprises that require bandwidth intensive, carrier-grade data, video
and voice transport services primarily in outer suburban and rural
markets. Conterra and its subsidiaries currently provide these services
to over 1,400 entities in 20 states. For more information about
Conterra, visit <a href="http://www.conterra.com/"><b>www.conterra.com</b></a> or call: <b>800-936-1803.</b></p><p>SOURCE Conterra Ultra Broadband LLC</p>
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