Some more positive news from FCCN:
biz.yahoo.com
Monday April 12, 11:50 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Frontline Communications Announces Partnership With Covad for DSL
Service.
Frontline to immediately provide DSL (Digital Subscriber Lines) to its
Northeast customer base.
PEARL RIVER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 1999-- Frontline
Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FCCN - news), the provider of ''Effortless
Ecommerce and Internet access'' (TM) today announced a partnership with
Covad Communications Company, (NASDAQ:COVD - news), a high-speed
provider of Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL). The partnership will allow
Frontline to immediately provide its customer-base with DSL.
President and CEO of Frontline, Stephen Cole-Hatchard stated, ''By
partnering with Covad we are able to meet the requirements of the
thousands of small businesses and consumers in the Northeast, providing
higher speeds at lower cost. With Covad, we are immediately providing a
full range of DSL services.''
Covad will provide Frontline customers with varying speeds of DSL
service such as SDSL, ADSL, and IDSL. SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber
Line) is a business quality solution that enables customers to
simultaneously send and receive information at the same speed. ADSL
(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) provides the highest upstream speed
for businesses and IDSL provides speeds comparable to traditional ISDN
lines at 144 Kbps.
Frontline announced the initial launch of its' DSL sales program in
January.
Michael Mudd, Covad's Director of marketing explains, ''Our partnership
with Frontline will extend our distribution to small businesses in the
Northeast. We will support Frontline's marketing and sales initiatives
and provide top-notch customer service.''
About Frontline Communications Corporation:
Founded in 1995, Frontline Communications Corp. provides ''Effortless
Ecommerce and Internet access'' (TM). Frontline provides Internet access
to subscribers throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and
plans to extend its reach through acquisitions. Frontline is pursuing an
acquisition or ''roll up'' strategy that will allow it to provide
extensive e-commerce services and Internet access.
About Covad Corporation
Covad Communications Company, a leading packet-based Competitive Local
Exchange Carrier provides dedicated high-speed digital communications
services using DSL technology to Internet Service Provider customers.
The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press
release are forward looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to, changes in the market for
Internet services, regulatory and technological changes, economic
factors, increased competition, and the nature of supplier of customer
arrangements which become available to the Company in the future. The
Company's actual results may differ materially from the results
discussed in any forward-looking statement.
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Contact:
Lee Skoblow
Investor Relations
Ph. (516) 599-3240
Fax: (516) 599-3324
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