Thursday April 2, 7:33 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Qwest Communications Lights Network From Phoenix to Austin
Additional Segment Increases Activated Network by 30 percent
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1998--Qwest (NASDAQ:QWST - news), a multimedia communications company
building the world's most advanced fiber optic network, today announced the activation of the network segment from Phoenix
to Austin.
This activation will add more than 1,100 route miles, bringing the total to approximately 4,850 route miles and 232,800 fiber
miles in service. The network now includes routes from California to Ohio, Dallas to Houston and major portions of the
Southwestern United States.
''We are proud to announce the activation of our network across the Southwest portion of the United States, and we anticipate
additional key segments coming online by the end of April,'' said Larry Seese, executive vice president of network engineering
and operations at Qwest. ''Today's lighting brings us one more step closer to our goal of completing the Qwest Macro
Capacity(SM) Fiber Network.''
The Qwest Macro Capacity Fiber Network
Qwest's planned domestic 16,285 mile network will serve over 125 cities, which represent approximately 80 percent of the
data and voice traffic originating in the United States, upon its scheduled completion in the second quarter of 1999. Currently,
more than 4,850 miles are activated from California to Ohio, from Dallas to Houston and from Phoenix to Austin, Texas. Qwest
is also extending its network 1,400 miles into Mexico with completion slated for late third quarter 1998.
The Qwest Macro Capacity Fiber network is designed with a highly reliable and secure bi-directional, line switching OC-192
SONET ring architecture. Upon completion, the network will offer a self-healing system that provides the ultimate security and
reliability by allowing instantaneous rerouting in the event of a fiber cut.
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