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US Internet Only Provider Cut Off in Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minn. MCI Network Overload
PR Newswire - November 06, 1997 16:38
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Judge Freezes MCI'S Ability to Add New Tandem T1 Digital Customers
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -_ In Federal District Court today before
Judge Donald Alsop, MCI (Nasdaq: MCIC) confirmed US Internet Corp. was the
only MCI digital customer to have service withdrawn during an overload of
MCI's Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minn. digital network on October 30, 1997. Judge
Alsop, in an agreement reached by all parties, ordered a freeze on the
addition of any further Tandem T1 digital communication lines by MCI
Corporation to customers until US Internet Corp.'s service is restored to a
level of 18 Tandem T1 digital lines. MCI was also ordered to not tamper in
any manner with the existing digital lines currently in service to US Internet
Corp. A hearing regarding a pending Temporary Restraining Order was scheduled
for 2:30 P.M., November 12, 1997.
US Internet Corp., a Minneapolis, Minn.-based provider of national and
international internet service, lost approximately 75 percent of it's newly
installed Minneapolis digital lines on Thursday, October 30, 1997, when MCI
abruptly shut the lines off. "This action completely caught us by surprise.
We were led to believe MCI understood and had the capacity to meet our needs.
We now find ourselves scrambling to provide our customers with service. This
is following a long contract and technology transfer process during which we
agreed to completely convert from US West Communications analog service to the
digital service provided by MCI. The conversion required a substantial
capital investment on our part. Now, five days after successfully completing
the technology transfer, MCI cuts our service," commented Joe Caldwell, Vice
President of Sales and Marketing for US Internet Corporation.
US Internet Corp., a privately-held corporation, is one of the nation's
largest internet service providers with service in over 250 cities nationwide
and over 110 cities internationally. US Internet Corporation is located at
12450 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 121, Minneapolis, MN 55305. US Internet
Corporation may be contacted at 612-222-INET, 612-545-0302 (fax) or at
usinternet.com on the world wide web.
SOURCE US Internet
/CONTACT: Joe Caldwell, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, 612-222-4638,
fax: 612-545-0302, jcaldwell@usinternet.com/
/Web site: usinternet.com
(MCIC)
In MNTH027, US Internet Only Provider Cut Off in Minneapolis/Saint Paul,
Minn. MCI Network Overload, moved earlier today, we are advised by the company
that the headline should read "Only Customer Cut Off" rather than "Only
Provider Cut Off" and that the first line, first graph should read "In Federal
District Court yesterday," rather than "In Federal District Court today" as
originally issued.
/PRNewswire -- Nov. 6/
(MCIC)
