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North Pittsburgh Systems Launches State-of-the-Art, New-Technology Service

Posted on: Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 06:00 CDT

North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NPSI) Business-Class Fiber-Quality Broadband Technology Fills Void for Increasing Business Connectivity Demands

North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (NPSI), deploys Multi-Megabit Ethernet Over Copper service--a new, state-of-the-art technology, which provides fiber-quality voice, video and data for businesses over existing copper lines.

The new Multi-Megabit Ethernet technology, being deployed by NPSI companies here in western PA, promises an economical, business-class service-level solution for enterprises requiring low cost fiber-quality connectivity in bandwidths between 1Mbps and 60Mbps.

New business computer applications and the migration of businesses to IP-based communications for voice, video, and data, are resulting in ever-increasing bandwidth demands. These demands require an infrastructure in place, which can deliver the necessary high-quality bandwidth at an economical price.

The architecture of the telephone network--combined with the right technology--is ideally suited for the transmission of voice, video and high-speed data.

To date, increasing bandwidth beyond the T-1 levels required costly engineering, fiber-build, and equipment. The new Multi-Megabit Ethernet technology, however, enables NPSI companies to simply bond multiple copper pairs together offering throughput, reach, and delay characteristics far superior to any other approach over copper. At present, service can be engineered to bond up to 16 copper pairs to provide up to 60Mbps. The flexible scalability of the technology allows NPSI to bond pairs to deliver the bandwidth-range desired by the customer. The system also boasts superior cut-line protection, frame and bit-error rate at least 10 times better than the acceptable rate of standard T1 service, 24/7 alarm and management, and customer premise UPS with up to eight hours capacity.

Educational facilities, leaders in the use of technology to prepare students for the challenges of the future workplace, are examples an ever-increasing electronic infrastructure. Occupying 20 acres in Cranberry Woods, the Regional Learning Alliance (RLA), itself a 'new-concept' in educational facilities, has been one of the first to embrace this new technology delivered by NPSI. The RLA high-tech classrooms, specialty-manufacturing training centers, conference space, virtual library, childcare center and food service operations are poised (and wired) to meet the training and education needs of individuals, businesses and industries within a 2-hour radius of Pittsburgh. Slippery Rock University, which serves as the facility manager, chose the Multi-Megabit Ethernet technology from NPSI to grow with center's future demands.

"The new Multi-Megabit Ethernet over Copper product is an enhancement to our existing array of high-speed Ethernet services. This product allows us to bridge the gap between traditional DS1 and DS3 speeds at a much more economical price," remarks Albert W. Weigand, Director of Operations and Technology. "This product is an economical solution that fits well with NPSI's existing Ethernet product line, which includes Ethernet over SONET and Transparent LAN services; that can be provisioned for speeds from 1.5 to 10Gbps."

North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSI), with over 300 employees and $100 million in annual revenue, owns and operates North Pittsburgh Telephone Company, Penn Telecom, Inc., and Nauticom Internet Services subsidiaries. These premier companies provide a vast array of sophisticated, leading-edge communication services. Together, the NPSI family of companies is helping to build a connection to the future by providing businesses and residences in western PA with the highest quality equipment, systems, services and technologies.

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