Aug, 2001 : Choice One Introduces VPN, NAT, Firewall Services


📅 - Choice One Communications (choiceonecom.com), an integratedcommunications provider offering facilities-based voice and datatelecommunications services, web hosting, design and development to smalland medium-sized businesses, announced yesterday that it is now offering afull suite of enhanced data features products.

The product set includes Network Address Translation, Firewall and VirtualPrivate Network. These are all Choice One network-based services that willprovide SMBs with efficient, cost-effective solutions as opposed toexpensive and cumbersome hardware-based methods.
The new products are being piloted in Rochester, NY and Grand Rapids, MI.
The company plans to release the new products throughout its service area bythe end of this year. The EDF product set includes Virtual Private Networkservices that allow businesses with multiple locations to securely connectmultiple locations for high-speed data transmission. The new product setalso includes Network Address Translation which enable computers to connectsimultaneously to the Internet without additional costs, as well as aFirewall Security product that protects electronic files from networkintruders.
All of these products eliminate the need for businesses to purchase,configure, and maintain their own equipment typically associated with theseapplications. "This will revolutionize the way data services are delivered,"said Kevin Stephens, senior vice president, marketing. "We've added a robustsuite of complementary data products to our already rich voice, DSL, T1, webdevelopment and hosting offerings that will help our clients maximize theirproductivity at considerable savings versus more expensive hardwareintensive solutions."
"The Enhanced Data Features product set positions us as a full-service datanetwork provider for small and medium-sized businesses," Stephens added."Historically, these were applications that only large corporations couldafford. By offering much more than the high-speed connectivity solution, wenot only create a tremendous competitive advantage for Choice One in themarketplace, but also position our clients to better compete against largerbusinesses."
Choice One currently offers services in eleven Northeast and Midwest states.

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