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University of Memphis uses XO Gigabit Ethernet services for expanded Internet connectivity for students and faculty: XO Communications today announced that it is providing scalable, high-capacity Ethernet services to the University of Memphis. As the primary provider of high-speed Internet services for the University of Memphis, XO Communications delivers high-speed Internet connectivity directly to the University of Memphis campus through its extensive 500-route mile metro fiber network across Memphis area. The XO solution provides high-speed Internet access over Ethernet, delivering scalable and redundant network connectivity for the University of Memphis with data transfer rates up to 1 Gigabit per second to support the growing Internet connectivity requirements of the University's faculty and student body. "As the University of Memphis expands its research and teaching agenda, high-speed Internet services are vital to high performance research computing in the physical and health sciences, to the students and faculty engaged in our innovative and distance learning programs, and to our connection with a variety of community partners," said Doug Hurley, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at the University of Memphis. "The XO Ethernet service provides the University with the speed and reliability that our students and faculty expect from one of America's great metropolitan research universities." "The increased usage of the Internet for communications and research has put higher demands on our networking infrastructure," said Mark Reavis, Director of Network Services at the University of Memphis. "XO's Internet service has proven to be very reliable and robust and XO's technical support staff is among the best in the industry." "We're pleased to be working closely with the University of Memphis," said Brian Law, sales vice president for the central region at XO Communications. "The increased connectivity from our Ethernet solution will give students, faculty and administration the increased bandwidth to support the growing collaboration in research and teaching online." For more information about XO Communications or XO services, please visit its Web site or contact an XO sales representative by calling (866) 349-0134.