Lexent Metro Connect, the leading New York Metro area Dark Fiber Provider has been chosen by Telx to link two of its Major New York City Data Centers.

Lexent Metro is the only fiber provider in the New York Metro area that builds and operates its entire network with its own in-house engineering, construction and maintenance workforce.  This advantage allows Lexent Metro to offer diverse routes, custom solutions and to build new dark fiber networks to meet specific requirements – specifically to by-pass traditional routes.

Telx, one of the largest and fastest-growing domestic interconnection and colocation data center operators has nearly all of the network providers to choose from.  The company’s choice of Lexent Metro is a significant, recognizing the depth, breadth and quality of its major metro dark fiber network solutions.

The press release, in its entirety is below for your further review: 

LEXENT METRO CONNECT DELIVERS A DARK FIBER NETWORK TO TELX

LINKING MAJOR NEW YORK METRO AREA DATA CENTERS

Telx provides Metro Cross Connect Service between 60 Hudson and 111 8^th Avenue

New York, New York – June 2, 2009 – Lexent Metro Connect, the leading provider of dark fiber networks in the New York metropolitan area, announces today it has deployed a secure and redundant dark fiber optical network for Telx, one of the largest and fastest-growing domestic interconnection and colocation data center operators. The dark fiber network links Telx facilities at 60 Hudson Street and 111 8th Avenue in Manhattan. The network supports the Telx Metro Cross Connect service that provides TDM and Ethernet connectivity at various speeds between Telx’s New York area colocation facilities.

“New York-based financial institutions, media companies and enterprise businesses, located in the epicenter of the global banking and media capital of the world, demand significant amounts of connectivity and capacity in colocation and interconnection facilities like Telx,” states Ray La Chance, CEO of Lexent Metro Connect. “Because Lexent owns and maintains its dark fiber network, and has a dedicated force of service professionals who monitor and maintain the network 24×7, we provide Telx not only a dark fiber extension of its key interconnection facilities, but an experienced and well-trained team that can guarantee Telx and its customers one of the highest levels of network reliability in the market.”

Lexent Metro Connect’s dense dark fiber footprint provides connectivity between the Telx colocation facilities at 60 Hudson Street, 111 8^th Avenue as well as to over 90 enterprise buildings in and around the New York metro area. This provides Telx customers, especially large banks and media firms where network downtime can mean lost revenue, an added layer of redundancy and reliability that is critical to their operations. Given the current economic climate, financial services firms are facing increased regulatory requirements, accompanied by pressures to stay within strict budgetary guidelines. Lexent Metro Connect’s proprietary dark fiber provides the colocation facilities that serve these businesses a secure and cost-effective network solution.

“Leveraging Lexent’s dark fiber network allows Telx and its customers to create physically diverse and low latency networks that meet both their present and future needs,” states Mike Terlizzi Executive Vice President Engineering and Operations, of Telx.  “For the financial executive working on the trading floor, downtime is simply not an option.  With partners like Lexent, Telx’s Metro Cross Connect Service is ensuring the optimal network performance and interconnections that its customers, particularly those in the financial services sector, require to remain competitive and compliant.”

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About Lexent Metro Connect

Lexent Metro Connect, LLC provides state of the art, carrier neutral, dark fiber network infrastructure to enterprise customers and service providers throughout New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area. As the leading provider of dark fiber networks in the region, Lexent is the only fiber provider that builds and operates its entire network with its own in-house engineering, construction and maintenance workforce thereby providing its customers with a lower cost of ownership while delivering the highest levels of reliability and control of their network assets in the market. Lexent provides its customers with the option to leverage an existing dark fiber network as an extension of their own, or to build a new, dedicated, private fiber network in the City.  Lexent also provides direct connectivity to carrier-neutral colocation facilities, enabling Freedom of Choice in pursuing wholesale buying of Network Services. Lexent’s ever-growing network provides diverse connectivity between regional Carrier Hotels, Central Offices, and Enterprise Buildings.  For more information on Lexent Metro Connect, please visit www.lexent.net or contact us directly by email at info@lexent.net or call +1 212 981 0700.

For Lexent Metro Connect media enquiries, please contact:    

Ilissa Miller

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

pr@jaymiescotto.com   

866.695.3629

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