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Appia, Pangeaea Partner To Serve Businesses

TRAVERSE CITY -- Appia Communications, a provider of managed communications and network services, announced a partnership with Pangaea Networks to provide Appia's services to customers in buildings connected to the Pangaea fiber optic network.

The new services include: hosted VoIP, SIP trunking, video conferencing, nationwide networking, and managed data services.

"For customers in Pangaea-lit buildings, Appia can now deliver our cost saving services with best-in-class reliability and price," said Jason Ulm, vice president of sales at Appia Communications. "The customers we serve with Pangaea fiber access will have unlimited bandwidth available at considerable savings."

Added Kevin Black, vice president of business services at Pangaea Networks:  "The buildings we currently serve now have the advantage of an enhanced fiber network linked with a multitude of managed communication services."

Pangaea Networks is the leading provider of multi-protocol Metro Ethernet Local Loop connectivity in New York City and the tri-state area.

Pangaea provides Ethernet, EoWavelength, EoSONET/SDH, EoTDM, EoC and Private Fiber Builds, all according to strict MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) guidelines. Pangaea is the only independent wholesale Ethernet local loop provider in the region. Through the PANMetro Ethernet platform, Pangaea facilitates International and Domestic Carriers, Service Providers, Resellers and the Agent Channel to sell more of their own IP, VoIP, Voice, Data, Peering, Video, and MPLS services. Pangaea deploys leading edge Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) for 24x7x365 visibility and monitoring from the Network Edge to the Carrier Core.

Pangaea's fiber-optic backbone in the New York City market provides customers with a diverse network alternative and a unique, low latency footprint between key data centers.

Appia Communications is a leading provider of managed communication and network services, with a focus on small to midsize companies and organizations. Appia's solutions help customers minimize capital investments, reduce costs, enhance employee productivity, improve customer care, and compete more effectively against much larger enterprises.

More at www.appiacommunications.com or www.pangaeanetworks.com

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