henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch) (02/01/90)
> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 90 09:52:27 -0500 > From: jte@psi.com (John Eldredge) > To: nysernet@nisc.nyser.net > Subject: PRESS RELEASE > Cc: jte@psi.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Martin L. Schoffstall Vice President Performance Systems International, Inc. P.O. Box 3850 Reston, VA 22091 703.620.6651 info@psi.com PSI ANNOUNCES NEW, STRATEGIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT WITH RCI Reston, VA, February 1, 1990 - The signing of a five-year contract detailing a strategic business relationship between Performance Systems International, Inc. (PSI), a value-added computer network service provider, and Rochester Communications Incorporated (RCI), a telecommunications facility provider, was announced today. This pact incorporates T1 (1.544Mbps) circuit delivery by RCI for PSI throughout the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. This agreement represents the second major telecommunications vendor with a special working relationship with PSI to provide major portions of the backbone for PSI's CAPNet(SM) and NYSERNet(SM) networks. This agreement differs from the relationship PSI has with a larger number of vendors offering circuits alone. Through this accord, customers of the PSI backbone will benefit by enhanced reliability produced through redundant telecommunications service providers. An important aspect of this new contract is the co-location of PSI data communications equipment in the RCI points of presence (POP's) throughout much of PSI's current service areas, such as Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C. PSI customers will see the immediate advantages of more serviceable core network equipment and reduced costs for maintaining the backbone infrastructure. Martin Schoffstall, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for PSI commented, "This is a major step toward the reliable expansion of the CAPNet(SM) and NYSERNet(SM) systems. Our customers will enjoy immediate advantages, such as greater serviceability, economy and technologies such as Extended Super Frame (ESF) network management to insure greater reliability. At the same time, we better position ourselves to support imminent needs, such as T3 and fiber data transmission facilities." Services currently provided by PSI include their "Standard Connection Service," integrating customer Local Area Networks (LAN's) into the PSI wide area networks (WANs). This premier service puts organizations in touch with millions of other individual users from thousands of sites globally taking advantage of interactive network applications, such as transferring files and remotely accessing distant computers. PSI also offers "Host Mail" and "USENET/NEWS" services for entry level electronic business communications. In addition, PSI customers have grown increasingly dependent on individual "Dialup Services" to the PSI networks and "WhitePages Directories" to locate other network users. PSI's corporate offices are located in Reston, Virginia. PSI network operations is centered in their Albany, New York facility. - 30 -