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A consortium of companies led by Adelphia Communications Corp.'s Business Solutions subsidiary, has snagged a five-year $228 million contract to provide telecommunications services for the Pennsylvania government.
The consortium will use Adelphia's fiber-based network to deliver telecom services, including voice, data, video, basic digital transport and Internet service for state government offices over the public telecommunications network. In the past, multiple companies, including Bell Atlantic Corp. and AT&T Corp., were under separate contracts to provide the services.
"It's not a cable network," emphasized Rob Sienrukos, GM-government/education markets and project manager for Adelphia Business Solutions. "It's an expansion of the public network for both local voice services, long-distance voice services, high-speed data services and Internet data services."
The network...