Press Release

CONROE, Texas - Consolidated Communications announced the availability of its Midwest Network at COMPTEL Plus this week. The newly deployed network covers the major cities of Pittsburgh, PA, Indianapolis, IN, and St. Louis, MO, and Chicago, IL, will be added to the Midwest Network in late 2009.

Consolidated Communications' Midwest Network also offers access to other essential markets in Illinois, including Springfield, Ill., and Mattoon, Ill., (Consolidated's main Illinois tandem for ILEC operations.) Through the company's acquisition of the former North Pittsburgh Systems Inc., Consolidated Communications also offers connections to Gibsonia, Pa., (Consolidated's main Pennsylvania tandem) and all ILEC and CLEC locations in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area.

Services offered through the Midwest Network include SONET, ring protected circuits for DS1 to OC48s, Carrier Ethernet from 100MB to 1G and wholesale I/P bandwidth up to 500Mb. The Midwest Network can be accessed at Consolidated's Carrier POPs:

  • St. Louis: 900 Walnut
  • Indianapolis: 733 W. Henry
  • Chicago: TBD (2009)
  • Pittsburgh: 2500 N. Allegheny

Consolidated Communications owns and operates three major regional networks which the company manages and maintains. The North Texas network covers all of Dallas, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, Waco, Texas and Killeen, Texas while the Texas Regional Network provides connections to all major cities in Texas as well as locations in key growth markets and expanding wireless corridors.

Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) has been a leader in wholesale services over 35 years and has been providing service in Central Illinois continuously since 1894. Founded more than a century ago, Consolidated Communications is a family of companies providing advanced communications services to both residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. Consolidated Communications offers a wide range of services over its technologically advanced IP-based network, including local and long distance telephone, high-speed Internet access, Broadband Phone and Digital TV.

Contact David Harral or Linda Nunez for more infromation.