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XO Communications Signs 2,000th Business VoIP Services Customer
[November 21, 2005]

XO Communications Signs 2,000th Business VoIP Services Customer


RESTON, Va., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XO Communications, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: XOCM.OB) today announced that it has signed its 2,000th customer of XOptions Flex, its industry-leading voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services bundle for businesses. All new customers to XO, the 2,000 XOptions Flex customers have been signed just seven months after launching the service nationwide, demonstrating the strong demand by small and medium-sized businesses for VoIP solutions that are simple, flexible and cost-effective.


The 2,000th XOptions Flex customer is U.S. Wholesale Pipe & Tube (http://www.usw.com/), a leading national distributor of galvanized mechanical steel pipe and tube that is deploying XOptions Flex at its offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Tampa. "XOptions Flex is a national solution that can support our offices across the country, which allows us to work with XO for all of our communications needs," said Ramona Talpa, MIS manager, at U.S. Wholesale Pipe & Tube. "In addition, with its unlimited calling and dynamic bandwidth allocation, XOptions Flex will help us reduce our telecommunications costs while also providing each of our offices with increased data speeds."
"We continue to be very pleased with the ongoing success of XOptions Flex in the market," said Craig Collins, vice president of product management and marketing communications at XO Communications. "XOptions Flex has been established as the leading VoIP services bundle for businesses, as the only solution that combines unlimited voice calling, dedicated Internet access and web hosting for one, flat monthly price."
XOptions Flex is the industry's first VoIP services bundle for businesses that combines unlimited local and long distance calling, dedicated Internet access and web hosting for a flat monthly price. XOptions Flex leverages the latest in VoIP technology to provide customers with advanced capabilities such as unlimited voice calling, dynamic bandwidth allocation, voice virtual private networking (VPN), and a simple Administrative Web Portal. In addition, businesses can take full advantage of all of these IP-enabled capabilities and features without having to replace their existing analog phone systems.
With a broadband connection on the XO IP network, XOptions Flex utilizes the XO national IP network and softswitch technology to carry customers' voice calls more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional services that rely on the public switched telephone network. As a business-class VoIP solution, XOptions Flex provides customers with full access to E911 emergency services.
XOptions Flex Features
XOptions Flex includes more than twenty standard voice features for each phone line including call forward, three-way calling, and voice mail. Key features of the service include:
* Dedicated Internet Access up to 3 Mbps

* Dynamic bandwidth allocation


* Unlimited local calling

* Unlimited inbound and outbound domestic long distance calling

* An easy-to-use Administrative Web Portal for making real-time changes to
services

* Web Hosting Package

* Additional voice lines, hosting and other applications can also be added
on an a la carte basis.

XOptions Flex is available in major metropolitan areas across the United States, including Akron, Allentown, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, Harrisburg, Houston, Jersey City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Memphis, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Newark, Oakland, Orange County, CA, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Scranton, Seattle, Spokane, Tampa, Trenton, Washington, DC, West Palm Beach, and Wilmington, DE.
For more information about XOptions Flex visit http://www.xo.com/flex or contact an XO sales representative by calling (866) 963-9696.
About XO Communications
XO Communications is a leading provider of national and local telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and telecommunications companies. XO offers a complete portfolio of services, including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and Web hosting services as well as bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services over an advanced, national facilities-based IP network and serves more than 70 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.xo.com/.
XO Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: Chad Couser of XO Communications, +1-703-547-2746, [email protected]

Web site: http://www.xo.com/http://www.xo.com/flexhttp://www.usw.com/

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