San Jose, California – (The Hosting News) – December 17, 2007 – Web host and national provider of integrated voice and data communications firm, Covad Communications Group, Inc., has entered into a wholesale agreement with small business communication services firm, Purecom.

The partnership with Covad is hoped to enable Purecom to offer competitively-priced, high-speed broadband packages to meet its growing customer demand. Purecom will begin marketing Covad T1, SDSL, ADSL and ADSL2+ service to small businesses and residential subscribers nationwide, alongside its existing VoIP, Email, Web Hosting and flagship Hosted PBX services.

Daryl Sanders, Founder and President of Purecom, LLC noted, ”We look forward to our partnership with Covad, a proven leading provider of DSL and T1 services. Covad’s high-speed broadband services, combined with Purecom’s VoIP, Email and web services, enable us to offer our customers a complete small-office communications package at a very affordable price.”

Under the wholesale partnership, Purecom will benefit from Covad’s ADSL service, offering downstream data speeds of up to 6.0 Megabits per second (Mbps). As Purecom rolls out Covad ADSL2+ and T1 services, its customers will be able to choose data speeds of up to 15.0 Mbps. These services are designed to meet the increasing needs of consumers and small businesses for high-speed broadband to run advanced applications such as voice services, streaming video, and online gaming. Purecom will sell these services in all cities served by Covad’s nationwide, facilities-based network.

Purecom combines business-class broadband Internet access with VoIP, Email, Web Hosting and other value-added services such as domain name registration, DNS hosting and SSL certificates. The company markets its suite of communication services to small businesses and residential subscribers seeking simple, reliable, and affordable voice and data solutions for their home or office.

Jeff Rider, Vice President of business development at Covad added, ”A wholesale partnership with Purecom enables Covad to leverage its investment in its next-generation broadband network. This agreement underscores Covad’s position as the partner of choice for telecommunications providers seeking innovative and business-class broadband services.”

Covad streamlines provisioning and ordering systems, with a scalable, cost-efficient support infrastructure, and nationwide, facilities-based network. Covad has the nation’s largest ADSL2+ network and offers partners a broad portfolio of DSL and T1 services, including bonded T1, as well as line-powered voice access.

Purecom is a broadband voice, data and IT service provider that delivers business-class communication services to consumers and small businesses throughout the United States. Purecom helps small businesses succeed by offering simple, easy-to-use voice and data solutions that increase productivity and cut communication costs. Purecom’s suite of services includes Broadband Internet Access, Broadband Voice (VoIP), Hosted PBX, Email, Web Hosting and Domain Name services. For more information, visit www.purecom.com. Corporate headquarters is located at 910 15th Street, Suite 761, Denver, CO 80202.

A nationwide provider of integrated voice and data communications, Covad offers DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, wireless broadband, and bundled voice and data services directly through Covad’s network and through Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. According to the company, as the first company to commercially deploy DSL in the United States, Covad has spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a network that passes more than 57 million homes and businesses in 44 states – the largest nationwide footprint of any DSL company. Covad broadband services are currently available across the nation in 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) which represent over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses. Corporate headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles, San Jose, California 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD.

For more information about Purecom, please visit: www.purecom.com.

To learn more Covad, please visit: www.covad.com.

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