NEF Joins Forces with AFS to Provide Optical Network Solutions in Nine Key Markets

NEF Inc., a leader in dark fiber (http://www.americanfibersystems.com/) and lit service solutions, has partnered with American Fiber Systems, Inc.

(PRWEB) June 20, 2007 -- NEF Inc., a leader in dark fiber (http://www.americanfibersystems.com/) and lit service solutions, has partnered with American Fiber Systems, Inc. (AFS), a key provider of private metro optical networks, to create and design optimal communications networks for enterprise clients and telecommunications carriers in nine fast growing mid-size markets: Atlanta, Boise, Cleveland, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, Reno and Salt Lake City.

NEF empowers clients with both network information and professional services to create robust, scalable and affordable networks. AFS has earned a reputation as being the preferred method for by-passing the Phone company for high bandwidth in each of their markets. This partnership will allow clients to build end-to-end connectivity solutions, including datacenter integration and network design and deployment, through the expertise of NEF in designing efficient optical networks using AFS lit and dark fiber capabilities.

Michael Murphy, CEO of NEF, offers, “Our partnership with American Fiber Systems enables us to create and deploy stable, secure networks, higher speeds and competitive rates. With American Fiber Systems’ world-class custom metro optical network (http://www.americanfibersystems.com/our-network.php) solutions, we can satisfy the needs of our customers in these nine niche markets. A key benefit of the AFS network is that it completely by-passes the local exchange carrier. This provides our customers network diversity from the incumbent provider.”

"We sincerely enjoy working with the folks at NEF. Truth be told, AFS is fairly discerning when it comes to selecting our partners. However, NEF made our partnering decision a no brainer: they are easy to do business with, highly reliable and of unquestionable integrity. Quite simply, they are our kind of people," says Mike D’Angelo, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AFS.

About NEF

NEF, Inc., is one of the nation’s top telecommunications consulting firms, offering 25 years of industry experience and a proven methodology for providing its customers with the best networks, information and pricing available. NEF can provide a broad spectrum of products from dark fiber to high bandwidth, fully managed optical services. Through their partners, such as American Fiber Systems, NEF designs custom connectivity solutions and provides access to over 50 fiber providers in 48 states, 2.5 million miles of metro and national fiber and over 40,000 lit buildings.

About American Fiber Systems

American Fiber Systems provides metropolitan fiber optic network infrastructure and wholesale transport services to carriers and large enterprises. AFS enables it’s customers to easily and reliably connect to a city's most important points of communications presence, including ILEC central offices and wire centers; CLEC PoPs; Internet Service Provider (ISP) and data center locations; Inter-exchange “carrier hotels;” wireless providers and cable company head ends; and Fortune 1000 companies. AFS has deployed over 1,200,000 miles of high-capacity, high-bandwidth metropolitan fiber optic cable since 2000 in several cities, including Atlanta, GA, Boise, ID, Carson City, NV, Cleveland, OH; Jacksonville, FL, Kansas City KS/MO; Las Vegas, NV, Lenexa, KS, Marietta, GA, Minneapolis, MN, Mobile, AL, Norcross, GA, St. Paul, MN, Nashville, TN, Overland Park, KS, Panama City, FL, Pensacola, FL, Reno, NV, Salt Lake City, UT, and Tallahassee, FL. AFS has over 500 capacity enabled on-net buildings and supports an addressable market teledensity of over $9 billion in annualized telecommunications services. American Fiber Systems is a privately held venture-backed company. For more information, please visit our website: www.americanfibersystems.com.

For more information, contact:

Michael Murphy, CEO

NEF, Inc.

(508) 663-1677

A.R. Brache, Vice President of Marketing

American Fiber Systems

(585) 785-5803

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause or contribute to such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, and various other factors beyond the Company’s control.

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