World Wide Packets Access Concentrators bring new services and scalability to Platte River Power Authority's SCADA network

World Wide Packets Lightning Edge 211 and Lightning Edge 410 Concentrators selected to support enhanced SCADA and security services.

Contacts:

World Wide Packets:
Eileen DeArmon
(509) 242-9270
eileen.dearmon@wwp.com

Platte River Power Authority:
(970) 226 4000
http://www.prpa.org/

World Wide Packets Access Concentrators bring new services and scalability to Platte River Power Authoritys SCADA network.

Lightning Edge 211 and Lightning Edge 410 Concentrators selected to support enhanced SCADA and security services.

Spokane, WA and Ft Collins, CO – June 24, 2002 – World Wide Packets equipment will enhance the Platte River Power Authoritys existing SCADA services, and bring new management capabilities such as video surveillance. Platte River will install LightningEdge 211 Concentrators in each of its substations, along with LightningEdge 410 Concentrators in Gigabit Ethernet loops surrounding Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland, Colorado. World Wide Packets Solution was the most effective we saw when we looked at alternatives to our existing SONET infrastructure," said Bruce Reynolds, Platte River Systems Maintenance Manager. The solution is less expensive, easy to provision and manage and allows us to support the additional applications we want."

The Platte River Power Authority joins a growing number of utilities choosing to transition to the flexibility, scalability, and functionality of Ethernet. Such a transition is cost-effective, at a price substantially below that of a SONET upgrade, and Ethernet provides the reliability essential to mission critical SCADA functions. As an added benefit, utilities are finding that the capacity demands of even the most advanced SCADA and utility video applications are easily supported by an Ethernet over fiber system, opening the door for utilities to support community development in surrounding areas. Utilities are stepping up to bring connectivity to customers otherwise not served. As time goes on, true broadband access may become almost as important to customers as power itself. The Platte River Power Authority can be proud of being a pioneer in this area, replicating in telecommunications what it has accomplished with electrical power in the western United States," said Bernard Daines, CEO of World Wide Packets.

About World Wide Packets

World Wide Packets pioneered the adoption of Ethernet-based access networks. World Wide Packet's LightningEdge Solution enables a single access platform for both business and residential subscribers, providing the most cost competitive broadband access solution for delivery of voice, video, and data services. World Wide Packets is a privately held corporation, established by Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines, Grand Junction Networks and Tidewater Associates. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit our Web site at www.worldwidepackets.com. Access Brilliance, Ethernet to the Subscriber, ETTS, Fiber to the Subscriber, FTTS, LightningEdge, World Wide Packets and the World Wide Packets logo are trademarks of World Wide Packets Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About the Platte River Power Authority

Platte River Power Authority supplies the electricity used by the communities of Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland, Colorado. Its headquarters is located in Fort Collins, and it has facilities located primarily along the Front Range and the western slope of northern Colorado, in addition to Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Platte River also provides electricity and support services to other utilities and businesses in the western United States.