Lightower Expanding Collocation Facility in Marlborough, MA

BOXBOROUGH, MA--(Marketwire - December 14, 2009) - Lightower Fiber Networks, a leading metro fiber network, bandwidth, and collocation service provider serving the northeast United States, announced today that it is expanding its collocation center at 34 St. Martin Drive, in Marlborough, MA.

Strategically located in Boston's western suburbs, near the intersection of I-90 and I-495, Lightower's Marlborough facility offers customers hybrid-class collocation space with amenities such as AC or DC power, generator or UPS backup power, state-of-the-art HVAC, a loading dock, 30 foot ceilings, and security.

"Marlborough is a perfect location for companies looking to collocate near Boston. Not only does Lightower offer the collo space at 34 St. Martin, but we also offer fiber access directly to Boston, the greater Boston area, the rest of New England, and down the coast to New York City and New Jersey," explained Herb Boynton, VP of Sales, Lightower Fiber Networks.

Collocation customers at 34 St. Martin Drive have access to a complete suite of Lightower networking services including Ethernet, dark fiber, wavelengths, Internet access, and SONET. Networking services can be custom designed for customers in bandwidths ranging from 10 Mbps all the way up to 40 Gbps.

With Lightower's dense network in the Boston area, 34 St. Martin collocation customers can also easily connect to any of the other important regional facilities including 1 Summer Street, 109 Brookline Avenue, 500 Rutherford Street, 300 Bent Street, 50 & 70 Innerbelt Road, 400 Minuteman Drive, 250 Locke Drive, and 1 Federal Street.

About Lightower Fiber Networks

Lightower Fiber Networks is a leading fiber network and broadband service provider in the Northeast. Lightower offers over 4,400 fiber route miles with over 1,630 on-net buildings coupled with comprehensive transport and alternative access solutions. Lightower's geographic footprint extends from Boston and southern New Hampshire, to eastern New York State, northern New Jersey, Long Island, and New York City. Lightower uniquely offers customers geographically diverse routing and low latency network solutions on an all-fiber optic network. Lightower Fiber is headquartered in Boxborough, MA. For more information, visit www.lightower.com or call 888-LT-FIBER.

Contact Information: For more information: Chris Knight Lightower Fiber Networks (978) 264-6000 www.lightower.com