Pembroke Telephone Company Delivers Triple Play Using AFC's TelcoVideo(SM)

Pembroke Telephone Company Delivers Triple Play Using AFC's
TelcoVideo(SM)
AFC's TelcoVideo solution serving up voice, TV and high-speed Internet over
nearly 5,000 access lines in Georgia 


PETALUMA, Calif., Sept. 27  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AFC(R) (NASDAQ:AFCI), The
Acronym for Access(SM), today announced that Georgia-based Pembroke Telephone
Company (PTC) recently completed robust deployment of TelcoVideo(SM) services
from AFC. Built around AFC's AccessMAX(TM) and Telliant(TM) platforms, PTC is
offering subscribers a 70-channel TV line-up, 1.5Mbps Internet service and a
full range of voice service offerings over the company's existing copper
outside plant.

According to Steve Rogerson, central office supervisor at PTC, the company is
providing its customers with features and functionality rarely found in even
the most sophisticated markets.

"Pembroke Telephone serves what historically has been a rural marketplace, but
is growing rapidly today as a result of activity at nearby Fort Stewart and the
movement of people from urban areas throughout the region to smaller, less
congested communities in our service area," said Rogerson. "As a result, our
customers increasingly are calling for a variety of advanced information,
entertainment and communications capabilities. We've strategically positioned
our company to be the single source for these services."

To provide reliable, high-performance service, PTC is using AFC's Telliant as
the primary building block for providing advanced access capabilities. The
company was an early adopter of this multi-service platform and has
strategically placed five units throughout its serving area, delivering ADSL
services directly off of the Telliant chassis, as well as serving more than 26
of AFC's AccessMAX remote subscriber terminals via a mixture of OC-3s and
OC-12s. The move effectively placed 100 percent of the company's subscribers in
range for high-speed Internet services and 95 percent in range for TV services.

Rogerson related that the company's development plan calls for additional
Telliant and AccessMAX terminals to enhance service quality. While 95 percent
of the company's customers currently can be provided with PTC's full range of
TV and Internet services, the company's goal is to have 100-percent coverage
with its distance between the DSLAM and the individual subscriber's premises be
no longer than 8,000 feet, assuring maximum service quality.

One of the most significant indicators of Pembroke Telephone's access network
performance can be measured in channel-change times within PTC's TV offerings,
which are affected on video cards within the Telliant equipment being employed
as edge routers. The company's attention to serving loop length has resulted in
channel-change times generally ranging between 500 milliseconds and one second.

As a result of its dependability and flexibility, Pembroke Telephone is
applying AFC's Telliant platform to a broad range of tasks within their
facilities, according to Rogerson.

"From the Broadband-Remote Access Server (B-RAS) capabilities to Internet Group
Management Protocol (IGMP) functionality, AFC's Telliant meets the company's
needs for managing Gigabit Ethernet, ADSL, ATM, OC3/12 and DSLAM capabilities,"
added Rogerson. "In our network, it's the Swiss Army knife of devices. Telliant
does it all."

About Pembroke Telephone Company

Founded in 1946 as an outgrowth of the Sikes Telephone Company, Pembroke
Telephone Company has grown from an initial 112 lines of basic telephone
service to nearly 5,000 lines. PTC provides residents of northern Bryan County
and an area of southern Bulloch County with a diverse range of communications
services, including conventional voice, high-speed Internet and 70 channels of
television service, including HBO(R), Cinemax, Showtime(TM) and The Movie
Channel(R) premium services. For more information about the company, see the
company's website at http://www.pemtelco.com/.

About AFC

Headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., AFC is a leading provider of broadband
access solutions for the global telecommunications industry. With a customer
base of more than 800 service providers worldwide, AFC continues to build and
support the world's evolving broadband access network architecture. Advanced
Fibre Communications, Inc., AFC, the AFC logo, and DISC*S are registered
trademarks of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. AccessMAX and Telliant are
trademarks, and The Acronym for Access and TelcoVideo are service marks of
Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. Any
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more
information, please visit AFC online at http://www.afc.com/ or call
1-800-690-AFCI.

Except for historical information contained in this press release, the
foregoing contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the
future performance of AFC that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks
concerning the expectation that demand for AFC's broadband access solutions
will grow. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements based on a variety of risks and uncertainties,
including the risks and uncertainties relating to the timing and quantity of
orders from Pembroke Telephone Company; the uncertainties relating to the
demand for broadband services; the risk that AFC's new products will not
achieve anticipated market acceptance; the potential for business disruption
and other risks associated with AFC's pending merger with Tellabs, Inc.; and
the risk that AFC will experience increased competition due to its expanded
product offering. Information about additional factors that could affect AFC's
financial results is included in AFC's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. We undertake no obligation to revise or update these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. 

DATASOURCE: AFC



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