US LEC Expands IP-Based Data Networking Service Across S.C. Lowcountry

MPLS VPN now available in Charleston, Conway, Florence, Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas 


CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 28  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US LEC Corp. (NASDAQ:CLEC), a full service provider of IP, data and voice solutions to businesses and enterprise organizations throughout the Eastern United States, today announced the expansion of its MPLS VPN advanced data networking service across the South Carolina Lowcountry, including Charleston, Conway, Florence, Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas.

"US LEC's expansion of MPLS VPN throughout the Lowcountry nearly completes the roll-out of this IP-based product throughout our Eastern U.S. footprint," said Chuck Flaherty, regional vice president for US LEC. "MPLS VPN provides multi-location businesses that utilize data connectivity, a cost-effective and reliable option to connect many locations with a single, flexible network."

US LEC now offers the scalability and security of MPLS VPN in all major Carolina business centers and their surrounding areas, including Asheville, Charleston, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Columbia, Durham, Greensboro, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh, Spartanburg, Wilmington and Winston-Salem.

US LEC MPLS VPN provides a robust data networking solution for businesses that require data networking to connect multiple locations and need to carry traffic such as Internet access, critical business applications such as Customer Resource Management applications and enterprise-wide or inter-office VoIP calling.

US LEC's MPLS VPN offers several critical advantages over traditional services including a fully-meshed and routed network and the prioritization of specific application traffic such as VoIP. The service can be scaled from fractional T1 speeds below 1.5 Megabits per second (Mbs) to DS3 (45 Mbs) to Ethernet Local Loop. US LEC offers both metro and wide-area networking options that allow customers to connect locally within a metro area or across large geographic distances.

US LEC's MPLS VPN service supports quality of service (QoS) guarantees, enabling the prioritization of traffic according to customer requirements. Priority traffic travels over available bandwidth first; then, as prioritized traffic decreases, all other traffic uses available bandwidth, ensuring full optimization. Since MPLS VPN is scalable, customers only buy the bandwidth required, reducing unnecessary costs. As needs grow, the customer can purchase more bandwidth.

MPLS VPN is now available in 25 of US LEC's 26 switching centers and includes Atlanta; Baltimore; Birmingham, Ala.; Charleston, S.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Greensboro, N.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; Miami; Mobile, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; New Orleans; Norfolk, Va.; Orlando, Fla.; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Raleigh, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Tampa, Fla.; Washington, D.C. and West Palm Beach, Fla.

About US LEC

Based in Charlotte, N.C., US LEC is a full service provider of IP, data and voice solutions to medium and large businesses and enterprise organizations throughout 16 Eastern states and the District of Columbia. US LEC offers advanced, IP-based, data and voice services such as MPLS VPN and Ethernet, as well as comprehensive Dynamic T(SM) VoIP-enabled services and features. The company also offers local and long distance services and data services such as frame relay, Multi-Link Frame Relay and ATM. US LEC provides a broad array of complementary services, including conferencing, data backup and recovery, data center services and Web hosting, as well as managed firewall and router services for advanced data networking. US LEC also offers selected voice services in 26 additional states and provides enhanced data services, selected Internet services and MegaPOP(R) (local dial-up Internet access for ISPs) nationwide. For more information about US LEC, visit http://www.uslec.com/.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this report contains forward-looking statements, subject to uncertainties and risks, including the demand for US LEC's services, the ability of the Company to introduce additional products, the ability of the Company to successfully attract and retain personnel, competition in existing and potential additional markets, uncertainties regarding its dealings with ILECs and other telecommunications carriers and facilities providers, regulatory uncertainties, the possibility of adverse decisions related to reciprocal compensation and access charges owing to the Company, as well as the Company's ability to begin operations in additional markets. These and other applicable risks are summarized in the "Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" sections and elsewhere in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005, and in subsequent reports, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

US LEC is a registered service mark of US LEC Corp. US LEC and Design (R) is a registered service mark and trademark of US LEC Corp.   StarNet(TM) and MegaPOP(R) are service marks of US LEC Corp.

Media Contact: Marisa Puthoff, Edelman Public Relations, 404-262-3000, 

Corporate Contact: Brian Crenshaw, APR, US LEC, 704-319-1942, 

Investor Contact: James Stawski, US LEC, 704-319-1189,  

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