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Corning and Pulte Team Up to Bring Life-Enhancing Benefits
to Homeowners; Pulte Homes Becomes Charter Member of Corning Connected
Community Program
HICKORY, N.C., May 18, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Corning Cable Systems, an
industry-leading manufacturer of fiber optic and copper communications
network infrastructure solutions, announces Pulte Homes as the charter
member of the Corning Connected Community(TM) Program.
Corning Cable Systems developed the Corning Connected Community Program to
bring the benefits of optical fiber to homeowners everywhere by assisting
homebuilders and community developers in building fiber optic infrastructure
into their plans. As the first member of the Corning Connected Community
Program, Pulte Homes - one of the largest homebuilders in the United States
- illustrates its commitment to building truly state-of-the-art
neighborhoods.
To qualify as a Corning Connected Community, each connected neighborhood
must provide at least 5 Mb/s symmetrical service to all homes via fiber
optic connection to the home. Pulte has selected PAXIO Inc. to design,
install and service the fiber networks in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most
of today's non-fiber broadband technologies, such as cable modem and DSL,
offer asymmetrical service, meaning higher data rates downstream to the home
and much slower speeds upstream from the home.
Corning Cable Systems will provide select new Pulte Home communities in the
San Francisco Bay Area with its flexible, high-quality FTTH products and
services, placing Pulte at the forefront of this technology and ensuring
Pulte's home-buying customers have the most advanced, reliable technology
infrastructure to their home and within their community. Pulte's partnership
with PAXIO also includes construction of fiber to each community, providing
virtually unlimited broadband today and into the future. In addition,
Corning Cable Systems will help educate potential Pulte customers on the
benefits of FTTH and the Corning Connected Community(TM) Program.
Through its Evolant(TM) Solutions for Access Networks, Corning Cable Systems
offers specialized portfolios of innovative products and services that
enable customers to cost-effectively deploy fiber in the last mile. Evolant
Solutions for Access Networks encompasses state-of-the-art products, network
planning, system design and deployment support.
For additional information on Corning Cable Systems products or services,
please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-743-2675, toll
free in the United States, or (+1) 828-901-5000, international, or visit our
Web site at
www.corning.com/cablesystems. Corning Cable Systems LLC is a subsidiary
of Corning Incorporated.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com)
is a diversified technology company that concentrates its efforts on
high-impact growth opportunities. Corning combines its expertise in
specialty glass, ceramic materials, polymers and the manipulation of the
properties of light, with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to
develop, engineer and commercialize significant innovative products for the
telecommunications, flat panel display, environmental, semiconductor and
life sciences industries.
About Pulte Homes
Pulte Homes (www.pulte.com) builds homes
in more than 40 markets nationwide, and has been building them for more than
50 years. They have been honored as "America's Best Builder," and named
Builder of the Year in 2002. Pulte Homes commitment to quality is reflected
in the way it treats customers, by providing them with a home that exceeds
their expectations. Adding fiber to these homes is just another way Pulte
leads the way in providing exceptional value to their homebuyers.
About PAXIO
PAXIO Inc. (www.paxio.com) is a leader in
private fiber-to-the-home deployments and provides complete fiber optic
technology and communications solutions for residential and master planned
communities. Communities serviced by PAXIO fiber have increased land value,
improved access to technology, and residents enjoy exceptional value in
telecommunications.
SOURCE: Corning Incorporated
Corning Cable Systems
Dana S. McEntire, 828-901-6910
dana.mcentire@corning.com
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