FairPoint Communications Adds Virtual Customer Premises Equipment, Expanding Company’s Network Function Virtualization

fairpoint-logovCPE provides a highly-scalable, cloud-based routing solution

PORTLAND, Maine, Jan. 09, 2018 -- FairPoint Communications, a Consolidated Communications Company (NASDAQ:CNSL), today announced the launch of virtual Customer Premise Equipment (vCPE), a cloud-based routing solution that provides scalability, accelerated provisioning and built-in geographic diversity. vCPE eliminates the need for traditional dedicated routing hardware on-premises, moving routing for WAN, IP and VoIP services to a world class, cloud-based routing solution.

“This service delivery option is ideal for small-to-medium businesses and offers a cost-effective solution with flexibility in provisioning and deployment,” said Doug Abolt, vice president of commercial product management at FairPoint Communications. “vCPE provides businesses with a reliable and scalable routing solution that simplifies operations and reduces capital expense by eliminating the need for continued investment in routing hardware.”

The experienced team at FairPoint Communications manages all routing components, along with service upgrades and maintenance, allowing for the quick delivery of customized user-solutions. With redundancy and built-in geographical diversity, there is virtually no downtime with vCPE service delivery. Additionally, with 16x the survivability of a traditional on-site router, vCPE provides service level assurance-backed, dedicated symmetrical Ethernet services.

vCPE is available now in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

More at www.fairpoint.com.

Cloud Communications Alliance

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