Adesta Completes the Five Colleges Fiber Optic Network in Western Massachusetts

    /24-7PressRelease/ - OMAHA, NE, May 23, 2007 - Adesta, LLC, a systems integrator and project management company for communication networks and electronic security systems, together with Five Colleges Board of Directors, and other local and state officials, marked the completion of the Five Colleges Fiber-Optic Network. The new $3.6M network will connect Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst into a primary carrier hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts. These five institutions, which have been collaborating in several areas since 1965, have joined forces once again to develop this network that will increase their data network capacity, add redundant links to handle network outages, and reduce their local circuit charges for data communications services.

The 53-mile-long network furnishes almost limitless bandwidth, which will significantly enhance the educational reach and ability of Five Colleges, Inc. It will also present greater opportunities for rural-area communities the network touches upon.

"Adesta is proud to have been involved in this exciting network opportunity for
Five Colleges from design throughout the construction. We are confident this unprecedented network will greatly increase the distance learning and communications possibilities of these institutions," said Bob Sommerfeld, President of Adesta.

"Five Colleges looks forward to a continued relationship with Adesta," said Five Colleges IT Director, Donna Baron. "The people with whom we worked are most knowledgeable and responsive. They helped us value-engineer our network to get the most for our telecommunications dollar today and in the future."

About Adesta, LLC
Adesta brings innovative, flexible and cost-efficient thinking to the design, construction and maintenance of stand-alone or integrated communication networks and security systems. For nearly two decades, Adesta has offered commercial, industrial and governmental clients an efficient single point of contact for all their project issues. A trusted partner to customers and suppliers around the world, Adesta takes great pride in delivering outstanding technology, superior control and a great return on investment.

Adesta has deployed over 2 million fiber miles in more than 140 metropolitan areas and completed over 800 electronic security systems projects in the United States, Europe, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East.

Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Adesta is managed by executives from the telecommunications, construction and security industries. For more information, visit the company's website at www.adestagroup.com or call (866) 221-5641.

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