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XO Communications: Road Runner Sports Selects XO Communications for Nationwide Converged Network Solution

^{Published on 2009-03-18 06:02:12, Last Modified on 2009-11-03 19:03:48 - Market Wire}
 

HERNDON, VA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2009) - XO Communications (OTCBB: [ XOHO ]) today announced that it has been selected to provide a nationwide converged wide area network solution for Road Runner Sports. Road Runner Sports is recognized by fitness and sports enthusiasts as having the world's largest selection of men's and women's running shoes, jogging shoes, running apparel and accessories for beginning runners to seasoned marathoners, cross-country runners and triathletes.

XO Communications will provide a fully managed converged IP voice and data solution connecting 21 Road Runner Sports locations across 10 states. Road Runner Sports will utilize [ XO IP Flex with VPN ], which combines the advantages of the award-winning [ XO IP Flex ] service and private data networking capabilities of [ XO MPLS IP-VPN ] into one, simple converged IP voice and data wide area networking solution. The XO solution will help Road Runner Sports achieve improved cost-efficiencies by converging voice and data traffic over a single IP network infrastructure and create a more scalable, application-aware wide area network to support optimal performance for corporate applications, company databases, email, point of sale transactions and the company's migration to Voice over IP (VoIP).

Prior to selecting XO Communications, Road Runner Sports had relied on numerous service providers and utilized different types of network access methods, including cable, DSL and T1-based services, which made management of its network time-consuming and costly. By consolidating its nationwide locations and voice and data on one network with XO Communications, Road Runner Sports estimates the XO solution will help reduce network and administration costs.

"We needed a provider that could serve our nationwide retail locations and deliver a solution that provides increased performance while helping us operate more efficiently," said Dan Kelly, vice president of information technology at Road Runner Sports. "XO Communications met all of our requirements, and we are delighted to partner with them for the years to come."

"The solution XO designed for Road Runner Sports is a perfect example of how XO's nationwide reach and advanced IP services portfolio can help enterprises with distributed locations simplify their networks while improving network performance," said Brad Boddicker, sales vice president for the west region at XO Communications. "XO has delivered a cost-effective solution that seamlessly connects all of their locations through an efficient, managed network so that Road Runner Sports can focus on their core business, knowing their network can scale easily to support future growth."

XO IP Flex with VPN

[ XO IP Flex with VPN ] is the perfect solution for multi-location businesses with remote or smaller sites that require private networks with voice, data, and Internet access. XO IP Flex with VPN offers integrated local, long distance, data networking, Internet services and XO Anywhere for unified communications on a secure, private IP MPLS network with Class of Service capabilities. In addition, with XO's bandwidth-based pricing, customers can select a port speed and calling plan sized to fit their business needs, and a flexible, intelligent, and managed network-based solution that offers more bandwidth for the dollar, faster application deployment, and lower network operating costs than traditional wide area networking services.

For more information about XO IP Flex with VPN, XO MPLS IP-VPN, XO IP Flex or other XO services go to [ www.xo.com ], or contact an XO sales representative by calling (866) 349-0134.

About Road Runner Sports

Road Runner Sports, founded in San Diego, California, in 1983, provides fitness and sports enthusiasts the world's largest selection of men's and women's running shoes, jogging shoes, running apparel and accessories to everyone from beginning runners to seasoned marathoners, cross-country runners and triathletes. Customers shop in a fun, friendly environment for running and walking gear from the biggest names in running such as Asics, New Balance, Nike, Saucony, adidas, Brooks and more. Road Runner Sports has retail stores in Scottsdale and Tempe, Arizona; Concord, Costa Mesa, Laguna Hills, San Carlos, San Diego, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, and West Hills, California; Westminster, Colorado; Naperville, Illinois; Columbia, Maryland; North Brunswick, Paramus, and Shrewsbury, New Jersey; Columbus, Ohio; Tualatin, Oregon; Falls Church, Virginia; and Kent and Seattle, Washington. For more information about Road Runner Sports, visit [ http://www.roadrunnersports.com ].

About XO Communications

XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: [ XOHO ]), is a leading nationwide provider of advanced communications services and solutions for businesses, enterprises, government, carriers and service providers. Its customers include more than half of the Fortune 500, in addition to leading cable companies, carriers, content providers and mobile network operators. Utilizing its unique combination of high-capacity nationwide and metro networks and broadband wireless capabilities, XO offers customers a broad range of managed voice, data and IP services with proven performance, scalability and value in more than 75 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit [ www.xo.com ].