Trent Trahan, chief executive officer of
PrimeLink, said the first phase of the company’s
expansion of service in Saratoga Springs is
complete and expansion will continue throughout
2015.
PrimeLink provides customers with high speed
internet access, voice solutions, and
hosted and traditional phone systems. All
services are brought to the end user with a
100 percent fiber optic network, Trahan said.
“This availability of fiber optic technology
will provide Saratoga with the most advanced
transport medium available in digital communications
and provide a more competitive
environment for business customers seeking
affordable high quality communication services,”
he said.
PrimeLink, a subsidiary of the 112-year-old
Champlain Telephone Co., began its work in
1997 with the establishment of a 242-mile fiber
optic backbone from Albany to Montreal. This
$40 million private investment represented
the first network backbone of its kind in the
Champlain Valley, according to the company.
Trahan said PrimeLink’s goal from the beginning
was to enhance the economics of the area
and improve the quality of life and business
climate in the communities it serves. Fiberoptic
communication represents the future of
digital communications.
“It is a method of transmitting information
from one place to another by sending pulses of
light through an optical fiber. The light forms an
electromagnetic carrier wave that is adapted
to carry information,” he said.
“There is no end in sight as to the amount
of bandwidth that is possible over fiber cables
which makes it poised to prepare the Adirondacks
for the communication needs of the
future.”
PrimeLink President and General Manager
Greg MacConnell on average PrimeLink is able
to save business customers up to 20-30 percent
on a communications budget.
For more information, contact account
executive Mark Sidoti at the company’s Glens
Falls office at 324-9320.