Local on the 8s - EPlus Broadband Answers Customers’ Requests

Press Release: April 15th, 2005

To bring customers better weather information, EPlus Broadband has added the local forecast segment to The Weather Channel - Local on the 8s.

Local on the 8s was developed thru direct feedback from Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) customers. “Our customers are so accustomed to seeing local weather and when they switched to Broadband services, it was in demand,” said Ben Lovins, Broadband Operations Manager at JEA, who was instrumental in bringing Local on the 8s to JEA’s fiber optic system.

Local on the 8s gives the local forecast on every 8 of each hour of the day - :08, :18, :28, :38, :48, :58 – and is powered by equipment installed at cable headends across America. Its special programming from The Weather Channel has provided local forecasting and patented equipment for transmitting the information around the world for over 20 years.

“We really try to meet the needs of our customers,” Lovins added.

For more information on JEA, EPlus Broadband, and EPlusTV Channel 6, log onto: www.eplusbroadband.com or www.jaxenergy.com