EPlus Broadband Signs Their Newest Internet and Telephone Provider - Cinergy Communications Company

Press Release: April 21st, 2005

EPlus Broadband, the fiber broadband network operation of Jackson Energy Authority, has recently entered into an agreement with Cinergy Communications Company to provide high-speed Internet access, local telephone service, and long distance calling service over the EPlus Broadband network.

“We are very pleased to bring our residential and commercial broadband customers high quality options when selecting Internet and telephone services,” said Kim Kersey, Senior Vice President of Telecommunications for Jackson Energy Authority.

“Cinergy Communications has an excellent reputation as a customer service provider, and matches JEA’s philosophy for always putting the customer first,” Kersey added. “Cinergy Communications is also a technology leader and we anticipate innovative data and telephone services from them.”

Cinergy Communications’ Internet and telephone services will be included on Jackson Energy Authority’s monthly utility statements, along with EPlus Broadband cable service. Many of JEA’s EPlus Broadband customers have requested consolidated billing for their convenience, allowing them to make one monthly payment for all of their utility and telecommunications services. As an option, customers may also request that their telecommunications service billing be consolidated; yet billed separately from their utility services.

“We think our partnership with JEA is a great match,” says Mike Farmer of Cinergy Communications. “Both companies are large enough to be able to do things well and small enough to remember that every customer matters.”

Cinergy Communications offers advanced local and long distance telephone services, high-speed Internet access, and web hosting to meet the needs of business and residential customers in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Cinergy Communications has a 30-year history of innovation as the first to offer an alternative to AT&T long distance service in Western Kentucky, as the first ISP in Southern Indiana, and as one of the first in its region to market an alternative to SBC and BellSouth. Cinergy Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Q-Comm Corporation. Although Cinergy Corp. has licensed the use of its name to Q-Comm, it has no management oversight, control, or responsibility for Cinergy Communications.

“The city of Jackson has one of the most advanced and reliable communications networks in the country and we are excited to have this opportunity to serve the community,” Farmer added.

EPlus Broadband, a division of Jackson Energy Authority, is the nation’s largest fiber to the premises deployment, offering advanced telecommunications technology to residential and business customers. EPlus Broadband currently serves over 7,000 homes and businesses since its launch in May 2004.