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Wolf Furniture Selects Atlantic Broadband’s Business Services Solutions to Streamline Operations

Atlantic Broadband Provides Wolf Furniture with Dedicated Service, Reliability and Scalability for Future Expansion

Altoona, Pa., May 27, 2015Atlantic Broadband, an innovative provider of Internet, Phone and TV services to both businesses and residents in Western Pennsylvania, as well as in the greater Miami area, Maryland/Delaware, and Aiken, S.C., today announced that Wolf Furniture, a Bellwood-based company with locations in central Pennsylvania, northern Maryland, and northern Virginia areas, has selected its services to provide fiber-based Dedicated Internet and Metro Ethernet to connect its corporate offices and satellite locations across the company’s retail footprint.

By working with Atlantic Broadband, Wolf Furniture now has Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) through Atlantic Broadband’s fiber network in order to deliver maximum performance, faster speeds and less downtime. In addition, Atlantic Broadband also provided Wolf Furniture with a secure Metro Ethernet solution, connecting its 14 locations through Atlantic Broadband fiber and a Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) with Comcast at Atlantic Broadband’s Pittsburgh data center location.

“Reliability, scalability and performance were key considerations in our decision to switch carriers,” said Paul Edwards, IT Manager, Wolf Furniture. “Atlantic Broadband made building out connectivity from our corporate office to store locations an easy transition. The changes to our service included developing a robust connected network, and streamlining technology that enables our business to communicate efficiently.” Edwards continues, “with Atlantic Broadband, we not only have the technical solutions in place to run operations, but we also have peace of mind in the performance of the service we’re receiving, and a local customer support team we can count on.”

“We are thrilled to work with Wolf Furniture to streamline its operations, and provide the service and connectivity the company needs to run seamless operations across locations,” said Curt Kosko, Atlantic Broadband’s Vice President and General Manager, Pennsylvania. “Our customer is already seeing huge improvements, and we look forward to continuing to work with Wolf Furniture to further support its business efficiencies.”

 

About Wolf Furniture

Wolf Furniture was founded in Altoona, PA in 1902; celebrating their 113th Anniversary this year. Wolf’s has thirteen locations: Altoona, Chambersburg, Hanover, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, State College, and York, PA, Hagerstown and Frederick, MD, and Leesburg, VA. There is also a Wolf Furniture Clearance Outlet located in Frederick MD.

 

About Atlantic Broadband

Atlantic Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX: CCA), is the 13th largest cable operator in the United States, based on number of Basic Cable customers served. The company provides TV, Internet and Phone services to more than 230,000 residential and business customers located in four operating regions: Western Pennsylvania, Miami Beach, Maryland/Delaware, and Aiken, S.C. Atlantic Broadband is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Additional information is available at www.atlanticbb.com

 

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