Qwest Teams with Mesa Public Schools to Bring Multi-Media Instruction to Classrooms

Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) todayannounced that it has won a new, $15 million five-year agreement withMesa Unified School District -- the largest school district inArizona. Qwest will provide Mesa Public Schools with high-bandwidthdata networking services that will enable the schools to usemulti-media instructional applications such as video conferencing andvirtual reality in classrooms. One exciting example of how Mesa PublicSchools will use the Qwest solution is by partnering with a teachinghospital to allow students to attend an operating room via virtualreality.

The largest deployment of its kind in the nation, Mesa PublicSchools is using metro optical Ethernet connections to 74 locationsthroughout the school district. Qwest metro optical Ethernet providesspeeds up to 1 gigabit per second so the schools can use theconnections for bandwidth-intensive activities, such as real-timevideo conferencing.

"This is one of the most aggressive uses of virtual reality andvirtual instruction in classrooms today," said Eric Freed, supervisorof network operations for Mesa Public Schools. "Qwest's mega-bandwidthservices allow students to take advantage of the Internet in new ways.We're bringing the newest educational applications to our students,and we're pleased Qwest is able to help us with that."

"Mesa Public Schools is a leader in deploying Internetapplications for classroom use, and we're proud to have been selectedto help with this important project," said Tom Richards, executivevice president, business markets group for Qwest. "Since we have morethan 5,000 employees in Arizona, it's gratifying to know that we'redelivering services to help bring top-notch education to students inthe communities in which we live and work everyday."

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