Victor, N.Y., January 5, 2012- Southern Tier business customers now have access to broadband Internet and telecommunications services, with the extension of Finger Lakes Technologies Group Inc.’s fiber-optic network.

FLTG’s fiber-optic network has been extended by 50 miles to Elmira and Horseheads, through Finger Lakes Technologies Group Inc. South, a joint venture of FLTG and Empire & North Penn Telephone. The fiber-optic network will be extended to Corning within 60 to 90 days.

FLTG’s fiber-optic network serves the entire Finger Lakes region, covering 700 miles from Rochester to Syracuse and now Elmira. Empire & North Penn Telephone’s fiber-optic network runs more than 450 miles within New York and Pennsylvania.

“Business customers in the Southern Tier now have access to state-of-the-art data, voice and Internet services, through the expansion of FLTG’s redundant fiber-optic network,” said FLTG President and CEO Paul H. Griswold. “We will reach even more customers as we complete the extension into Corning in the first quarter of 2012.”

Empire & North Penn Telephone President Brian Wagner said, “Through our FLTG South Inc. joint venture, more customers now have access to Empire and FLTG’s fiber-optic cable networks and innovative solutions.”

About FLTG Inc. South
FLTG Inc. South is a joint venture of Finger Lakes Technologies Group Inc. (www.fltg.com) and Empire & North Penn Telephone (www.empiretelephone.com, www.northpenntelephone.com). The joint venture is operated and staffed by the more than 160 existing employees of the two companies. Combined, Empire & North Penn Telephone Companies and FLTG offer fiber-optic networks of 1,000 miles from New York to Pennsylvania.

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