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PAGE 7
CenturyTel and EMBARQ – A Good Fit
CenturyTel
EMBARQ
CenturyTel Fiber
(Lit)
CenturyTel Fiber
(Dark)
CLEC/Metro
Fiber Rings
Nevada
EMBARQ plays a visible role in the Las Vegas business
infrastructure by providing voice and data services
to the entertainment, hotel and gaming industry.
EMBARQ employees sit on more than 45 community
boards and commissions including key leadership
positions in area chambers of commerce and the
Nevada Development Authority. The EMBARQ Busi-
ness and Conference Center maintains a high prole
with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
Florida
With its signicant local presence in Florida,
EMBARQ was chosen by the state to team
with other LECs in building a 4,000-site MPLS
network covering the entire state. Known as
MyFloridaNet, this advanced MPLS network
delivers fully meshed, any-to-any connectiv-
ity through scalable customer-specic Virtual
Private Networks, around-the-clock network
monitoring and more than 20 Gigabits of core
bandwidth, giving Floridians room for future
expansion and functionality.
North Carolina
EMBARQ pioneered the
concept of public/private
partnerships working with
North Carolina’s e-NC
Authority to accelerate the
deployment of high-speed
Internet services to customers
in rural communities. The com-
pany’s $3.6 million investment,
matched by $3.3 million in
grants from the Authority,
has brought high-speed
Internet access to customers
in 76 communities across
the state.
05 06 07 0804
143 249 369 555 641
High-Speed
Internet Customers
in thousands
05 06 07 0804
71 75 79 84 88
Broadband Deployment
% of total access lines
04 05 06 07 08
25.70 27.54 28.11 31.36 31.54
Book Value Per Share
in dollars