The 2009 PilotHouse Awards ranked service providers based on business customer survey ratings from nearly 1,400 telecom decision-makers. Surveyed customers ranked Qwest highest overall for carrier Ethernet services, highest overall in Ethernet services value and highest overall in customer service.

The survey results are detailed in Nemertes Research's PilotHouse Awards - Top Providers: Ethernet Services 2009, which was released on Nov. 2. Qwest's Ethernet services provide customers with competitively priced, scalable, high-value bandwidth to meet metro-area and long-haul networking needs. Qwest offers a large breadth of Ethernet services ranging from optical wavelength and metro optical Ethernet to point-to-point Ethernet over private lines.

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The 2009 PilotHouse Awards ranked service providers based on business customer survey ratings from nearly 1,400 telecom decision-makers. Surveyed customers ranked Qwest highest overall for carrier Ethernet services, highest overall in Ethernet services value and highest overall in customer service.

The survey results are detailed in Nemertes Research's PilotHouse Awards - Top Providers: Ethernet Services 2009, which was released on Nov. 2. Qwest's Ethernet services provide customers with competitively priced, scalable, high-value bandwidth to meet metro-area and long-haul networking needs. Qwest offers a large breadth of Ethernet services ranging from optical wavelength and metro optical Ethernet to point-to-point Ethernet over private lines.

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