United Oil Selects Mpower for Internet Services

Mpower Communications Corp. (www.mpowercom.com), a provider of broadband high-speed Internet access and local and long distance voice services, today announced that it has been selected by United Oil to provide communications services to 75 of its locations in Southern California.

Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Mpower is providing Internet connectivity and dedicated IP addressing to connect more than 70 United Oil gas stations to the company's main corporate headquarters, which is also wired with Mpower data service.

"The Mpower sales, engineering, marketing and customer service teams have been a real asset in providing United Oil with excellent support and service," said Stan Hecht, MIS consultant for United Oil.

Mpower Communications' President of Sales and Marketing Jim Ferguson added, "Our deep and dense facilities-based network provides dedicated high-speed Internet connectivity for mission-critical applications required by multi-location customers like United Oil.

United Oil, headquartered near Los Angeles, owns and operates a portfolio of gas stations throughout Southern California. These stations offer a variety of brands and are frequently notable for the high quality of their architecture. United Oil's wholesale division delivers fuel in bulk to over 100 corporate customers.