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Windstream Price Quotes Now Available in CarrierQuoteShop.com
Windstream now offers real-time pricing to sales agents through CarrierQuoteShop.com

DRAPER UT - February 1, 2011 - CarrierQuoteShop.com, the web's first open quoting portal for independent commercial telecommunication agents, today announced the addition of Windstream to its list of carrier partners. This new partnership will allow all Windstream sales agents free, real-time access to data T1, bonded T1, data DS3, integrated voice and data, PRI, local voice, and Ethernet Internet pricing.

"We are very excited to have a platform that will expose our advanced communication offerings to a much wider audience," said John Leach, Windstream Senior Vice President of Business Solutions. "CarrierQuoteShop.com enables agents to access pricing for our services when they need it, which will improve their responsiveness, while also allowing Windstream to streamline its support costs without sacrificing quality."

Signing up for free, real-time Windstream quotes is simple and straight-forward:

  • An independent agent signs up for a free account at http://windstream.carrierquoteshop.com
  • The agent then applies for permission to run quotes with Windstream
  • The request is sent directly to Windstream, which has the ability to "accept" or "reject" each request
  • After approval is granted, Windstream's quote feed is instantly added to the agent's CarrierQuoteShop price quote tool.
CarrierQuoteShop.com version 1.0 launched with six carrier partners on March 1, 2010. Windstream is the newest addition to the growing list of carriers looking to connect with their agents in new and efficient ways.

For more information on CarrierQuoteShop.com, contact Justin Chugg, Partner Development Manager, at 877-346-3232 or via email at support@carrierquoteshop.com.

About CarrierQuoteShop

CarrierQuoteShop.com is the web's first open quoting portal for independent commercial telecommunication agents. The web site is a collaboration of many of the nation's top communication service providers, including Windstream, MegaPath, XO, Telnes Broadband, TelePacific, Nitel, One Communications, and AireSpring. The quoting backbone of CarrierQuoteShop.com is GeoQuote, the patented real-time quoting software developed by master agent Telarus, Inc. Through the portal agents have access to commercial broadband and voice pricing for products such as data T1, bonded T1, data DS3, integrated voice and data, PRI, local voice, and Metro Ethernet products (under 10MB).

About Windstream

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN), headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., is an S&P 500 company with communications operations in 23 states and about $4 billion in annual revenues. Windstream provides phone, high-speed Internet and high-definition digital TV services. The company also offers a wide range of IP-based voice and data services and advanced phone systems and equipment to businesses and government agencies. For more information about Windstream, visit www.windstream.com.