PAETEC Holding Corp. has been awarded a three-year contract by the Defense Information System Agency to provide Fort Drum with fiber and dense wavelength division multiplexing services. Located near Watertown, just outside of the Adirondack Mountains, Fort Drum trains an ...

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The Federal Communications Commission approved the PAETEC-Windstream merger Tuesday. With the New York Public Service Commission giving its approval last week, the most significant regulatory hurdles to the acquisition have been cleared. Rochester Mayor Thomas Richards said in a release ...

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Perinton-based PAETEC Holding Corp. has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the second year in a row. The awards program is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas ...

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Now that Windstream Corp. has committed to bring hundreds of jobs to the Midtown site, Sen. Charles E. Schumer is urging the Public Services Commission and Federal Communications Commission to act swiftly on the pending review of Windstream’s purchase of ...

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Windstream Corp. is bringing a breath of fresh air to downtown Rochester — it will open an office next year at the former Midtown Plaza site where PAETEC was going to build its world headquarters. The corporation, an S&P 500 ...

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The merger between PAETEC Holding Corp. and Windstream Communications is moving forward with the approval of stockholders. At a special meeting Thursday in Manhattan, approximately 99 percent of the shares voting were in favor of adopting the merger agreement, according to a release.

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PAETEC Holding Corp. has announced that Institutional Shareholder Services, an independent proxy advisory firm, supports the PAETEC acquisition by Windstream Corp. and recommends that PAETEC stockholders vote in favor.

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The city of Rochester is opposing the sale of PAETEC Holding Corp. to Arkansas-based Windstream Corp. Mayor Thomas S. Richards announced today that he has instructed Corporation Counsel Robert J. Bergin to submit a formal comment to the Federal Communications Commission ...

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PAETEC has been awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Army to provide network services, including voice, data and secure Internet access services, to Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. Fort Detrick serves as the home base for the U.S. Army Medical Research ...

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More federal money is on the way to help redevelop the former Midtown plaza site where PAETEC was going to build its world headquarters. Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced Wednesday a $2 million grant from the Economic Development Administration.

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PAETEC CEO Arunas Chesonis will talk about the positives of globalization when he addressed the International Business Council of Greater Rochester at its 20th annual Trade Banquet and Expo Sept. 15.

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Jeff Gardner, CEO of Windstream Corp., is making no promises, but told U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer he agreed to look at PAETEC’s plans for a new downtown facility at the former Midtown Plaza site.

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