Press Release
11.22.04 - Concentric Teams With America's Second Harvest To Improve Hunger Relief Efforts Throughout The Holiday Season
Setup Fees Waived for New Concentric Hosting Customers that Opt to Donate to America's Second Harvest
San Jose, Calif., November 22, 2004 – XO Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: XOCM.OB) today announced its small and medium sized business hosting brand, Concentric, is teaming with America’s Second Harvest — The Nation’s Food Bank Network, to improve hunger relief efforts during the holiday season. XO is waiving all new customer set-up fees of $25.00 for new Concentric hosting customers that opt to donate a minimum of $25.00 to the America’s Second Harvest food bank.
“We are excited to be working with America’s Second Harvest to encourage awareness of hunger in America, and to help fund the strong efforts made by this valuable organization,” said Barbara Branaman, vice president and general manager of the XO hosting business unit. “We’ve worked closely with America’s Second Harvest to integrate a donation page into our online service sign-up process, bringing to light the ongoing need to put an end to hunger in America.”
America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network, is the largest domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States and Puerto Rico. With over 200 member food bank and food-rescue organizations, a full 98% of all product and money donations go directly to feed hungry people rather than administration or fundraising. The organization provides emergency food assistance to over 23 million hungry Americans annually and each year its national network distributes more than 1.9 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products to Americans in need all across the country.
“We are grateful for Concentric’s commitment to helping end hunger,” said Bob Forney, President and CEO of America’s Second Harvest. “This effort will raise visibility of the need for hunger-relief for our cause throughout the holiday season and offers an opportunity for people to learn about America’s Second Harvest.”
The Concentric hosting packages offer generous allocations of email, traffic and disk space, with plans starting as low as $7.95 per month with a 24-month term commitment. The packages are designed to provide small and medium sized businesses a robust hosting solution that cost effectively accommodates their budget requirements. The Concentric service provides Unix and Windows-based hosting packages that enable real-time Web site creation, along with domain name registration, branded email addresses and value-add services to fully market and sell online.
About America's Second Harvest
America’s Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network, is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization with a national network of more than 200 regional food banks and food-rescue programs, serving all 50 states and Puerto Rico. It distributes 1.4 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually. America’s Second Harvest’s network supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies, operating more than 94,000 food programs, including food pantries, soup kitchens, women’s shelters, Kids Cafes, Community Kitchens. These local organizations provide emergency food assistance to 23 million hungry Americans, including more than nine million children and almost three million seniors each year. For more information, visit the web site at For more information, visit http://www.secondharvest.orgAbout Concentric
Concentric, an XO Communications service, offers business-grade web hosting solutions that cost-effectively scale to meet the needs of today¡¦s growing businesses. As the only hosting service to hold a patent for its Web hosting architecture, Concentric has designed a unique platform that delivers superior performance, reliability and security. Backed by an industry leading 99.9% SLA, a 3-Month Satisfaction Guarantee along with 24x7 customer care, Concentric offers web site hosting, email, ecommerce, sophisticated junk mail filtering and web builder tools designed to help companies effectively leverage the power of the Internet. For more information, visit http://www.concentric.com or call 866-500-9696.About XO Communications
XO Communications is a leading provider of national and local telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and telecommunications companies. XO offers a complete portfolio of services, including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and Web hosting services as well as bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services over an advanced, national facilities-based IP network and serves more than 70 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.xo.com.FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chad Couser / XO Communications
703-547-2746
chad.couser@xo.com
