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SureWest Communications Completes Everest Broadband Acquisition
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leading independent
communications holding company SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) announced
today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the
issued and outstanding stock of Everest Broadband, Inc. ("Everest") for a
purchase price of $173 million. Everest is a competitive provider of high-speed
data, video and voice services in the greater Kansas City area. The transaction
more than doubles SureWest's triple-play residential base and facilitates the
rapid expansion of its business services.
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About SureWest Communications
SureWest Communications (http://www.surewest.com) is one of the nation's
leading integrated communications providers and is the bandwidth leader in the
markets it serves under the SureWest and Everest brands. Headquartered in
Northern California for more than 90 years, SureWest's bundled residential and
commercial offerings include an array of advanced IP-based digital video,
high-speed Internet, local and long distance telephone, and wireless PCS. Its
fiber-to-the-premise IP-based network features high-definition video and
symmetrical Internet speeds of up to 50 Mbps. In the greater Kansas City region,
Everest Broadband (http://www.everestkc.com) is a network-based residential and
commercial provider of voice, digital video and high-speed Internet services.
Contact: Ron Rogers
Media Relations
916-746-3123
r.rogers@surewest.com

EX - 99 . 1 2 ex99 . txt SureWest Communications Completes Everest Broadband Acquisition ROSEVILLE , Calif . , Feb. 13 / PRNewswire - FirstCall / -- Leading independent communications holding company SureWest Communications ( Nasdaq : SURW ) announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding stock of Everest Broadband , Inc . ( " Everest " ) for a purchase price of $ 173 million . Everest is a competitive provider of high - speed data , video and voice services in the greater Kansas City area . The transaction more than doubles SureWest 's triple - play residential base and facilitates the rapid expansion of its business services . ( Logo : http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050908/SFSUREWESTLOGO ) About SureWest Communications SureWest Communications ( http://www.surewest.com ) is one of the nation 's leading integrated communications providers and is the bandwidth leader in the markets it serves under the SureWest and Everest brands . Headquartered in Northern California for more than 90 years , SureWest ' s bundled residential and commercial offerings include an array of advanced IP - based digital video , high - speed Internet , local and long distance telephone , and wireless PCS . Its fiber - to - the - premise IP - based network features high - definition video and symmetrical Internet speeds of up to 50 Mbps . In the greater Kansas City region , Everest Broadband ( http://www.everestkc.com ) is a network - based residential and commercial provider of voice , digital video and high - speed Internet services . Contact : Ron Rogers Media Relations 916 - 746 - 3123 r.rogers@surewest.com