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GWI’s New Business Class Phone System Has Market Momentum: Leading Businesses Signing Up for Affordable, Enterprise Class “Hosted PBX” Service
BIDDEFORD, MAINE – Maine-based GWI, Inc., a leading provider of Internet communications services, is seeing strong growth in sales of its newly launched Hosted PBX enterprise class business phone system. “We’re always listening to our customers and trying to provide them with best in class phone and Internet solutions,” said GWI CEO Fletcher Kittredge. “Hosted PBX is being adopted by our customers because it provides small, medium and large company leaders with enterprise class phone systems and functionality without the typical upfront costs. That is a real business benefit that can help the bottom line during a tough economic environment.” GWI’s Hosted PBX provides fully integrated, scalable and mobile voice and data communication across a business – from phone to computer and mobile devices – all easily managed from any web browser. The product includes all phone switch features, voice mail, phone service and telephone hardware for a flat monthly … Continue reading
Fact Sheet: GWI Lineshare Customer Alert
Update: February 1, 2011 GWI has received a 60 day extension to its Line Sharing contract. This extension delays the threat of service interruption for our line sharing customers until April 30, 2011. This is only a short term extension, not a long term contract renewal. As a result, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to continue providing line sharing service past April 30. Customers are encouraged to consider and choose one of the three alternatives listed below before March 15, 2011 to ensure that their broadband service will not be interrupted. Original Post: GWI recently sent a Customer Alert to 1700 customers regarding the possibility of a Broadband Internet service interruption. This fact sheet provides more information and background for those customers. If you did not receive the Customer Alert or have GWI phone service or a standalone GWI Internet service with no phone service at all – … Continue reading
GWI Recognized As One of Nation’s Fastest Growing Private Companies; Honored by Maine Governor…
GWI honored at a reception with Governor John Baldacci as one of America’s fastest growing private companies by Inc. magazine.
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IMPORTANT GWI SECURITY MESSAGE: Be Alert for Phishing Scams
As your trusted phone and Internet service provider, GWI urges you to protect your information. It is important to remember that we will never send you an email requesting that you provide us with user names, account numbers, passwords, or other personal information or send an email regarding account deletion or deactivation, or credit/debit card information. We will never call you and ask you to provide us with information we already have available to us such as account numbers, passwords, or other personal information. If you receive such a communication, GWI encourages you to: For questionable emails, forward the email to us at support@gwi.net for review and then delete the unsolicited email without clicking on links or opening attachments. For questionable phone calls, advise us of the phone call by calling Customer Service at 1-866-494-2020. Click here to view samples of phishing emails.
State panel set to review broadband expansion for rural Maine
The Three Ring Binder will create robust competition among Internet service providers in rural areas. AUGUSTA – A proposal that would enable faster and more affordable broadband Internet service in 100 rural Maine communities will undergo review Tuesday by a state panel charged with screening projects for possible federal stimulus funding. Known as the Three Ring Binder, it is one of more than a dozen proposals that the state’s Broadband Strategy Council is reviewing as part of the federal stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Three Ring Binder is the result of a collaborative effort among established Maine telecommunications companies and vital Maine institutions to enhance broadband Internet access in rural Maine. GWI (www.GWI.net), the Biddeford-based Internet service provider, is the lead sponsor of the Three Ring Binder. The project consists of three “rings” of high-capacity fiber-optic cable that would serve as the central arteries … Continue reading
New GWI Fiber Optic Network
GWI Launches Fiber Optic Network in Cumberland and Aroostook Counties New Partnership with Nexus Management Expands Data Capabilities BIDDEFORD, Maine, May 15, 2009 – GWI, a locally owned, independent telecommunications company, has announced the completion of a newly constructed, high-capacity fiber optic network between Portland and Brunswick. The new network is available today to businesses along the coastal corridor, including Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Cumberland, Freeport and Brunswick. Concurrently, GWI is announcing the construction of a new fiber optic network serving downtown Houlton, Maine. The network will be operational in August. The new network is GWI’s first wholly-owned venture in fiber optic technology, a high capacity alternative to copper and cable. According to industry experts?), the use of fiber optics over traditional public switch networks for voice, internet and data connectivity offers lower costs, much higher speeds, more flexibility and enhanced reliability. Initially, the new fiber networks will allow GWI to … Continue reading
GWI Expands Its Phone Service Offerings With Several New Plans
GWI Provides Maine Residents More Options for Their Communications Needs BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 4, 2007 — GWI (GWI), Maine’s largest local telephone and Internet service provider, announces the addition of several new inexpensive calling plans to its phone service offering. GWI also offers its ADSL2+ Broadband service, the fastest available in the state, to residents throughout Maine. “We are really excited about these new plans because now we can deliver even more affordable phone service options to residents of Maine,” said Fletcher Kittredge, founder and CEO of GWI. “These new plans were designed to give Maine people more choice for their phone service needs. Our unlimited nation-wide calling plan has been very well received, but for those customers who are less frequent callers we now have several plans that will better match their calling needs. At GWI we are committed to bringing Maine residents real choices in both phone and … Continue reading
GWI Broadband and Phone Services Now Available in Lincoln and Danforth, Maine
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