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FirstLight Fiber’s High-Speed Internet
‘Heats Up’ for White Mountain Oil
FirstLight Fiber, a fiber-optic bandwidth
infrastructure services provider oper-
ating in New York and Northern New
England, announced that White Mountain Oil &
Propane, a family-owned and locally operated
energy retailer serving northern New Hampshire
and western Maine, has selected FirstLight to
provide internet connectivity to its offices in
North Conway and Lincoln, N.H.
FirstLight’s dedicated, fiber-based internet
service represents a significant improvement over
to the company’s prior internet and VoIP service
and will better support its business operations.
“Last winter, our company faced several
connectivity issues, which prompted us to
begin the search for a new internet provider,”
said Kirk Saunders, vice president of White
Mountain Oil & Propane.
“With FirstLight’s internet service our busi-
ness operates much more efficiently,” Saun-
ders said. “Due to the increased internet
speeds, our accounting department is now
able to process credit cards in multiple quanti-
ties in just one to two hours, down from what
used to take two-thirds of the day; and we are
better able to put together training materials
for our service technician training classes due
to the increased download speeds.
“Like White Mountain Oil & Propane, First-
Light is a locally based company that has the
technology, expertise, and a great, responsive
team, which is why switching to FirstLight was
an easy decision. So far, our service experience
with FirstLight has been flawless,” he added.
FirstLight’s fiber-based, dedicated internet
service offers connection speeds up to 10 Gbps,
backed by a combination of Tier 1 provider
connections and numerous private peering
connections throughout the Northeast.
The FirstLight network is architected with the
fewest hop counts possible, lowering latency and
improving overall user experience.
“Being operationally efficient is vital for all
companies – especially those in the service
sector like White Mountain Oil & Propane,” said
Kurt Van Wagenen, president and CEO of First-
Light. “FirstLight is proud to support its business
by providing our superior fiber-based Internet,
affording the team peace of mind and the
increased operational efficiencies they need to
thrive and best serve their customers.”
Because of the service and support First-
Light has provided, White Mountain Oil &
Propane is considering procuring additional
FirstLight services.
FirstLight offers a comprehensive portfolio
of advanced telecommunications services and
knowledgeable staff experienced in working with
enterprise, government agencies, healthcare
and educational institutions to provide the most
effective, efficient communications tailored for
each company and segment it serves. p
For more information, visit .
1 stPoint Communications announced
today that it has appointed Larry Mess-
inger to the position of senior vice
president of Sales and Kristen Vasicek as
director of Marketing.
“The 1stPoint team welcomes our new
employees,” said Erik Levitt, 1stPoint’s
CEO. “Building a strong management team
is critical to our success as we continue to
advance our mission to provide our clients a
new way to work.”
Since 2012, 1stPoint has been committed
to the goal of creating new ways for its clients
to consume telecommunications and tech-
nology services. “Our objective is to make the
use of technology and messaging completely
ubiquitous,” said Vasicek. “We are redesigning
our products and services with the way they
access information, communicate with each
other and interact.”
1stPoint continues its to expand its
industry-leading role in advanced, integrated
messaging products including, most notably
its P2P SMS infrastructure as part of its
“any-to-any” suite.
“End users should not care what technology
they are using,” Vasicek added. “The next
generation of technology will further obfuscate
the underlying infrastructure and make devices
even easier to use, and we would like to capi-
talize on that trend.” p
For more information, visit 1stPoint at booth
207 in the Expo Hall or go to
1stPoint Communications
Expands Management Team