The Hooters headquarters location now connects to the AFS fiber network footprintthat surrounds the greater Metro-Atlanta region, providing a uniquebandwidth connection to 544 on-net buildings in the Metro-Atlanta market.AFS's Atlanta network was purposefully built to provide companies likeHooters a reliable and easy way to easily upgrade network capacity, up to10 Gigabit, as they outgrow their current bandwidth.

"Like us, the Hooters corporation is made up of straight shooters whotell it like it is -- there's no pretense," says Mike D'Angelo, Senior VicePresident of Sales and Marketing, American Fiber Systems. "We're thrilledto have earned their trust with such time sensitive data. And if it meanswe'll get our beer and wings a little faster, then everyone wins."

"In the past getting a fiber connection was thought to be only obtainablefor large shops -- and now it was an option for us as well," stated WesMarco, Director of IS for Hooters of America, Inc. "After we completed theimplementation, I hardly think about it anymore. It is just there and itworks, which allows me to focus my time on more importantresponsibilities."

American Fiber Systems provides metropolitan networkinginfrastructure and transport services to carriers and large enterprisesin select markets nationwide. For more information, visitwww.americanfibersystems.com.

Hooters of America operates over 440 restaurants in 42 states and 27countries. For more information, contact Alexis Aleshire, Public RelationsManager for Hooters of America, at aaleshire@hooters.com.

About American Fiber Systems

American Fiber Systems (AFS) provides metropolitan fiber optical networkinginfrastructure, darkfiber and transport services to carriersand large enterprises. AFS enables its customers to easily and reliablyconnect to a city's most important points of communications presence;Internet Service Provider (ISP) and data center locations; Inter-exchange"carrier-hotels"; wireless providers and Fortune 1000 companies. AFS hasdeployed more than 1.2 million miles of high-capacity, high-bandwidthmetropolitan fiber optic cable since 2000 in several cities, includingAtlanta, Ga.; Boise, Idaho; Cleveland, Ohio; Kansas City, Kan./Mo.; LasVegas, Nev.; Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Reno andCarson City Nev.; and Salt Lake City, Utah. AFS has more than 500 capacityenabled on-net buildings and supports an addressable market teledensity ofmore than $9 billion in annualized telecommunications services. AFS is aprivately held venture-backed company headed up by Dave Rusin. Read Dave'sblog at www.TelecomStraightShooter.com.

About Hooters of America, Inc.

Hooters of America, Inc. is the franchisor and operator of over 440 Hootersrestaurants in 42 states and 27 foreign countries. The first Hootersopened in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida and is celebrating its 25thanniversary this year. Hooters is well-known for its brand of food andfun, featuring a casual beach-theme atmosphere, a menu that featuresseafood, sandwiches and Hooters nearly world famous chicken wings, andservice provided by the All-American cheerleaders, the Hooters Girls. Formore information about Hooters visit www.hooters.com.

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