Parelli Natural Horsemanship Prepared for Ever-expanding Worldwide Demand
Source: PR Newswire
Pagosa Springs, CO
February 7, 2008

Parelli Natural Horsemanship, Inc., a world-renowned leader in progressive education, announced today a communication partnership with Louisiana-based CenturyTel, to bring a 12 MB Internet access to Pagosa Springs and connect customers in numerous locations around the world.

"We have multiple offices located in Colorado, Florida, the United Kingdom and Australia, and a need to transfer large volumes of information between the offices as well as worldwide distribution and sales," said Mark Weiler, president of Parelli Natural Horsemanship.

"With an internet-based store, audio and video productions, Web casts, two international media production companies and 70 percent of Parelli's business occurring electronically, the existing internet technologies -- DSL, T1 and satellite -- couldn't keep pace with the company's ever-expanding demand for large volume bandwidth."

Weiler has always believed that Pagosa Springs, Colo.-based Parelli grows best as a company when it supports and generates economic development within its community.

CenturyTel's general manager Jeremy Ferkin said, "This technology is critical when driving economic development. Internet-based business and worldwide corporations thrive on it."

The introduction of high bandwidth access with the Metro Ethernet, provided by CenturyTel, will attract other knowledge-based businesses and jobs, as well as allow for increased telecommuting for existing businesses.

Ever with an eye on the future, and empowered by CenturyTel's Ethernet technology, Parelli will begin Sliver Casting in 2009 from their weekly RFD-TV shows in the U.S and Horse and Country TV in the United Kingdom., offering downloadable and streaming video education worldwide -- all from Pagosa Springs, Colo.

About Parelli

Parelli Natural Horsemanship, created in 1981 by Pat Parelli, is a step-by-step horse training program used by students in over 22 countries. Parelli Natural Horsemanship, which annually reaches over 2 million individuals, helps horse owners improve their relationships with their horses. Visit http://www.parelli.com for more information.