January 22, 2002 -- Yipes Communications, Inc. announced that its gigabit optical networks are now the fifth largest multiple listing service in the United States.

North Texas Real Estate Information Systems, Inc. (NTREIS), which is owned by 18 non-profit Realtor associations in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, lists properties over an area of 20,000 square miles for 15,000 subscribers, including 3,000 real estate offices. NTREIS is migrating from a dial-up data network to the Internet for gathering information and distributing listings.

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