TORONTO – Allstream announced today that COO Mike Strople has been elected to the board of directors for the Metro Ethernet Forum. Strople was one of three new members elected to the 11-member MEF board at its annual meeting in Montreal last week, and the only director from a Canadian organization. The MEF is a global industry alliance of more than 215 organizations dedicated to the development, management and deployment of carrier-class ethernet. Members includes telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. www.allstream.com www.metroethernetforum.org