HOUSTON – Members Choice CU announced yesterday it signed a three-year contract with AT&T to upgrade its existing networking services and create a Virtual Private Network. The VPN services, which use Multiprotocol Label Switching technology to prioritize business-critical data, will connect the credit union’s six locations as well as a back-up site in central Texas. Members Choice is a $225 million credit union chartered in 1941 as Conoco Gulf Coast Employees FCU.
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