Internap Expands Advanced IP Connectivity Services to The George Washington University Virginia Campus

Business Wire, August 23, 2004

ATLANTA -- High-Speed Connectivity Solution Provides High-Performance Internet to Students, Faculty

Internap Network Services Corporation (AMEX: IIP), the leading provider of performance-based routing technology over the Internet, announced today that it will now provide high-speed, OC-3 Internet connectivity to students, faculty and administrators at The George Washington University Virginia Campus, a rapidly growing, 90-acre campus located just outside of Washington, D.C. in Loudoun County, VA. Internap has provided high-performance Internet connectivity services to the University's main campus in Washington for two years.

The University signed a three-year deal with Internap to provide IP connectivity to GW's Virginia Campus, a robust center for innovative research, graduate education and advanced partnerships. As the University's research and technology campus, its specialized fields of expertise are transportation safety and security, public health and homeland security, and information technology and telecommunications.

"The decision to continue our relationship and upgrade our service with Internap was an easy one because we've never had to call the NOC to report a problem with our service," said Andrew Gallo, senior information systems engineer for GW. "Internap has the best SLA in the industry, but we've never had to rely on it to obtain service credits since we've never had an outage or service degradation. From sales to installation, the Internap team has delivered flawlessly."

"Over the past two years, we've worked closely with the information systems team at the Foggy Bottom campus of The George Washington University to provide superior Internet service," said Don Magnuson, mid-Atlantic market director for Internap. "Now, as we extend these services to their Virginia campus, we believe this capability will help GW maintain its leadership role as one of the leading institutions of higher education in the nation's capital and the surrounding region."

Magnuson noted the GW contract is the latest in a series of Internap agreements with leading educational institutions. Other colleges and universities that have chosen Internap include the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE) and Emory University in Atlanta. In Pennsylvania, for instance, Internap services allowed the PSSHE to offer reliable IP connectivity for distance learning, research, internal Internet access, and educational Internet usage by students. The PSSHE serves more than 109,000 students from 14 universities throughout the state.

With locations through the United States, as well as in London and Tokyo, Internap offers a variety of high-performance Internet solutions. As the leader in route control, the company combines its intelligent routing technology with built-in reliability, network redundancy and superior client support which allows companies to increase productivity, generate greater revenue, decrease costs and improve customer relationships.

About The George Washington University

The George Washington University was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the nation's capital. The University offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts study as well as degree programs in medicine, law, engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduates, graduate and professional students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 140 countries. The Virginia Campus was opened in 1991.

About Internap

Internap is the market leader of intelligent route-control solutions that bring reliability, performance and security to the Internet. The company's patented and patent-pending technology address the inherent weaknesses of the Internet, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the benefits of deploying business-critical applications such as e-commerce, Voice over IP (VoIP), video-conferencing, and streaming audio/video across the Internet. Through a portfolio of high-performance IP solutions, customers can bypass congestion points, overcome routing inefficiencies and optimize performance of their applications. Internap solutions are backed by an industry-leading performance guarantee that covers the entire Internet as opposed to just one network. These offerings include: network- and premise-based route optimization solutions, co-location, VPN, content distribution, managed security and managed storage services.

Internap currently serves more than 1,800 customers including Fortune 1000 and mid-tier enterprises in the financial services, government; travel/hospitality, manufacturing, media/entertainment, technology and retail industries. The company provides services throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. For more information, please visit the company website at www.internap.com.

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