National Gaming Firm Chooses Internap Performance; Cutting-Edge Applications Require Reliable Data Center and Intelligent Route Control Solutions

Business Wire, Sept 27, 2004

ATLANTA -- Internap Network Services Corporation (AMEX: IIP), the leading provider of performance-based routing services over the Internet, announced today that one of the nation's leading online game server/hosting companies, Seattle and California-based Nuclear Fallout (NFO) Enterprises, Inc., has chosen Internap as its preferred provider for data center and managed IP services in major cities throughout the country.

"The online gaming world is exploding and people who are into online gaming expect the lowest latency and the highest performance," said Tom Otjen, president of NFO. "Internap's unique, route-optimized IP connectivity and Internet-wide service level guarantee allow our customers to enjoy the best online gaming experience possible. And the level of support we receive has just been amazing to us. You can't call another vendor at any time of the day and expect to get someone on the line immediately."

"But with Internap, their Network Operations Center (NOC) is open every hour of every day and staffed by some of the best engineers we've encountered," added NFO vice president and Chief Technology Officer John Weekes. "They usually find the problem before we do, and have cooperated to help us deliver a superior level of service to our customers," he said.

Otjen recalled that NFO's previous carrier left the colocation business abruptly, locking the gaming firm out from their servers at 4 p.m. one day. That's when he turned to his Internap account executive in Seattle, Brian Allodi.

"Brian had us moved in and online by 1 p.m. the next day," Otjen said. "Internap understands the importance of customer service and it shows that, when you need help, they are truly there 24x7."

According to industry research firm IDC, the North American market for downloadable, online games is expected to grow from $52.7 million in 2003 to more than $760 million in 2007, driven by a growing demographic for online gamers and the availability of broadband services. The number of online gamers in North America is expected to grow from 1.9 million in 2003 to 6.2 million in 2007.

Internap's unique multi-carrier intelligent routing technology, which uses Private Network Access Points (P-NAPs) to speed Internet traffic from one location to another, allows customer traffic to avoid the congestion and bottlenecks of traditional single-carrier networks. Internap's P-NAPs connect directly to the Internet backbones of multiple carriers in major cities throughout North America, as well as Tokyo and London.

The P-NAP software continually analyzes the traffic situation on every major Internet backbone, and then selects the optimal path to deliver business-critical, on-demand information and communications faster and more reliably. Only Internap's route-control technology provides this level of performance and reliability from the public Internet.

Internap offers a broad portfolio of advanced data center and intelligent route management solutions for IP connectivity, colocation, content distribution, managed security, managed virtual private networks (VPNs), and managed storage. In addition to managed network solutions, Internap also offers award-winning customer-premise equipment for enterprises that wish to manage their own multi-carrier network.

About Nuclear Fallout (NFO) Enterprises, Inc.

Founded in 2001, privately held Nuclear Fallout Enterprises, Inc. is a leading provider of servers for the independent gaming community in major cities throughout the U.S. With offices in California and Seattle, the company currently has server hosting operations in Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Dallas, providing gamers with the highest quality gaming experience. The company's website is located at www.nuclearfallout.net.

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, colocation, 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.