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SunRocket Names Robert Kramer as Chief Information Officer; Internet Phone Service Firm Continues to Build Seasoned Leadership Team by Attracting World Class Talent

Business Wire, May 22, 2006

VIENNA, Va. -- SunRocket, one of the nation's fastest-growing Internet phone service providers, announced today that Robert Kramer has joined the company as Chief Information Officer. As CIO, Kramer will manage the company's information technology investments and ensure that automated support applications can scale seamlessly and cost-effectively as SunRocket builds the nation's premier Internet phone service company.

"Rob is a world class executive talent seasoned in successfully managing and launching consumer services and applications for the mass market," said Lisa Hook, President and CEO of SunRocket. "As our explosive growth continues in the coming months and years, Kramer will play a crucial role in scaling our automated support systems and managing the design and deployment of innovative technologies to the residential marketplace."

Most recently, Kramer served as Senior Vice President, Business Technologies at America Online, Inc., managing the organization responsible for the design, development, and certification of all the server-based business applications that operated AOL's consumer services. Kramer managed the systems infrastructure for billing, order management, customer service, marketing campaign management, customer CRM (cross-sell, up-sell, popup server), enterprise reporting and corporate finance.

Prior to AOL, Kramer was President of Audible, Inc., the leading provider of downloadable audio books, magazines, newspapers and other spoken-word audio programming. He also spent twenty years in various executive capacities at American Management Systems, Inc. developing software products targeted primarily for the financial services industry.

"SunRocket has already set the stage for explosive growth by assembling the people, processes and infrastructure necessary to become the category leader," said Kramer. "I look forward to evolving the existing foundation into a highly scalable set of automated business applications and services for SunRocket to fulfill its vision of delivering next generation, fully integrated, Internet-based communications services."

About SunRocket

Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, SunRocket, the "no gotcha" phone company, is bringing Internet phone service to mainstream America with the nation's first full-year, flat-rate home phone package. SunRocket has more than 110,000 subscribers and is the nation's second fastest-growing residential Internet phone company. SunRocket is the only company to offer complete Internet phone service at an all-inclusive, bottom-line annual price of $199, with no hidden charges, termination penalties or "gotchas." SunRocket makes it easy for households with high-speed Internet access to take advantage of the incredible value and enhanced capabilities of state-of-the-art Internet telephony. SunRocket is backed by leading venture capital firms, including BlueRun Ventures, Mayfield Fund, DCM - Doll Capital Management, and Anthem Capital Management. For more information about this privately held corporation, see the company's web site at SunRocket.com.

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