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Blue Networks, Inc. Looks to Internap to Support Delivery and Call Quality of VoIP SolutionBundled Network Optimization Products and Services Bring Value to Small BusinessesATLANTA – October 12, 2006 - Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a leading provider of performance-based routing solutions over the Internet, today announced that Blue Networks, Inc., a VoIP service operator of the brand SellVoIP, has significantly increased use of Internap products and services to help expand its offering. In addition to its long distance/toll bypass VoIP termination services in 48 U.S. states, Blue Networks now offers internet-based telephone services direct to customers. Blue Networks joins a number of small-to-medium sized businesses that use Internap products and services to compete in emerging markets such as VoIP services. Before selecting Internap, Blue Networks experienced a high degradation in voice quality due to unreliable and slow connectivity, which was caused by common performance culprits such as latency, packet loss and jitter. Each negatively impacts call completion rates and ultimately leads to lost revenue. To address these issues and give the SellVoIP service speed and reliability, Blue Networks selected Internap to:
“Using Internap as our primary backbone for VoIP traffic is like flipping a switch to add instant profit to the bottom line,” said Jed Stafford, chief executive officer, Blue Networks. “Most small companies, like us, assume that Internap works only with big players. Yet, Internap has been behind us from the beginning to support our current rapid growth.” Blue Networks provides its SellVoIP service for businesses with up to 250 employees in multiple locations, and for international and regional ISPs in Asia Pacific, Western Europe and Australia. Customers also include large wholesale carriers, such as fiber network operators, which rely on smaller toll bypass companies to supplement its own global connectivity. In this role, Blue Networks acts as a carrier, selling wholesale minutes to traditional telephone companies or Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), IntereXchange voice and data carriers (IXCs), cell phone networks, and high volume international calling businesses. “In less than a year, Internap has helped us achieve much better voice quality and service reliability, enter new markets and retain customers,” Stafford added. “With the proven performance of our network, we’ve already increased revenues by 20% since opening for business in London two months ago,” he continued. “Blue Networks is a classic example of how customers of all sizes can transform their business with the breadth and depth of Internap services. We understand how to help companies deliver applications with speed and reliability so they can effectively compete on a global scale,” said James P. DeBlasio, president and chief executive officer, Internap. “From Professional Services to our network- and premise-based optimization solutions, Internap products are not mutually exclusive, especially for improving the performance of latency-sensitive applications, like VoIP and streaming media, which continue to rapidly attract new users.” About Internap Internap currently serves more than 2,100 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 North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit the company website at www.internap.com . About Blue Networks Media Contact: Investor Contact: |