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Internap's Content Delivery Network Powers Online Broadcast of 2008 Sundance Film Festival

    -- Long Time Customer Entrusts Internap to Deliver High-Quality
            Video Streaming for Seventh Consecutive Year --
ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ:INAP), a global
provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, today announced
that for the seventh year in a row it has been selected as the
Official Provider of online video streaming services for the 2008
Sundance Film Festival. Key criteria in this selection were Internap's
high-performance content delivery network (CDN) with full support for
Adobe Flash, network optimization technology, global infrastructure
and management systems.

   The Sundance Film Festival's official Web site,
http://www.sundance.org/festival/, will enable motion picture
enthusiasts worldwide to experience the latest in independent short
films, exclusive filmmaker interviews and daily video highlights from
the annual Festival. The 2008 Sundance Film Festival runs January
17-27, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

   "Live events like the Sundance Film Festival are now attracting
more online audiences than ever before, requiring fast, high-quality
streaming services for optimal screening," said Joseph Beyer, producer
of the Sundance Film Festival Online. "Internap's leadership with
Adobe Flash, behind-the-scenes management services and guaranteed
delivery of on-demand content to our global audience makes Internap a
fantastic technology partner. With Internap's help, we've been able to
provide our audiences and filmmakers with reliable, richer viewing
experiences than ever before."

   "Adobe is committed to supporting the innovation and vision of
independent filmmakers," said Bill Rusitzky, director of media
alliances for Adobe. "We are pleased that Internap's content delivery
network with Adobe Flash technology was selected as the exclusive
Sundance streaming provider, providing movie enthusiasts an immersive
viewing experience for watching high-quality, exclusive online
filmmaker interviews, short films and daily video highlights from the
events."

   "Our content delivery network has been streaming the Sundance
Festival for years, a key endorsement of the quality and value of
Internap's services," said James P. DeBlasio, chief executive officer
at Internap. "We continue to enhance our CDN service with a new 100%
performance commitment, embedded route-optimization, an expansion into
Asia, and peer-to-peer (P2P) access. The result is we are bringing new
levels of reliability to the network delivery of rich media content."

   Online businesses across the globe entrust their business systems
and Web sites to Internap's Performance IP(TM) solution, data center
colocation and content delivery network. The company has over 3,500
enterprise customers including Fortune 500 corporations, movie
studios, broadcasters, music companies and advertising agencies. For
more information, please visit www.internap.com.

   About Internap

   Internap is a leading Internet solutions company that provides The
Ultimate Online Experience(TM) by managing, delivering and
distributing applications and content with unsurpassed performance and
reliability. With a global platform of data centers, managed Internet
services, a content delivery network (CDN) and content monetization
services, Internap frees its customers to innovate their business and
create new revenue opportunities. More than 3,500 companies across the
globe trust Internap to help them achieve their Internet business
goals. For more information, visit www.internap.com.

   Sundance Film Festival

   Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for U.S. and
international independent film. Held each January in Park City, Salt
Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah, the Festival is a core program
of Sundance Institute, a nonprofit cultural organization founded by
Robert Redford in 1981.

   Presenting dramatic and documentary feature-length films in nine
distinct categories and approximately 80 short films each year, the
Sundance Film Festival has introduced American audiences to some of
the most innovative films of the past two decades. Since 1984, the
Festival program has evolved to include music, art, and dialogue.
Beyond the streets of Park City, the official website of the Sundance
Film Festival, http://www.sundance.org/festival shares the Festival
experience with a global audience with short films, filmmaker
interviews, video episodes, podcasts, photos, news stories, and more.

   Internap "Safe Harbor" Statement

   Certain information included in this press release constitutes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than
statements of historical facts, including, among others, statements
regarding the performance of our products, business strategy,
projected levels of growth and projected costs, are forward-looking
statements. Those statements include statements regarding the intent,
belief or current expectations of Internap and members of our
management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements
are based. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks and uncertainties that actual results
may differ materially from those contemplated by forward-looking
statements. Other important factors that may affect Internap's
business, products, results of operations and financial condition
include, but are not limited to: our ability to sustain profitability;
our ability to respond successfully to technological change; the
availability of services from Internet network service providers or
network service providers providing network access loops and local
loops on favorable terms, or at all; failure of third party suppliers
to deliver their products and services on favorable terms, or at all;
failures in our network operations centers, network access points or
computer systems; and our ability to protect our intellectual
property.

   Our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, subsequent Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K and other Securities and
Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks, as well as
other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences
or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial
condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any
forward-looking statement for any reason.

Internap
Press Contact:
Katie Eakins / Patrick Wallace, 619-677-2700
internap@lewispr.com
or
Investor Contact:
Andrew McBath, 404-865-7198
amcbath@internap.com

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