NET Telcos Emerges This Spring as the Leader in Advanced Enterprise Solutions

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:33am EDT

More Data Center Space and New Virtualization Capabilities Define
                             Growth Curve
RICHMOND, Va.--(Business Wire)--
NET Telcos, a leading provider of data center colocation and
managed services in the Richmond and Hampton Roads markets, leads the
way for enterprise IT development with the installation of its first
virtualized environments. Delivered with the support of industry
leading enterprise partners and complimented by a beneficial economy
of scale from its growing network footprint, NET Telcos offers
virtualization and other progressive managed services that are
uniquely designed and implemented to fit its customers' exact needs.

   Scott Rodgers, General Manager at NET Telcos, says the past year
has paved the way for continued growth in emerging areas of
technology. "It has been an important differentiation point for us, to
stay nimble and partner with people and organizations that can benefit
our customers."

   He said evidence of this success lies in the milestones NET Telcos
has recently achieved. "We have partnerships with well-known and
trusted organizations like VMware which put us in good company when we
are at the drawing board designing a solution for a customer.
Internally, we've also spent time improving and optimizing our data
center's space and environmentals, as well as adding a number of new
members to our staff. I believe those changes have been crucial to the
success we've experienced over this past year. And now I'm glad to
announce we have successfully completed the installation of our first
virtualization environment with long-time customer, Biznet Internet
Services."

   Jeffrey Baker, President and IT Director at Biznet Internet
Services, a Virginia-based provider of professional website design,
development, and hosting to enterprises across the world, says that
the implementation was relatively simple. "We decided we needed to
make some changes to adjust to the growth of our company. And, after
discussing a number of solutions with NET Telcos, they helped us pick
the best fit which was virtualization. All told, it took three to five
months and they were helpful throughout the entire process."

   Rodgers was appointed General Manger of NET Telcos in August 2007
after Paul Diemer was promoted within its parent company, Continental
Broadband. After coming on board, Rodgers appointed Director of
Operations, Brian K. Westerlund, and Senior Sales Engineer, Mark
Williams; both have helped shape the growth pattern currently being
experienced at NET Telcos.

   In addition to initializing this successful virtualization
environment and being in the planning phase for several others, NET
Telcos has implemented three new customers on this platform in just
the last month.

   In December, NET Telcos also opened within a Chesapeake facility
which has more than 20,000 sq. ft. of available data center space.
They are now installing colocation and managed service solutions to
enterprise customers in the Hampton Roads market. The facility is ISO
9001 compliant, has a 24x365 NOC and a robust network and
infrastructure supported by redundant power and cooling.

   In addition to these managed services, NET Telcos now offers
customers an al-a-carte menu of services supported by iPASS that offer
a single point of contact for organizations with traveling IT managers
and engineers with remote access needs, globally.

   "This year, we really took a look at our service offerings and
implemented what we consider to be service improvements that not only
upgrade our available resources, but help our enterprise customers
improve their businesses," said Rodgers. "I am looking forward to the
activities we have in progress with other clients and am confident in
our ability to maintain this level of growth throughout 2008."

   About NET Telcos

   Operating a state-of-the art data center in Glen Allen, Virginia
and diverse data networks across the country, NET Telcos maintains
24/7/365 monitoring of its managed networks and support for its
customers. NET Telcos is Richmond's premier provider of hosted and
managed services for businesses. Service offerings include managed
hosting and storage solutions, co-location service, business
continuity solutions for outages or interruptions, internet access and
managed wide-area-network (WAN) connections. NET Telcos is owned by
Continental Broadband, which encompasses a growing portfolio of
regional Internet and Datacenter business owned by Norfolk-based
Landmark Communications. Privately-owned, Landmark Communications'
companies are a diverse group of award-winning publications and media
outlets, including newspapers, television broadcasting, cable TV
programming (The Weather Channel), and electronic publishing. For more
information visit the company's website at www.nettelcos.com

For NET Telcos
Christine Pietryla, 312-208-8776
cpietryla@pietryla.com

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