Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 20K Selected by Vernon Telephone Cooperative for Triple Play Services

SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr 29 (MARKET WIRE) --
Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) today announced that the Vernon
Telephone Cooperative, an independent local exchange carrier servicing
customers in southwestern Wisconsin, has selected its Carrier Ethernet
solutions, including the most recently announced purpose-built metro
Ethernet transport switch, the BlackDiamond(R) 20808, to deliver Triple
Play services to its 7,000 customers in nine rural communities.

With an increased number of customers turning to the provider for all of
their communications needs, Vernon Telephone Cooperative needed to be
proactive and bolster its infrastructure's core and edge with equipment
that offers the reliability and stability its customers had come to expect
from it. In addition, with the anticipated growth, the new solution had to
be scalable and easy to manage.

Extreme Networks has provided Vernon Telephone Cooperative with
BlackDiamond 20808 metro Ethernet transport switches for the core, as well
as Summit X450 aggregation switches for the edge. Vernon Telephone
Cooperative delivers local and long distance telephone, Internet, and IP
television services to its customers and, with the new solution in place,
can now prepare for future high-bandwidth products that its broadband
customers want.

"Since 1951, Vernon Telephone Cooperative has served our members with the
latest services and technology and we are continuing to do that with the
new Extreme Networks solution in place," said David Treptow, network
engineer, Vernon Telephone Cooperative. "The BlackDiamond 20808 switch is
a perfect fit and the service improvements we offer are timely since
people nowadays are enjoying stay-cations with family and friends as well
as leaving the large cities to work from home in our picturesque rural
communities. With the new BlackDiamond solution, we have enjoyed
improvements in performance, reliability and scalability. With other
systems, growth is costly. With Extreme Networks, we can grow our network
and services not only cost-effectively but seamlessly."

"The opportunities that arise from a network upgrade are very significant
for a regional service provider like Vernon Telephone Cooperative," said
Suresh Gopalakrishnan, vice president and general manager of the Scalable
Products Group at Extreme Networks. "Because of our focus on Ethernet
based service delivery networks, Extreme Networks is well positioned to
deliver the right products, at the right cost and support level for
regional providers to increase the value derived from their networks. We
look forward to building many more of these relationships and making
regional providers successful and profitable."

About Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks provides converged Ethernet networks that support data,
voice and video for enterprises and service providers. The company's
network solutions feature high performance and high availability switching
that deliver insight and control enabling customers to solve their
real-world business communications challenges. Operating in more than 50
countries, Extreme Networks provides wired and wireless secure LANs, data
center infrastructure and Service Provider Ethernet transport solutions
that are complemented by global, 24x7 service and support. For more
information, visit http://www.extremenetworks.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set
forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to
features and benefits of BlackDiamond and Summit products are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such
statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including network design and actual results of use of the
product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update
the forward-looking information in this release. Other important factors
which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the
Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. http://www.sec.gov

Copyright 2009 Extreme Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Extreme
Networks, BlackDiamond and Summit are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

For more information, contact:
Extreme Networks Public Relations
Greg Cross
(408) 579 3483
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