TechColumbus and Platform Lab Deliver Improved Value to Tenants and Clients With...

TechColumbus and Platform Lab Deliver Improved Value to Tenants and Clients
With Ethernet Internet Services From tw telecom

Multi-year contract for Ethernet Internet services enables Platform Lab to
perform critical high bandwidth testing for national and international clients

LITTLETON, Colo., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- tw telecom, (Nasdaq: TWTC)
a leading provider of managed voice, Internet and data networking solutions
for businesses, today announced that TechColumbus and its IT test division,
Platform Lab, will begin using 1 Gbps burstable Ethernet Internet service
provided by tw telecom for tenant traffic and load test client high bandwidth
testing.

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TechColumbus is Central Ohio's catalyst for technology-based economic
development. Through a broad range of business and technology services to
entrepreneurs and startups, to small-medium businesses, and to large
corporations and research organizations, TechColumbus is accelerating and
strengthening the region's innovation economy. As part of these services,
TechColumbus runs an IT test facility, Platform Lab. The primary service
Platform Lab provides is the ability for commercial enterprises to validate
performance of web-based applications with high bandwidth and load test
software tools.

"We selected tw telecom for their capability to provide a high value service
that is flexible, reliable and highly scalable," said Steve Gruetter, Platform
Lab Director. "The ability to offer test environments for our clients
quickly, reliably, securely - and at outstanding value - is key to our
business."

"The name of the game in today's marketplace is finding the most efficient and
scalable solutions that work every time. And that is where tw telecom
excels," said Roger Paschal, vice president and general manager for tw telecom
in Columbus.

tw telecom connects more commercial buildings to its fiber network than any
other competitive communications provider, only exceeded by the large global
incumbents. In fact, it has the third highest market share of retail Ethernet
ports in service. With its own national fiber network and IP backbone, tw
telecom has the national capability, robust product portfolio and
national/local customer care teams to support mission critical enterprise
applications and to deliver the industry's most sought after customer
experience.

About tw telecom
tw telecom holdings inc., a unit of tw telecom inc., headquartered in
Littleton, Colo., provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet
and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice,
VoIP, VPN and security, to enterprise organizations and communications
services companies throughout the U.S. As a leading provider of integrated
and converged network solutions, tw telecom delivers customers overall
economic value, quality, service, and improved business productivity. Please
visit www.twtelecom.com for more information.

About TechColumbus
TechColumbus accelerates the growth of the innovation economy by providing
vital resources and assistance to people and enterprises that depend on
technology to achieve their business goals.

TechColumbus is the catalyst for technology-driven economic growth in Central
Ohio. Its mission includes creating new companies, strengthening existing
businesses, opening doors to technology resources, helping promote and attract
the next generation of high-wage/high-growth industry sectors, supporting the
attraction and retention of talented people, and promoting opportunity for all
citizens. Within a decade, Central Ohio will be widely recognized as one of
the premier technology-enriched communities in the world and a leader in
tech-related business formation, expansion, and attraction. Please see
www.techcolumbus.org for more information.

About Platform Lab, the IT test resource of TechColumbus
Platform Lab provides the best value -- for any company, anywhere -- to
conduct IT testing, development and projects. Platform Lab is the nation's
only non-profit information technology test and training facility, providing
organizations across the nation the complete means to conduct a variety of IT
test projects. Clients increase the quality of their applications,
organizations, and people without investing in expensive short-term assets.

Platform Lab provides a competitive advantage to our clients by offering short
term physical or remote access to IT hardware, software and massive bandwidth
for all types of companies for the explicit purpose of IT testing, development
and projects.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Bob Meldrum
bob.meldrum@twtelecom.com
303.566.1354

SOURCE tw telecom inc.

Bob Meldrum of tw telecom inc., +1-303-566-1354, bob.meldrum@twtelecom.com