[0] Broadview Networks Announces Controlled Introduction of Voice Over DSL Service; Company Invites Customers to Tour Model Office and Join Trial.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001

Broadview Networks, a network-based electronically integrated communications provider (e-ICP), today announced that it has begun a controlled introduction of Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL) service in a New York City sales office and is expanding the trial to include customers.

VoDSL is a broadband technology that uses a single copper line to deliver multiple lines of voice service and high-speed Internet service. This integrated technology enables customers to reduce per-line charges and to add lines and change features much faster than with traditional technology.

"Our initial use of Voice over DSL in our midtown Manhattan sales office is demonstrating the benefits of this leading-edge technology, as well as a wireless local area network, or LAN," said George F. Holland, executive vice president - sales and marketing for Broadview Networks. "We are so impressed with the results that we're inviting business customers to tour our model office and join our trial."

Businesses in the New York metropolitan area that are interested in learning how VoDSL and other advanced voice and Internet technologies can help improve their bottom line and simplify their communications should contact Megan Weber of Broadview Networks at 973-848-8865.

Customers taking part in the Broadview Networks VoDSL trial can:

-- Receive 25 percent off local and regional usage charges and save 10 to 25
percent for features and toll usage - compared with identical service options
from Verizon Communications.

-- Reduce local line charges substantially - by approximately $100 per month
for a typical small or medium-sized business customer.

-- Obtain additional voice lines in hours - as opposed to a week or more with
Verizon.

In its model office, Broadview Networks uses state-of-the-art equipment and an innovative network architecture to serve the needs of more than 20 sales employees. Three copper loops support 24 voice lines and three high-speed data connections. A traditional arrangement would require 27 loops - one loop for each voice and data line. In addition, it takes only a few hours to add new lines.

Employees in the model office use a broad variety of calling features, including call transfer, three-way calling, automatic callback, call hold, call pickup and call waiting. Internet connection speeds ranging from 384 kilobits per second (Kbps) to 1.5 megabits per second (Mbps) are available, using symmetric DSL (SDSL) technology, which offers the same upstream and downstream speeds.

Three Polycom NetEngine(TM) integrated access devices (IADs) - 6100, 6200 and 6300 - provide voice and data connectivity in the model office. These devices - each smaller than a phone book - send voice and Internet traffic to the Broadview Networks switching center in Long Island City, Queens. From there, the voice calls are carried to and from the public switched network. Data traffic is transmitted from the model office to the public Internet or the virtual private network (VPN) that supports interoffice data communications.

"We are pleased to be working with Polycom, an industry leader in Voice over DSL technology," Holland said. "We selected Polycom NetEngine products because they meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses for high-quality voice service, wide-ranging calling features, and flexibility for adding lines and changing features."

Complementing the VoDSL service, the Broadview Networks model office showcases a wireless LAN, which interconnects computers using wireless technology and feeds their traffic to the IADs. A transmitter sends and receives data signals on the LAN, avoiding the need for costly cable investments.

Broadview Networks (www.broadviewnet.com) is a network-based electronically integrated communications provider (e-ICP) serving small and medium-sized businesses and communications-intensive residential customers in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. The New York City-based company offers integrated communications solutions, including local, long-distance and international voice services; data services; and dial-up and high-speed Internet services using digital subscriber line (DSL) and other advanced technologies. Customers receive a single, easy-to-understand bill and have one point of contact for real-time, personal customer care.

Broadview Networks and the Broadview Networks logo are trademarks of Broadview Networks, Inc. Broadview Networks, Inc.(c)2001

Polycom is a registered trademark, and NetEngine is a trademark of Polycom, Inc.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Contact Laura Abbott to schedule a tour of the model office.