1.5 Meg Internet, Free T-1 Local Loop -- $595/Month Dual Homed Internet Gateways.

Business/Entertainment Editors & Internet/High Tech Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000

Backbone Communications Inc. introduces 1.5 Meg high-speed Internet service including free T-1 local loop for $595 per month.

Pricing currently available to businesses within five miles of Backbone's 23 nationwide Points of Presence (POPs) with wholesale pricing available to businesses beyond five miles.

"Those companies looking for reliability for their mission critical applications will more than likely choose T-1 services which provides a full and dedicated 1.544 Mbps connection," said Robert Bral, Backbone's president and CEO. "In addition, Backbone utilizes dual Internet gateways providing further redundancy and uptime."

The service is provided by installing local loop access from a company's router to Backbone's POP and directly to the Internet at a speed of 1.5 Mbps.

The benefit of T-1 based access to the Internet lies not only in its reliability and availability, but also in the fact that T-1 pipes provide a dedicated medium for delivery of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) as well as next generation Packet-Based Telephony services.

"Utilizing T-1 allows for the convergence of multiple services such as voice, video and data," said Bral. "This translates into long term economical savings, which many enterprises are quickly realizing."

Backbone's Internet service is available to businesses in most major metropolitan areas nationwide. Visit the company's Web site at www.bb2.net for more information.

Backbone, founded in 1998 by Robert Bral, is a Next Generation Service Provider whose main goal is to provide the corporate business with the economical benefits derived from the convergence of multiple services over one integrated facility.

Backbone's network is based on state-of-the-art Lucent CBX 500/550 series ATM switches, Cisco GSR 12000 IP routers as well as class 4/5 telephony and video gateway switches strategically situated in most major U.S. metropolitan areas. Using this infrastructure, we are able to provide the next generation of integrated telecommunications services including: high-speed Internet; Frame Relay; ATM; long distance; private and public data communications as well as video telephony over one converged local loop.