@Link Networks to Assist the Chicago Chamber of Commerce by Migrating Stranded Northpoint Customers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001

@Link Networks, an integrated communications provider focusing on next-generation Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions, announced today that it is working with the Chicago Chamber of Commerce to ensure its members continue to receive high-speed access services, despite the recent shutdown of Northpoint Communications.

The Chicago Chamber of Commerce has over 5,000 customers who face immediate termination of connectivity services. @Link Networks is currently prequalifying these customers, and has agreed to migrate those that qualify onto its private ATM-based network. @Link has been proactively preparing to switch customers, previously serviced by Northpoint and other last-mile carriers, and has recently performed similar migrations for customers in other markets and Chamber organizations who have been left stranded by the scale back of other carriers' networks.

@Link offers several connectivity options and is currently offering special promotions on several levels of Internet Access via T1 and DSL, as well as VPN services, which connect businesses to their suppliers, vendors and/or strategic partners. Companies who are looking to switch providers or who are being affected by the Northpoint network termination, are encouraged to send an e-mail to [e-mail] or to call Bert Haas at 888/215-0058 to review the options available to them. A listing of @Link's sales offices and additional information about its services can be found on the company's Website at www.atlink.net.

About @Link Networks

Founded in 1997, @Link Networks is a multi-service integrated communications provider, delivering diverse communications solutions to small and medium enterprises. These services include high-end, secure virtual private networks for both data and high-speed Internet access and business-to-business e-commerce enabling services. @Link delivers these solutions by linking customer locations into its next-generation, packet switched Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) backbone through a combination of access technologies including copper, fiber and wireless. @Link offers customers the option to choose from four unique Class of Services (CoS) packages, all of which are backed by Quality of Service (QoS) and performance level guarantees. @Link reaches its customers through a high-end, direct sales force combined with strategic distribution channels. @Link currently offers services throughout the Midwest states.