ADVISORY/ Lots of People Talk About the Technologies of the Future and How They Will Shape Tomorrow's Internet.

SILVER SPRING, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1998--

On October 7th, You Can Hear From the True Pioneers

Who are Really Building It

New applications and service demands -- Voice over IP, Virtual Private Networks, Internet Broadcast -- are creating enormous challenges for today's network infrastructures. Leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are rising to meet these challenges with innovative architectures and new technologies. On Wednesday, October 7th, you're invited to join us for a special Audio Teleconference hosted by Torrent Networking Technologies to discuss these important industry issues and technical trends that are defining the Internet service architectures of the future.

The teleconference will include technical leaders from Internet Service Providers around the world, outlining their vision for the next generation of Internet services and discussing their implementation strategies. In addition, Michael Howard, CEO of Infonetics Research, will present key market trends for new service deployments, and Clyde Heintzelman, former COO and President of Business Internet Access for DIGEX, Inc. (a National Tier 1 Internet provider), will discuss the business imperatives driving new service deployments.

Logistics and registration information are provided below:

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WHEN:           Wednesday, October 7, 1998
TIME:           12:30 - 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
DIAL:           1-800-230-1951 (in the USA)
         + 1-612-224-7497 (outside the USA
           Ask for the Torrent Briefing
REGISTER:  Contact Brenda Nichols at Parker, Nichols & Company
           [e-mail]
           tel: [phone]
           fax: [phone]
           or visit Torrent Networking's web site at
           http://www.torrentnet.com/forms/teleconference.html

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A digital audio replay will be available from 4:00 PM on Wednesday, October 7th until midnight Saturday, October 10th, 1998. For information and the 800 line for the replay, contact Parker, Nichols & Company.

Torrent Networking Technologies is the leading innovator of next-generation, Gigabit-scaled IP routing technology for Internet aggregation. The company's IP9000 Gigabit Router is Internet-class and Internet-ready, with active deployments at leading service providers around the world.