DIGEX Adds Cisco PIX Firewall Series to Internet Security Solutions.

BELTSVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1997--

National Internet Carrier Offers Affordable Security

for High-End Internet Users 

First-tier national Internet carrier DIGEX Inc., an Intermedia Communications Company, Friday announced the addition of secure Internet connections using the Cisco PIX Firewall Series security solutions.

Cisco's PIX Firewall is designed to restrict unauthorized users from accessing the network resources of business customers transacting business across the Internet.

It also offers an industrial strength level of security with one of the industry's lowest cost of ownership in corporate networks with high-end Internet needs. PIX extends DIGEX's comprehensive suite of highly secure firewall solutions.

"DIGEX is now capable of offering strong, connection-oriented protection and management for small, medium and enterprise companies," said Gene Noble, vice president of Product Management and Telecommunications.

"Cisco's secure firewall technology scales from a five person to a 10,000 person business. Their technology and customer support significantly enhances DIGEX's ability to provide high-bandwidth security solutions to our customers."

The PIX Firewall offers user authentication, allowing customers to leverage their existing networks access server databases. PIX Firewall performance achieves network throughput rates of approximately 90 megabits per second (Mbps).

"The Cisco PIX Firewall offers network customers an industry-leading security solution," said Frank Roys, director of Marketing for the Internet Appliances and Applications Business Unit at Cisco.

"PIX provides greater peace of mind at an affordable price for companies challenged to provide high up-time and availability for the Internet tools that drive the success of their business."

In offering the PIX Firewall series, DIGEX further expands its relationship with Cisco to better meet the security needs of customers requiring speed and powerful security features. DIGEX has partnerships with the industry's most prominent Internet solutions providers.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., DIGEX is a leading national Internet Carrier focused exclusively on business customers. DIGEX offers a comprehensive range of Internet solutions, including high-speed, dedicated business connectivity, complex Web site management services and private network solutions.

The DIGEX GoldRing(SM) national fiber optic network, the first national Internet network designated as a Cisco Powered Network(TM), provides highly reliable service for mission-critical Internet applications. Company news and product/service information are available at www.digex.net .

DIGEX Inc. is an Intermedia Communications Company. Intermedia Communications is one of the nation's fastest growing telecommunications companies, providing integrated telecommunications solutions to business and government customers.

These solutions include voice and data, local and long distance, and advanced access services in cities throughout the eastern U.S. Intermedia's enhanced data offerings, including frame relay, ATM, and a full range of business Internet connectivity and web hosting services, offer seamless end-to-end service virtually anywhere in the world.

Intermedia, headquartered in Tampa, Fla., is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market's National Market under the symbol ICIX. Intermedia can be found on the World Wide Web at www.intermedia.com .

CONTACT: Digex

Bob London, 301/847-6588

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