Darwin Networks Selected To Provide Internet Access To National Award Winning Property Management Company.

Business Editors/Interactive & Multimedia Writers

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000

Darwin Networks, a leading provider of high-speed Internet access and network solutions, was recently selected to provide high-speed Internet capabilities to approximately 30 apartment communities owned and operated by The Bozzuto Group.

A recent recipient of the National Association of Home Builders' Multifamily Property Management Company of the Year Award, The Bozzuto Group is a regional apartment developer, property manager, homebuilder, landscape and mortgage company that owns and manages multifamily residential properties in the Washington-Baltimore area.

Darwin Networks will use its proven DSL and wireless technologies to equip the Bozzuto properties with high-speed Internet access, allowing residents to use their telephones and simultaneously browse the Internet at up to 100 times the speed of a conventional modem. Additionally, residents will have access to customized, Darwin-designed, intranet "micro-communities." These portals will provide them with an interface to better communicate with building management, other tenants and other goods and services providers near their apartments. By offering such cutting-edge services, the Bozzuto Group gains an advantageous tool to more effectively market its properties to prospective residents.

"The Bozzuto Group strives to be at the forefront of offering the best services to our residents," said Scott Skokan, vice president of maintenance and technical services for The Bozzuto Group. "The high-speed Internet access and data-over-voice solutions that Darwin Networks is providing certainly helps us achieve that mission."

Darwin Networks serves the growing market of condominium, apartment and dormitory buildings with high-speed connections in every unit of the complex and provides marketing, maintenance and implementation services, all at no cost to the building owner.

"By helping The Bozzuto Group provide their residents with the value-added benefit of secure, reliable high-speed Internet services, Darwin Networks has enabled them to stand out as a forward-thinking provider of premier living spaces within the communities they serve. In today's competitive marketplace, such a differentiator can be vital," said Glenn Meyer, president of Darwin Networks' Multi-Dwelling Units Division.

About The Bozzuto Group:

The Bozzuto Group is a regional developer, home builder and property manager of residential communities in the Washington-Baltimore area. The company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries - Bozzuto Homes Inc., Bozzuto Management Company, Bozzuto Landscaping Company, Bozzuto Construction Company and Homestead Title - are all headquartered in Greenbelt, Md. Besides managing Bozzuto's entire portfolio, the company manages an equal number of apartment units for other owners.

Combining a national reputation and national standards with an extraordinary local market knowledge, the company has long been regarded as the best Management Company in the Washington area for high-end properties. More information on the company can be found by visiting www.bozzuto.com.

About Darwin Networks:

Darwin Networks provides high speed Internet access and network solutions to small and medium-sized businesses; office, flex, industrial and retail properties; apartment, condominium and student housing complexes; hotels and telephone companies; using various wireless and wireline technologies. The company has agreements in place and in progress to launch services in approximately 1,200 locations in over 40 states and Canada. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company offers a full complement of marketing and support services, including training, to assist business owners, property managers and their staffs in marketing and implementing these new services.

Additionally, Darwin is the nation's premier provider of public Internet access kiosks. To date, the company has installed hundreds of units throughout the country, in hotels, restaurants, tourist/travel centers, cafes, airports, and more. The company also produces, installs and operates multimedia kiosks designed for retail/eCommerce, interactive information distribution, communications, entertainment, advertising and other uses.

Darwin Networks has corporate offices in Louisville, KY, Seattle, WA and Boston, MA Walnut Creek and San Diego, CA. The company's investors include Broadband Solutions, LLC (led by Chrysalis Ventures, LLC), Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Richland Ventures, River Cities Capital and associates of Moore Capital. For more information about Darwin Networks, please visit www.darwin.net.