Digital Island Partners With J-Stream To Extend Global Reach For High-Quality Streaming Services.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 6, 2000

Leading Global Providers Dynamically Connect Streaming Networks to

Enhance Online Experience for Millions of End Users Worldwide

Digital Island, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISLD), the leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure, and Japan's largest streaming service provider, J-Stream, Inc., announced today a partnership to extend their customers' global reach for high-quality live and on-demand streaming services.

By coupling Digital Island's Footprint(R) streaming network with J-Stream's premier Japan-based network, both companies are improving the online experience for content originating in Japan or destined for the country's 26 million Internet users. Queries will be seamlessly directed to the best-performing server located closest to users at the edge of the network.

Digital Island is extending the reach for its customers' streaming media applications through instant, local access to J-Stream's infrastructure, the largest streaming network in Japan. In turn, J-Stream's customers, comprising the majority of Japan's growing streaming media market, can continue to guarantee both Japanese and global end users high-performance access to an even larger streaming media network now coupled with Digital Island's infrastructure.

"Digital Island's partnership with J-Stream demonstrates that we are continuing to drive to our existing plan of leveraging our partners to further our business goals," said Ruann F. Ernst, chairman and CEO of Digital Island. "Our open architecture allows us to develop partnerships, such as this one with J-Stream, in which both companies can drive new revenue as well as minimize capital expenditures. This partnership additionally guarantees that the expectations of our customers' global audiences are being continually exceeded as they experience the latest audio and video content on the Internet."

"J-Stream has always been a pioneer in providing the most advanced streaming services to some of the largest corporations in Japan," said Kiyoshi Shiraishi, president of J-Stream. "We are very excited about this new partnership with Digital Island, who boasts a global, high-quality streaming network."

"The creation of this integrated global streaming network heralds yet another technical breakthrough that will further improve the online viewing experience for the end user, creating one of the most powerful streaming networks on the planet both in terms of reach and quality of the end-user experience," continued Ernst.

J-Stream is the leading company in the Internet broadcast field in Japan with the original streaming dedicated splitter network. J-Stream broadcasts approximately 300 live streaming events per month and has several hundred on-demand streaming clients. www.stream.co.jp.

Digital Island(R) is the leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure for enterprises that need to give their customers a great Web experience in order to drive e-Business transactions. The company integrates managed hosting, content delivery and network services to bypass Internet congestion and guarantee fast and relevant interactions. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco, and its global e-Business delivery network reaches 33 countries. www.digitalisland.net.

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This press release contains information about the plans, objectives and expectations of the management of the Company that may constitute forward-looking statements. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the operational difficulty of developing, deploying and delivering the Company's complex range of products and services; the potential lack of market acceptance of such products and services; competition from presently existing and new competitors; the risks associated with international operations and expansion; delays in raising or the unavailability of additional capital to fund operating losses and capital investment; the possibility of decreased growth in demand for Internet services in general and other factors detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty to update information contained in this press release.