The Summit Group Selects sentr@NET to Build Multi-purpose Network for Its Lodging Properties.

Business Editors

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000

Network leverages high-speed Internet access infrastructure for guest

and meeting rooms to provide extensible wide area network for

property-to-property and property-to-management

company communications and applications

sentr@NET, LLC today announced it has been selected by The Summit Group, Inc. to build, install and maintain a multi-purpose communications network that provides high-speed Internet access for guest and meeting rooms and on-line connectivity between the company's headquarters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and 44 of its properties across the United States.

The iNEThotel(SM) network from sentr@NET uses industry-leading technology at the property level to provide high-speed Internet access using existing wiring (only a single pair required) to carry both voice and data from guest rooms and meeting rooms. The same network infrastructure incorporates the property's backoffice to provide hotel staff a private connection to the Internet and to The Summit Group, Inc. corporate headquarters. iNEThotel uses the guaranteed bandwidth of an AT&T frame relay network to provide guests and hotel staff a high-speed connection to the Worldcom/UUNET Internet backbone, and to provide a private property-to-management company wide area network (WAN) that is independent of the Internet. This WAN delivers a committed information rate, scalability, and reliability that enables management companies to implement centralized and shared applications plus company-wide communications on a secure and private network.

"While guest services are a very important part of what sentr@NET's iNEThotel network provides, equally important is enabling property groups to deploy centralized services and applications including two-way reservations systems, e-purchasing systems and shared yield management programs," said Ian Mackay, president and chief executive officer of sentr@NET. "The iNEThotel network also opens the door for lower cost connectivity to properties plus other services that can have a positive impact on the management and operation of multiple-property organizations."

"Meeting guest demand is our number one priority and we pride ourselves in being the first in a number of our markets to offer this increasingly important amenity," said John A. Pesicka, chief operating officer of The Summit Group, Inc. "sentr@NET's iNEThotel will allow us to provide the convenient, reliable, high-speed Internet access our guests demand, while at the same time provide us with a state-of-the-art, secure data network between our corporate offices and each property."

The flexibility of iNEThotel networks is reflected also in the business plans offered to hotel management companies, franchisers, franchisees and owners. Offering zero-cost revenue-sharing programs to flat-free programs, sentr@NET allows in-term contract adjustments to meet competitive and technology changes. All inethotel networks include ongoing marketing support, property-specific Web site development, advertising programs, 24 x 7 guest and staff help lines and 24 x 7 network management and maintenance.

About The Summit Group, Inc.

Founded in 1991, The Summit Group, Inc. is a privately owned hotel development and management company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Summit Group, Inc. owns and manages over 40 hotels under many different brand names across the United States.

For additional information about The Summit Group, Inc., visit www.thesummitgroupinc.com .

About sentr@NET

Founded in 1997, sentr@NET is a privately funded vertical application service provider to hotels, management companies and franchisers. sentr@NET's inethotel network provides high-speed Internet access for guest and meeting rooms as part of a wide area network design that includes a secure and private Intranet for use by its hospitality partners for company-wide communications and online services. The Intranet will also serve as the conduit for sentr@NET to deliver data warehousing, application-sharing and other services to its partners. sentr@NET is currently installing iNEThotel networks in over 400 hotels and resorts under contract today representing over 40,000 guest and meeting rooms in the United States. sentr@NET networks are supported by strategic relationships with the leading service, software and hardware suppliers including AT&T (NASDAQ: T), WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM), Tut Systems (NASDAQ: TUTS), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Equant (NYSE: ENT).

For additional information about sentr@NET programs, visit www.sentranet.com.