Verio Adds Netopia as ISDN Partner to Give Business Internet Users Free Jump-Start onto High-Speed Dedicated Access.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 1998--Verio Inc. (NASDAQ: VRIO), a leading full-service business Internet provider, has teamed with Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTPA), a leading provider of real-time Internet/Intranet collaboration software and plug-and-play Internet connectivity solutions, to provide high-performance, dedicated-access ISDN Internet routers to new customers as part of Verio's extended national "SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE" promotion.

First announced last week, Verio's first-ever national promotion gives business Internet users new incentive to immediately shift to high-speed dedicated access by offering a free top-of-the-line router, plus one month free service on a 13-month contract. Verio previously announced its alliance with networking company Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) to provide frame relay and point-to-point routers as part of the promotion. Netopia ISDN routers will be available for all new dedicated-access customers where such service is available.

"Our SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE promotion is generating tremendous response from business customers looking to experience high-speed dedicated access, and teaming with Netopia will add to that momentum by helping us further tailor our services," said Buddy Cunningham, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Verio. "Netopia's top-of-the-line equipment -- in combination with Cisco's -- gives us a broad range of routers so we can even better match equipment to customers' specific connectivity needs to get them moving full speed ahead on the Internet."

Verio's SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE runs through August. For more information, call 1-888-GET-VERIO or visit the company's Web site at www.verio.net/overdrive.

About Verio

Verio is a leading national provider of Internet connectivity, Web hosting and enhanced Internet services to small- and medium-sized businesses. Since its inception in March 1996, Verio has rapidly established a national presence through the acquisition, integration and growth of local and regional Internet providers with a business customer focus that provide locally based sales and engineering support in 37 of the top 50 U.S. markets under the Verio brand name.

For more information on Verio, visit the Company's Web site at www.verio.net or call 1-888-GET-VERIO. The corporate headquarters are located in Englewood, Colorado at 8005 S. Chester St., Suite 200, 80112, phone number: 303-645-1900.

Verio, Verio Web Hosting and Virtual Server Technology are trademarks of Verio, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective holders.

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