e-xpedient Launches First Commercial Network to Use 60 GHz and Free-Space Optics to Deliver 100 Mbps Internet Access to Businesses in Miami, Florida.

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MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2001

IP-Only Metropolitan Area Network Solves "Last-Mile" Problem

e-xpedient(SM)/CAVU, Inc. announces the first commercial network using free-space optics (FSO) and 60 GHz broadband fixed-wireless radios. e-xpedient delivers 100 megabit-per-second (Mbps) broadband Internet service, solving the "last mile" problem in Miami, Fla. with a wholly-owned-and-deployed IP-only Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). The network delivers true broadband service to end-user businesses with affordable pricing packages from $100 - $5,500 and up per month. Customers can instantly activate, provision and prepay for service with CAVU's e-xpedient fully automated electronic billing and payment system. Customers don't have to wait for a technician to install their service. CAVU's e-xpedient packages its service so that every customer receives 100 Mbps speed regardless of how much they use the service.

The first customers in Miami have enthusiastically embraced this new service. Says Alex Kurkin, partner, Pathman & Lewis, "We weren't even looking to change providers, but e-xpedient(SM)'s service sounded too good to ignore. I was very skeptical, so much so that I chose to maintain our former service as a back up. e-xpedient did perform, and as we experienced no problems with e-xpedient, I canceled our other service in two weeks. By switching to e-xpedient we were able to substantially increase our Internet speed and get more voice lines out of our T1 without increasing our cost."

e-xpedient Broadband Service (eBS) is delivered via a fully redundant, 100 Mbps Internet Protocol (IP), switched Ethernet network. Brian Andrew, president and CEO, explains, "We're not at the mercy of the RBOCs. Until now, traditional telephony-based carriers have been brainwashing business customers to believe high-speed is either a DSL or a T1 connection. e-xpedient 100 Mbps service changes the playing field. Companies, regardless of size, can now have true `broadband' big fat pipes."

The deployment of 60 GHz radios and FSO to deliver service expands the e-xpedient "technology toolbox;" a combination of broadband fixed wireless radios and free space optics. The 60 GHz radios allow for very dense deployments without interference issues and without complicated frequency planning. Coupled with free-space optics, the network maintains unheard of reliability and can scale to Gigabit and 10 Gigabit as demand for faster speeds from the business community warrants. With Miami leading the way, e-xpedient plans to continue to roll out this commercial IP-over-Ethernet service in Tier 1 Markets this year.

e-xpedient is able to offer blazing Internet speeds by deploying Ethernet to replace traditional voice-grade telecommunications technologies. Most Internet access providers - those who offer DSL and T1 services, for example - use telecom technologies that are 30+ years old and designed to carry voice traffic, not data. Ethernet not only allows for the fastest current generation of affordable broadband access, it enables e-xpedient to scale its network for such faster speeds as Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. e-xpedient bypasses both legacy telephone companies, who still largely utilize copper lines, and new carriers who continue the methodology of RBOCs, retrofitting telecom technology for data transmission.

Andrew further states, "As corporate networks continue to get faster and faster, so must the service. Only Internet connections running at least as fast as computers can send and receive data should be called `high-speed' Internet services." Because the infrastructure of the e-xpedient network is based on Ethernet technology, e-xpedient can scale its network in parallel to the computing industry, meaning e-xpedient will continually provide faster Internet access.

e-xpedient is revolutionizing the Internet access business in other ways as well. e-xpedient has implemented a "Plug & Play" customer enrollment system that allows customers to activate service without an installation visit. Customers in an e-xpedient building can sign up for service via the company's local Web site and literally "Get the Speed" in minutes. Businesses have enthusiastically embraced e-xpedient's self-provisioned enrollment process and the company's month-to-month, pre-paid electronic billing and payment process. Additionally e-xpedient requires no term contracts in targeted multi-tenant buildings.

"Because of our highly developed, cost-effective infrastructure and proprietary toolbox of technologies and systems, we are able to profitably deploy and operate e-xpedient service at price points starting at $100/month," states Andrew. "This way every customer can have access to the finest available broadband service - from the three person office to the 2,000 person office - at a price that is comparable to, or less than, their current service. We plan to break the Internet traffic bottleneck around America's largest cities by taking the metro ring out of the hands of the telephone companies and delivering true broadband services to all size businesses."

About e-xpedient/CAVU, Inc.

e-xpedient/CAVU, Inc. is the first to deliver affordable 100 Mbps high-speed Internet access to business users of all levels in markets across the United States. e-xpedient solves the "last mile" problem with a wholly-owned-and-deployed IP-only Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). The company delivers true broadband to end-user business, a service that is instantly available, customer self-provisioned and affordable for each and every size customer, with standard pricing packages ranging from $100 - $5,500 per month. For more information on e-xpedient/CAVU, Inc., please review the downloadable Press Kit featured on our Web site, www.e-xpedient.com.