MIAMI, Fla., October 13, 2004 — The most innovative Ethernet Network Service Provider, Neopolitan Networks, Inc., today announced that it experienced no customer outages during Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. As part of its service offerings Neopolitan Networks offers high-speed network services via fiber and fixed wireless, the latter using small outdoor antennas.

"In the past, there have been concerns about the reliability of fixed wireless," said Todd Goeders, Vice President of Field Operations, Eastern U.S., Neopolitan Networks. "But our experience with the new generation of fixed wireless equipment has been quite the opposite. We've found that it's a very robust and reliable way to connect customers to our fiber backbone."

"Not only did Neopolitan Networks install our Internet access in one day," said Bernard Paul-Hus, CEO, Hypower Inc., an engineering firm in Fort Lauderdale, "but it didn't even go down during Hurricane Frances! We were able to communicate with our clients via e-mail the entire time the storm was lashing our coast, allowing us to better provide service for our customers after the storm had passed." Hypower has been a fixed wireless customer for nearly two years.

"We have deployed fixed wireless solutions in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as South Florida, so we've had to contend both with hurricanes and earthquakes," said Goeders. "Our customer's availability to the network has been a rock-solid 99.996% regardless of whether they are connected to our backbone by fiber or fixed wireless.

Neopolitan Networks has a 265 route-mile fiber network in South Florida's Gold Coast that is extended via multiple megabit, fixed-wireless. The network reaches from Palm Beach in the north, through Boca Raton and Pompano Beach, south to Miami.

As the leading Ethernet Network Solutions Provider, Neopolitan Networks, Inc. delivers the highest performing and most cost-effective WAN and MAN communications services regionally, nationally and internationally. All these services are built upon Neopolitan's innovative architecture and complemented by a host of unique management software tools. This end-to-end Layer2 Ethernet approach allows companies to minimize set-up time and expenses. It also maximizes network flexibility and scalability-setting a new standard for performance. Neopolitan Networks is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. To learn more about our service offerings, please visit us at: www.neopolitan.com.

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