Companies need to Bond, ISWest has perfect solution…

Agoura Hills, California (June 27, 2002) - ISWest, one of Southern California's largest and most successful Business-to-Business ISP's, announced today it has begun selling low cost Bonded T1’s to organizations that require dedicated bandwidth at speeds higher than standard T1 (1.5Mbps) but not as high as DS3 speeds (45Mbps).

The main benefits of Bonded T1’s include: Higher burstable speeds, reduces costs to meeting bandwidth needs. Increases efficiencies by actively routing traffic requests and avoiding overload of a single T1 connection. Faster deployment to customer’s location, when compared to installing fiber optic lines. Perfect for companies that need to send frequent emails with large file attachments, transfer extensive video or image files, host a busy Web or FTP site, or connect corporate intranets with moderate to high usage.

"ISWest’s Internet Dedicated Bonded T1’s allow customers to combine two, three or four full T1’s to get a larger connection to the Internet without having to invest into fiber optic connections, which can be very expensive and take up to 180 days to get installed". Says Robert V. Johnson, CTO for ISWest. "We provide a 1.544Mbps connection for each T1 from the customer's location to our state-of-the-art Data Center in Agoura Hills. By combining multiple T1’s together using Cisco’s (Nasdaq:CSCO) bonding technology, ISWest is able to offer its customers new speeds up to 6 Mbps at a very low cost".

"Bonded T1’s are the ideal solution for organizations with heavy traffic loads. Outbound traffic, from your site to the Internet, is dispersed simultaneously through active routing over the multiple T-1 connections to provide optimal load sharing and bursting capabilities", says Drew J. Kaplan, Director of Sales and Marketing for ISWest. This allows customers to grow incrementally rather than a costly upgrade to a DS3 (45MB) connection. The Bonded T1 solution can also be installed in 7-21 working days, rather than 90-180 days for a Fiber Optic connection.

About ISWest
Founded in 1996 and Ranked the 4th largest ISP in Los Angeles County by the "Los Angeles Business Journal", ISWest is a full service Internet Provider with 10 Major backbone providers under one roof. ISWest specializes in Server Co-location, Managed Co-location, High Speed T1's & DS3's, DSL and Web Hosting for businesses. For additional information, 30077 Agoura Court, First Floor, Agoura Hills, CA 9130, 818-735-3000 or visit www.iswest.com