NetworkIP Deploys High-Speed Data Service to 149,000 Households Passed in WEHCO Video Systems Feb 26, 2001 NetworkIP, an industry leading e.Communications service provider of converged voice and data services today announced the deployment of it's e.Cable high-speed Internet services to six WEHCO Video system cities of Longview, TX; Vicksburg, MS; Hot Springs, AR; Pine Bluff, AR; Forest City, AR; and Searcy, AR with approximately 149,000 households passed and 93,800 current customers. WEHCO is marketing its cable broadband Internet service under the trademark cablelynxTM. e.Cable by NetworkIP is a broadband cable modem solution that allows cable operators to provide privately branded, self provisioned high-speed Internet and data services to their subscribers with minimal back office investment. "We are very excited to introduce cablelynxTM high-speed Internet service," said Larry Risner, WEHCO Video's Director of Marketing. "We believe that bundling products is the way to generate new revenue in new markets. e.Cable allows us to quickly add Internet services for our cable customers without taking a huge hit in startup costs. The NetworkIP platform is easy to use and the self-provisioning software significantly reduces truck rolls. We can private brand our own product, manage all back office aspects of the service offering and maintain the relationship with our customers." e.Cable provides the subscriber quick and easy self-installation and self-provisioning of high-speed Internet service and the ability to manage their own service accounts online. NetworkIP's real-time Web-based e.Services Network (e.SN) provides the cable operator with a paperless, prepaid environment including such back office requirements as provisioning, billing, rating, customer care, reporting, and bandwidth access levels. Other service offerings available for cable operators using NetworkIP's e.Cable e.SN solution include e-mail account, personalized Web pages, and varying service levels for Internet access. "While other broadband access providers have focused on content and manually provisioning modems, NetworkIP focused on doing it right!" said Pete Pattullo, President & CEO of NetworkIP. "We have overcome the perception that self-provisioning and bandwidth control is unattainable in the current technology environment. In spite of the nay-sayers, NetworkIP has achieved its goal of providing a frictionless self-service solution that embraces marketing dynamics and private branding." The remaining WEHCO system cities of Camden, Hope & Prescott, AR; Tahlequeh, OK; and Kilgore, TX, with 19,000 customers in 28,500 households passed, are projected to be deployed by the end of March 2001. NetworkIP is also providing WEHCO with a mobile communications product that provides users with a combination of prepaid Internet and voice calling card services for use away from the home. About NetworkIP Founded in 1997, NetworkIP is an industry leading e.Communications application service provider of enhanced services. The company provides value-added, business-to-business communication services via the Internet to service providers. The company has created the first future-proof, large scale e.Communications network, bringing together the best in class switching, computing hardware, data storage, IP networking, and software development methodology. NetworkIP's platform enables CLECs, ILECs, ISPs, cable companies, municipalities and public utilities, and other businesses to offer broadband voice, data and video services. Current e.Communication products and services offered by NetworkIP include e.Prepaid Calling Cards, e.Prepaid Long Distance, e.Prepaid 1+ Long Distance, e.Prepaid Internet, e.Conferencing and e.Cable. NetworkIP has projected fiscal year 2000 revenues of $200 million.