Internap Completes Deployment of Asia-Pacific Operations Centers; Inte

Internap Completes Deployment of Asia-Pacific Operations Centers; Internap P-NAP Service Points Go 'Live' in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney, Australia

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    ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005--Internap Network Services Corporation (AMEX: IIP), the leading provider of performance-based routing technology over the Internet, today announced that it has completed its Private Network Access Point (P-NAP) deployment into Equinix Internet Business Exchange(TM)(IBX)(R) centers located in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
    As part of an agreement announced with Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) last August, Internap has installed its industry leading P-NAP technology, including its patented route control software, in Equinix's Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney centers. In addition to offering access to the aggregation of Internet businesses operating within its connectivity hubs, Equinix can now provide field support for the P-NAPs, along with local provisioning of access circuits and language translation to Internap's U.S. Network Operations Centers.
    "We are extremely pleased with the speed with which we've been able to bring these centers online," said Greg Peters, Internap President and Chief Executive Officer, in making today's announcement. "This effort represents a significant milestone for Internap, as it is the first international expansion as a company since launching the Tokyo P-NAP some four years ago. With this deployment, Internap greatly broadens its presence in this rapidly growing part of the world. And, we significantly expand the capabilities that we can offer to U.S. businesses with operations in the region."
    These enhanced capabilities are delivering what business enterprises are seeking in today's increasingly networked global economy:

--	Increased Performance - with its vast collection of interconnected networks worldwide, clients can depend on Internap as the single POC for delivering optimal performance to all destinations.
--	Enhanced reliability - as applications are becoming more mission-critical, businesses typically deploy additional resources to strengthen their network infrastructure. Internap can deliver more, with fewer resources.
--	Reduced cost/complexity - as a trusted advisor, Internap removes the complexities of evaluating foreign offerings and contracts when expanding into Asia. This can reduce costs, and better focus limited resources on planning, implementation and services delivery.
--	Optimized routing - Internap's intelligent routing technology provides optimal routing to any local, intra-Asia or global destination.
--	Built-in redundancy - Internap's business model delivers "built-in" multi-homing for extra reliability and network performance.
--	24x7 proactive support - Internap's "always on" NOC support proactively monitors network status around the clock, so network problems are routed around ahead of time.

    With the commissioning of these centers, Internap's total number of service points grows to 37, with major locations throughout the U.S., United Kingdom, Japan and today's new Asia-Pac facilities. Today's announcement is an indication of the growing global nature of Internap's business. The agreement provides Equinix customers with access to Internap's portfolio of advanced IP solutions - ranging from Internet connectivity to managed VPNs - as well as the company's award-winning Flow Control Platform(TM)(FCP) customer premise equipment, and its recently announced Flow Control Xcelerator (FCX). Similarly, Internap can bundle its advanced IP services with Equinix's data center offerings. The agreement offers turnkey solutions to customers seeking a presence in the Asia-Pac region. Customers located in these cities can secure Internap IP connectivity through a local access connection into the Equinix IBX.

    About Equinix

    Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through the company's 14 Internet Business Exchange(TM)(IBX)(R) centers in five countries, customers can directly interconnect with every major global network and ISP for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs.

    About Internap Japan

    Founded in April 2001, Internap Japan Co. Ltd. is a joint venture between Internap Network Services (51 percent), NTT-ME (40 percent) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NYSE: NTT) (9 percent). The company provides high-performance/quality broadband Internet services to ISPs and content delivery companies using Internap's intelligent routing service and technology.

    About Internap

    Internap is the market leader of intelligent route-control solutions that bring reliability, performance and security to the Internet. The company's patented and patent-pending technology address the inherent weaknesses of the Internet, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the benefits of deploying business-critical applications such as e-commerce, Voice over IP (VoIP), video-conferencing, and streaming audio/video across the Internet. Through a portfolio of high-performance IP solutions, customers can bypass congestion points, overcome routing inefficiencies and optimize performance of their applications. Internap solutions are backed by an industry-leading performance guarantee that covers the entire Internet as opposed to just one network. These offerings include: network- and premise-based route optimization solutions, colocation, VPN, content distribution, managed security and managed storage services.
    Internap currently serves more than 1,900 customers including Fortune 1000 and mid-tier enterprises in the financial services, government; travel/hospitality, manufacturing, media/entertainment, technology and retail industries. The company provides services throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Japan with service expansion to Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong this spring. For more information, please visit the company website at www.internap.com.
    Internap and P-NAP are registered trademarks and Flow Control Platform is a trademark of Internap. Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc. All other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Internap, Atlanta Media Contact Amy Cielinski, 404-302-9784 acielinski@internap.com or Investor Contact Andrew Albrecht, 404-302-9841 aalbrecht@internap.com

KEYWORD: GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TRAVEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE PRODUCT SOURCE: Internap Network Services Corporation

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