MegaPath Receives Two 2006 Product of the Year Awards from Communications Solutions

Duet Voice & Data Solution and SecureConnect Services Honored for Outstanding Innovations

COSTA MESA, CA, May 8th, 2007 -- MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP voice, data and security services in North America, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC) Communications Solutions (www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named MegaPath’s Duet Voice & Data and SecureConnect services as 2006 Product of the Year Awards recipients.

“Our team has worked diligently to build first rate Internet Protocol (IP) communications services that enable enterprises to improve customer service and reduce their costs,” said Jim Cragg, President and COO of MegaPath. “The receipt of Communications Soultions’ Product of the Year Award for two of our products is a tremendous achievement and acknowledges the value we bring to market for our enterprise customers.”

Duet Voice & Data low-priced bundle for phone and high-speed Internet access service for businesses is targeted toward small and medium sized companies. For as little as $99 a month for two phone lines and a broadband connection, Duet provides unlimited local and regional calling, unlimited long-distance calling and true business-class Internet access with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. Duet's basic packages offer savings of 50% or more and similar services from traditional phone companies for up to 16 phone lines and 1.5Mb of Internet access.

SecureConnect Managed Security Service is a network-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) Solution that protects business information and systems from both internal and external threats through the use of Attack Mitigation, Anti-Malware, Web Filtering and Virtual Private Network (VPN) capabilities.  When combined with MegaPath’s MPLS VPN and high speed DSL or T1 Internet access, SecureConnect provides a complete data communications service for businesses of all sizes.

“MegaPath has been recognized with two 2006 Product of the Year Awards for their excellence in technological advancement and application refinement,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief of Communications Solutions, “MegaPath has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them.  I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future.”

The seventh annual Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to market in 2006 have been selected as recipients of this year’s Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for their groundbreaking achievement.

The 2006 Product of the Year Award winners can be found on the Communications Solutions Website, www.tmcnet.com.

About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Inter@ction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine, IMS Magazine and Unified Communications (launching summer 2007). TMCnet, TMC's Website, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries.  Ranked in the top 0.003 percent of sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves nearly 2 million unique visitors each month, according to WebTrends.  TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Communications Developer Conference, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference.  TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Websites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.)   For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

About MegaPath
MegaPath is the leading provider of managed IP communications services in North America.  MegaPath leverages its wide selection of broadband connectivity, Virtual Private Networks, Voice over IP (VoIP) and security technologies to enable businesses to lower costs, increase security and enhance productivity.  Businesses of all sizes can easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers and business partners.

To learn more about why over 18,000 companies have chosen MegaPath’s managed IP data, voice and security services to improve their business communications, visit www.megapath.com or call 1-877-MegaPath (634-2728).