MegaPath Wins Von Magazine Innovator Award

Duet, Leading Voice and Data Service, Recognized For Delivering Cost-Effective Business-Class Capabilities

SAN JOSE, CA, March 17, 2008 – MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced that it received a 2008 VON Magazine Innovator Award, which is the foremost listing of innovative companies that represent the future of the Internet Communications industry. MegaPath’s leading voice and data service, Duet, was selected for providing small and medium size businesses with productivity-enhancing features and superior call quality and reliability.  

Duet is a low-cost high-speed Internet and full-featured voice service bundle for small-to-medium sized businesses. The service is up to 50 percent less than comparable services and can easily be purchased and installed with no upfront costs. And, there is no need for additional staff or investment in network and telephony equipment needed to deploy it. In addition to analog phones and key systems, Duet also supports Digital PBX and IP PBX systems, enabling businesses to protect previous infrastructure investments and/or choose the platform that best suits their business requirements.

“The VON Magazine Innovator Awards recognize the Internet communications industry’s best and brightest companies, and we’re pleased to include MegaPath as an inaugural winner,” said Bill Sell, publisher, VON Media Group. “Duet is an impressive service that delivers significant benefits to small and medium size businesses looking for a fully managed voice and data service. The selection committee unanimously felt MegaPath’s Duet service stood apart from the large field of companies that participated in the nomination process.”

“MegaPath’s Duet service provides my business with the ideal combination of high-speed broadband access and business-class VoIP capabilities that are typically associated with more expensive solutions,” said Vivianna Irizarri, CEO of Cache Furnishing.  “As our business grows Duet is enabling us to manage our phone costs without sacrificing performance or reliability.”

MegaPath offers a complete line of managed IP data, voice and security services enabling customers to significantly lower communications costs at headquarters, branch offices and retail locations, while increasing employee productivity. Businesses of all sizes can easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers, and business partners.

“We are honored to receive this award and recognition from VON Magazine,” said James Cragg, President and COO at MegaPath. “The VON Innovator award acknowledges the best in the industry and we are proud of this accomplishment. Duet continues to be one of the most innovative offerings in the market, and we will work to continue providing small and medium size businesses with innovative services at attractive price-points to help increase productivity and grow their businesses.”

Contact:

Tony Welz
Welz & Weisel Communications
(703) 218-3555
Tony@W2comm.com

About the VON Magazine Innovator Awards:
Building on the legacy of the Pulver 100, the VON Innovator Awards have evolved to recognize all companies – start-ups to publicly-traded companies – which represent the future of Internet Communications. Each participating company completed a lengthy and comprehensive nomination process, and the recipients have been selected from a committee made up of VON Magazine editors, columnists, and contributors, as well as the leading content producer for the VON.x Conferences. The Inaugural VON Magazine Innovator Award winners will be honored at Spring VON.x at 6:00pm Pacific time on March 18th in the VON Theatre in San Jose. For additional information, please visit: http://vonmag.com/innovators.

About MegaPath Inc.
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 22,000 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).