MegaPath Announces Expansion of Award-Winning Channel Partner Program

Company Adds Full-Featured Voice Service, Duet, to Channel Portfolio

COSTA MESA, CA, March 10, 2008 – MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced the expansion of its award-winning Channel Partner Program providing a simpler, more lucrative program featuring flexible requirements and valuable benefits.  The expanded MegaPath Channel Partner Program allows IP communication agents to choose the level of commitment that best meets their business goals and objectives while enabling them to sell an award-winning, comprehensive product set unrivaled by the competition. 

The MegaPath Channel Partner Program ensures channel partner success through dedicated representatives, a robust partner portal, proven sales tools, and regular partner communications.  MegaPath is also expanding its channel offerings with the addition of Duet, the company’s high-speed Internet and full-featured voice service bundle, which complements the company’s existing portfolio of managed security, Internet access and MPLS VPN services.  To deliver increased value to the channel for their customers, MegaPath is currently offering its AntiVirus service for free with the purchase of its Fractional, Full and Bonded T1 Internet access services.

“MegaPath takes pride in building strong relationships with partners providing them with unmatched support and resources. Our goal is to make it easy to conduct business, increase sales, drive growth and enhance profitability,” said Dan Foster, GM SVP of the SMB and Channel Markets at MegaPath. “The channel is integral to MegaPath’s growth as well as our customers’ success, and with Duet, our partners now have the opportunity to offer their customers a comprehensive set of Internet access, security, MPLS VPN and voice services.” 

Duet provides small and medium size businesses with features found in enterprise voice and data solutions without the staffing requirements or investments in network and telephony equipment. The company charges a flat monthly fee per line and includes unlimited local and long distance calling so that customers can easily predict their phone and Internet costs. Duet is delivered over a private circuit, which never touches public Internet, and always prioritizes the phone service over data traffic so that customers receive the quality their business requires. The service also leverages MegaPath’s all optical MPLS nationwide network for unmatched performance and reliability.

“MegaPath’s Channel Partner Program provides us with all the support and resources we need to drive business growth and achieve customer success," said Adam Edwards, CEO of Telarus - MegaPath’s top partner in 2007. “The company’s automated quote process allows our agents to immediately determine service availability and pricing without dealing with typical channel bureaucracy.  The company’s continued investments in channel initiatives and improvements promise to make us even more successful.  The addition of Duet into the channel portfolio further enables us to offer our customers an enterprise-class voice and data solution that reduces their costs while improving productivity.”

The Channel Partner Program provides telecommunications consultants, LAN and WAN integrators with comprehensive sales and customer support as well as access to MegaPath’s secure Partner Portal. As partners close and confirm sales, MegaPath manages the provisioning, billing and ongoing customer support. MegaPath Channel Partners have access to the company’s comprehensive portfolio of enterprise-class data, voice and security services to support their customers specific business needs. 

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

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).