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To: Gary Korn who wrote (394)	10/27/1997 8:33:00 AM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 1629

(BSNS WIRE) EarthLink Adds 5,000 More Ascend MAX Ports to Support Growth EarthLink Adds 5,000 More Ascend MAX Ports to Support Growth; Award-Winning ISP Continues to Deliver High Reliability Service with Ascend Equipment Business Editors and Computer Writers ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that EarthLink Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:ELNK), the world's largest independent retail Internet service provider (ISP), is adding 5,000 additional dial ports in southern California to serve the company's expanding member base. The recent purchase of Ascend MAX WAN access switches significantly adds to EarthLink's existing port capacity. EarthLink recently won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award for Best Internet Service Provider, amongst a field of 13 ISPs and online services. The company says that offering its members superior levels of service was one of the reasons they won the prestigious PC Magazine award. "Our strategy has been to deliver superior service to our members and the Ascend equipment is one major reason that our members don't experience the frustration of busy signals or poor performance when they're on our network," said Steve Dougherty, Director of Internet Operations for EarthLink. "We were very excited that EarthLink has received this major industry recognition for its service," said Kurt Bauer, Ascend's vice president of access concentration management. "EarthLink has been using the MAX product since it was introduced, and we've learned a lot working with them. EarthLink has the highest standards for servicing their members, and it has made us a better vendor always working up to those standards." Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers worldwide. For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at www.ascend.com or e-mail info@ascend.com . Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502. Phone 800/ASCEND4; Fax 510/747-2300. --30--as/sf* mc/sf

To: Gary Korn who wrote (394)	10/27/1997 8:36:00 AM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 1629

(PR NEWSWIRE) NaviSite Bases New Nationwide Data Services Network on Ascend Eq NaviSite Partners with Ascend and CLECs to Offer Low-Cost Dial-up Ports to ISPs ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that NaviSite Internet Services has selected the MAX TNT as the basis for a new nationwide network, called NaviNet, designed to offer low-cost dial-up ports to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). NaviSite plans to partner with Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) to aggregate subscriber calls into regional mega-POPs. By leveraging the call aggregation capabilities of CLECs and the high port density of the MAX TNT, NaviSite expects to offer ISPs a very economical way to expand their customer base and broaden their geographic reach. Under NaviSite's new CLEC Data Services Program, the company plans to develop partnerships with selected regional CLECs who want to enter the data services business but do not want to divert resources from their core voice business. "NaviSite's strategy of partnering with CLECs and Ascend to deliver dial-up services to ISPs is a winner all the way around," says Bob Machlin, vice president of marketing at Ascend. "Not only is NaviSite's partnership strategy innovative, but their technical implementation is equally ground-breaking. Navisite is combining state-of-the-art switch bypass technology with the MAX TNT's in a way that hasn't been done before. "We're very excited to be part of their vision." "Ascend is an extremely important component of our new NaviNet and CLEC Data Services Program," says Jim Winkelman, Chief Technology Officer for NaviSite. "The MAX TNT gives us the port density and price per port we need to offer a low-cost service that delivers premium reliability. That's a great proposition for us." About Ascend Communications Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers worldwide. For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at www.ascend.com, or e-mail info@ascend.com . Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502. Phone: 800/ASCEND4; Fax: 510/747-2300. About NaviSite NaviSite (www.navisite.com) is a high-quality provider of business critical Internet outsourcing services, including dial-up networking services for ISPs and corporations, and customized Internet Server Management solutions for high-end Web hosting. For more information on becoming a NaviSite CLEC partner who can benefit from NaviSite's turnkey solution for data services, contact Scott Jones, NaviSite Director of Business Development, at 508/552-3300, or sjones@navisite.com . NaviSite Internet Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMG Information Services (NASDAQ:CMGI). For more information about NaviSite, please visit the NaviSite Web site at navisite.com . NaviSite's East Coast headquarters are located at 300 Federal Way, Andover, MA, 01810. Phone: 508/552-3300; Fax: 508/552-3500. CONTACT: Gallagher PR Shannon Malliet, 510/747-2254 smalliet@ascend.com 08:15 EST OCTOBER 27, 1997 * end of story *

To: Gary Korn who wrote (394)	10/27/1997 8:38:00 AM
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(PR NEWSWIRE) Ascend Leads World Wide Frame Relay Market for ISPs and Carriers Market Share in ATM for Carriers ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997-- Frame Relay Switch Products Top the Charts for Second Consecutive Year Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that, for the second year in a row, the company is the world wide market leader in Frame Relay for both carriers and ISPs, according to a report issued by Vertical Systems Group, a leading data communications research firm based in Dedham, Mass. The report also showed that Ascend is gaining marketshare in ATM amongst carriers. According to Vertical Systems Group "ATM and Frame Relay Industry Update" for 1997: "Ascend, with the B-STDX 8000/9000 platforms, is the leading Carrier Switch provider. This is the second year in a row that the Ascend products have led the market. We project Ascend to capture 21.6 percent of the $913 million worldwide market in 1997. Ascend is also the leading frame relay vendor in the Internet Service Provider switch segment, holding an estimated 29.1 percent share of the worldwide market for 1997. The company's B-STDX 8000 and 9000 products have been installed in more than 20 ISP networks, including five of the six largest ISPs." "Our focus is on providing carrier-class products for public network backbones, and our continued leadership position in the Frame Relay marketplace with both ISPs and carriers is the best barometer of how well we are meeting their needs," said Daniel E. Smith, executive vice president and general manager of Ascend's Core Systems Division. "These numbers show that ISPs and carriers are responding enthusiastically to our products and, in particular, our ability to solve one of the toughest problems they have today -- migrating from Frame Relay to ATM. The increase in market share for ATM is a testament to service provider's interest in the total Ascend WAN solution." "The growth of the Internet and the increasing strategic importance of enterprise wide-area connectivity call for high performance solutions in carrier and ISP backbones," said Rick Malone, principal for Vertical Systems Group. "To stay competitive, service providers are looking for ways to expand their service offerings and offer guaranteed service levels. These factors are fueling the expansion of the Frame Relay and ATM markets." Ascend was the first vendor to deliver Frame Relay to ATM Interworking and High-Speed Frame Relay (45 Mbps) through its B-STDX family of multiservice wide area networking (WAN) switches. The B-STDX family of switches delivers the industry's highest port density and lowest cost per port. Support for Priority Frame(TM) in the B-STDX family extends quality of service (QoS) to Frame Relay and allows network service providers to expand their service portfolio with new classes of service backed by service level agreements in a cost effective manner. "In addition to the B-STDX products, Ascend's Core Systems division produces a comprehensive suite of carrier-class products, including the GX 550 Core ATM switch, the CBX 500 multiservice ATM switch, the GRF IP Switching Family and the SA Broadband Access Family. These products are designed to provide cost-effective, intelligent and scalable service capability from the core of the service provider backbone to the edge," continued Daniel Smith. "The newly announced Navis architecture for network management extends our market leadership position by enabling our service providers to offer a host of new business services to their subscriber-base, and provide full accountability and control of those services, while streamlining operations and lowering the cost of ownership." "For the second year in a row Ascend has taken the top position in the worldwide Frame Relay market for both ISPs and carriers," said Malone. "They have an estimated 21.6 percent of the Frame Relay market for carriers, which has grown from $650.6 million market last year to over $913 million in 1997. They also have the dominant share of the Frame Relay market for ISPs -- 29.1 percent -- and that market has also grown significantly from $99 million in 1996 to over $249 million in 1997." Note: The B-STDX and CBX 500 switch products were developed by Cascade Communications, Corp., which was acquired by Ascend earlier this year. About Ascend Communications Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers worldwide. For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at ascend.com, or e-mail info@ascend.com . Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda CA 94502. Phone 800/ASCEND4; Fax 510/814-2300. CONTACT: Ascend Communications, Inc. Lucia Graziano, 508/952-1291 lucia.graziano@ascend.com or Gallagher PR Jeannette Bitz, 510/747-2058 jbitz@ascend.com 08:13 EST OCTOBER 27, 1997