Equinix to Provide Peering Infrastructure in the U.S. for Allstream

Foster City, CA - January 28, 2005 - (HostReview) - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that Allstream, one of Canada's leading communication solutions providers, will deploy its network to three Equinix Internet Business ExchangeT (IBX®) centers.  As a result, Allstream will be able to directly interconnect with the large aggregation of networks, carriers and ISPs located in Equinix's New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago area centers.

Each Equinix center will provide Allstream with a platform that offers direct access to the largest aggregation of network service providers and content companies available in a single location.  The Equinix GigE Exchange service enables users to conveniently link to these strategic partners through a central switching fabric.  This direct route to end-users reduces connectivity costs through the elimination of transit and enhances network performance and reliability through a more streamlined path between origin and destination.  In addition, users can also leverage Equinix GigE Exchange to gain access to a significant aggregation of potential transit customers, including smaller ISPs, operating within Equinix's Internet hubs.

Equinix's centers have become the primary peering locations in the U.S., serving the world's leading ISPs, broadband providers, international networks and major content providers.  Other networks on the Equinix GigE Exchange service include Asia Netcom, British Telecom, Cox Communications, Japan Telecom, Swisscom and Verio.  Leading content providers on the service include Electronic Arts, Google, Yahoo!, and others.

"We are pleased to collaborate with Equinix to further expand our peering connectivity capabilities with other carriers and content providers," said Paul Frizado, Senior Vice President, Network Services, Allstream.  "This will enable us to reduce the number of network to network hand-offs our Internet traffic must go through and substantially improve our customers' performance."

"The presence of Allstream's network, one of the largest networks in Canada, within Equinix's centers will be a valuable addition and another choice for networks, enterprises and content providers already operating at Equinix," said Margie Backaus, chief business officer of Equinix.  "Equinix's aggregation of customers will now be able to directly partner with Allstream for their peering needs."

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 ExchangeT (IBX®) 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 Allstream
Allstream is a leading communication solutions provider with a world-class portfolio of Connectivity, Infrastructure Management and Information Technology Services. Focused on the business market, Allstream collaborates with customers to create tailored solutions that meet their unique needs and help them compete more effectively. Allstream is a division of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS), Canada's third largest communications provider with 7,000 dedicated employees focused on delivering outstanding value to its customers. MTS has an extensive broadband fibre-optic network spanning more than 18,800 kilometres, and provides international connections through strategic partnerships and interconnection agreements with other international service providers. MTS's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (trading symbol: MBT). For more information, please visit:www.mts.ca and www.allstream.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of operating IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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