Everest Connections Selected by 1&1 Internet

LENEXA, Kan. — Everest Connections has been selected by 1&1 Internet, Inc. (1&1), a United Internet subsidiary Web hosting company, to provide fiber for its new technology center based in Lenexa.

“We selected Everest because their fiber offers a scalable medium for connecting our new data center with direct access to leading ISPs,” said Andreas Gauger, Chairman, 1&1 Internet, Inc. “The line provided by Everest will be an important element for meeting our service level promise of 99.9 percent availability and is essential in bolstering our redundancy and achieving marketleading connectivity. Furthermore, the agreement with Everest also enables us to increase our bandwidth on the dark fiber as needed. The initial 10 gigabits per second can be upgraded at any time to several channels of 10 gigabits per second, so more people can swiftly interact with our customers’ Web sites.”

1&1, the largest Web hosting provider in the world and a leader of Web hosting products in Europe, began serving North America customers in late 2003. The company will open a fully-automated data center in Lenexa in early 2007 where it will employ 15 people. The 55,000-square-feet facility will supply space for 40,000 servers and accommodate the company’s expanding U.S. Web hosting client base.

“We welcome 1&1 to Kansas City and look forward to helping them build their operation center,” said Ed Butler, vice president of Everest Business Solutions, a division of Everest Connections. “Technology companies require 24/7 service, and Everest prides itself on delivering solutions and services around the clock to meet those needs.”

1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with 6,000 employees and a market cap of $4 billion. 1&1 was established in 1992 and hosts more than 7 million domain names, while 38,000 servers run on the company’s four state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1’s global community is over 6 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631.

Everest is a locally owned network-based provider of business communication services, cable TV, highspeed Internet and telephone services in the Kansas City area. Everest Business Solutions are available throughout the Kansas City metro area. Cable services are presently available in Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park and the Brookside, Waldo and Red Bridge areas of South Kansas City. Everest employs
approximately 170 employees and is headquartered in Lenexa. More information on Everest is available online at www.everestkc.com or call (913) 825-3000.