Peoria businesses now able to obtain outsourced technology services through a single provider

DES MOINES, Iowa; MOLINE, Ill (July 11, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions, a leading provider of business-to-business managed voice, data and IT services, today announced a strategic expansion enabling LightEdge to provide high quality voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) telephone and managed services to businesses in the Greater Peoria Market. This expansion comes as the result of a recent business combination with Internet Express, Inc. From this partnership, Lightedge Solutions has gained a redundant data network that will provide the backbone to deliver carrier-grade voice and data services in the Quad-Cities and Peoria.

“In reviewing trends, it’s obvious that VoIP is ready to explode. We have strategically built our network to allow us to scale for a high volume of business,” said Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge Solutions. “With the Quad-Cities partnership, and now the expansion to Peoria, we are allowing new markets to tap into the VoIP platform and network infrastructure that is helping to support nearly 4,000 companies in the Midwest and Southwest.”

LightEdge offers both converged access VoIP and a fully hosted VoIP solution through a quality managed connection to LightEdge. Converged access enables a business to replace its phone lines with a private high-speed connection to LightEdge while existing handsets and the PBX device remain intact. In a hosted model, all of the traditional PBX features (i.e., voicemail and call-forwarding) are handled within the LightEdge VoIP platform to provide an additional level of disaster recovery. Calls are made over private high-speed connections via special IP phones. Users are able to control their personal phone features using a Web-based administration tool. Hybrid phone systems, consisting of both converged access and hosted VoIP, can be established based on the specific needs of the client.

As one of the few providers in Peoria to conduct calls through a completely private and managed infrastructure, LightEdge is able to offer some of the highest service level agreements and provide business-grade service free from latency or signal degradation. The VoIP infrastructure is upgraded regularly to enable new functionality as it is released for the platform.

As a comprehensive managed services provider, LightEdge will offer Peoria businesses a wide array of services that have not been available through a single company. In addition to VoIP, businesses will have access to cost-effective: high-speed business Internet services, IP wide area networking (WAN), managed backup, hosted Microsoft Exchange, dedicated servers and business continuity and disaster recovery services.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

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Scott Riedel
LightEdge Solutions
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