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Highlights of Media Coverage on DSL.net, Inc.

"DSL.net sure managed to punch their way onto the map by hiring Buddy Pickle as their new CEO. ... Buddy Pickle has the experience, the contacts and the high profile to get DSL.net noticed." - Telecom industry commentator Jeff Kagan in one of his periodic reports to telecom/high-tech press and industry analysts, 4/04.

"We focused on specific service provider markets that have such potential that we designate them as 'sweet spots' for VoIP. These are commercially significant market opportunities." – from a 2/04 report by Connecticut Research, Inc., that included DSL.net in a list of three companies well-positioned in the VoIP marketplace.

"DSL.net (offers) five SDSL flavors from 192 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps and three types of T-1 ... over its own nationwide network." – From an article on the best broadband options for businesses in Entrepreneur magazine, 11/03 issue.

"Still Standing: How DSL.net dodged the dotcom bullet, the tech bullet and the telcom bullet. So far, so good." – Headline in Business New Haven Magazine, 9/1/03.

"DSL.net Snaps Up Ritz Camera as Customer." – Headline from a story in Mass High Tech, 8/7/03 issue.

"(DSL.net) saw a 7% improvement in its earnings ... (and) pulled off one of the most talked about acquisitions of the second quarter, scooping up voice-over-IP provider TalkingNets." – Telephony Online, 8/5/03.

"DSL.net is in a strong position to grow." – Quote from Michael Lauricella of the Yankee Group, a highly respected Boston-based global technology research and consulting firm, in a New Haven Register story about DSL.net's $30 million financing announcement, 7/22/03.

"DSL.net Speeds Ahead." – From the front of the Hartford Courant business section in a report on DSL.net's recent financing, 7/22/03.

"DSL.net Gets $30 million in Financing; Stock Soars." – Dow Jones Business News headline, 7/21/03.

"DSL.net Surges in Receipt of Funding." – CBS MarketWatch headline, 7/21/03.

"In Newport, R.I., sunbathers (and boaters) ... can surf DSL.net." – From a story on Wi-Fi broadband networks in USA Today, 7/16/03.

"CLEC DSL.net and on-demand networking provider QGO have partnered to provide a Wi-Fi service in Newport, R.I." – from a story in Communications Today, 7/3/03.

"The hundreds of COs (DSL.net) bought from NAS cover the business districts of New York, Boston, D.C. and Philly, so they can rapidly move TalkingNets (voice and data platform) beyond its current D.C. base. ... The potential is extraordinary." - Telecom industry writer and editor Dave Burstein in DSL Prime, commenting on DSL.net's purchase of substantially all of TalkingNets' assets and operations, 4/24/03.

"DSL.net Acquires Voice and Data Communications Firm TalkingNets." – Headline on story in VentureWire, 4/14/2003.

"DSL.net Acquisition Bid for NAS Approved by Court" – Headline on story in The Washington Post, 12/31/02, on acquisition of Network Access Solutions.

"It's not necessarily a new trend, but market consolidation remained a factor in 2002. ... Smaller companies played this game as well, particularly CLEC DSL.net (DSLN) which absorbed a number of smaller independent DSL providers. When the smoke clears, the company may well be the last CLEC standing." - From "2002: The Year in Review," Broadband Business Report, 12/17/02.

"DSL.net Gains Edge to Nab Western Markets with Leasing Deal," – Headline on a story in the New Haven Register about DSL.net expanding its nationwide footprint for DSL and T-1 services through an agreement with New Edge Networks, 12/10/02.

"DSL.net Bid to Buy NAS Network Assets Selected." – Headline via Dow Jones and a Wall Street Journal Online news story, 11/27/02.

"DSL.net Agrees to Buy Network Access' Assets for $14 Million." – Headline via Bloomberg Business news story.

"(DSL.net) could be well-positioned to take advantage of growth when the hoped-for economic spring finally arrives." – From story on "November's Broadband Winners," Broadband Business Report, 11/19/02.

"Who will be the survivors (in the CLEC) segment? Some will be larger CLECs like AT&T and Worldcom. Others will be smaller CLECs like Covad, who recently came out of bankruptcy, and DSL.net, who today announced an acquisition (of NAS network assets and related subscriber lines)." – Telecom industry commentator Jeff Kagan in one of his periodic reports to telecom/high-tech press and industry analysts, Q4/02.

"In a very gutsy move, DSL.net proposed in court to buy one of the most extensive networks on the East Coast. Coverage will be almost similar to Worldcom and Rhythms or Covad, and more extensive than the most successful regional, Broadview." – Telecom industry writer and editor Dave Burstein in DSL Prime, commenting on DSL.net's purchase of network assets of NAS, throguh U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 10/21/02.

"This one is more significant because they're taking down a larger target. NAS was a big player." – Quote from Mike Lauricella of the Yankee Group, a highly respected Boston-based global technology research and consulting firm, about the DSL.net acquisition of NAS network assets and customer lines in a story in the New Haven Register, 10/18/02.