Peer 1 has extended its high performance Internet network to connect to the second largest Internet exchange in Europe

September 20, 2006

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VANCOUVER -- PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PIX.V - News), a leading provider of Internet infrastructure, today announced that the company has extended its high performance Internet network to connect to the second largest Internet exchange in Europe: AMS-IX of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

"Connecting to AMS-IX is an important part of the PEER 1 network strategy," said Mark Teolis, PEER 1's Vice President of network & co-location, and the person who designed the PEER 1 network. "PEER 1 customers from around the world benefit from the direct access that AMS-IX provides to the more than 200 other networks, Internet service providers (ISPs) and content providers that connect there. This improves the network's performance for all PEER 1 clients." The new network point of presence (POP) also enhances the PEER 1 Content Delivery Network (CDN) powered by the company's unique RapidEdge technology. Now, PEER 1's CDN clients' web content is cached on servers in Amsterdam in addition to the North American caching servers, so European end-users retrieve content from the much closer Amsterdam servers instead of from North America. This can reduce latency by 80 to 140 milliseconds, meaning faster delivery of content, applications, and media to end-users.

The Amsterdam POP is now live, and PEER 1 can begin to pick up new network customers in this location. The POP is located at SARA, one of four AMS-IX housing units.

Peer 1 Network Inc. (TSX-V: PIX)

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