AboveNet Announces LA Metro Ring

NEW YORK, April 10, 2006 – AboveNet, Inc, a premier metro network access provider of custom fiber connectivity solutions for business, today announced the successful deployment of dedicated fiber facilities for NET2EZ in the Los Angeles metro area.

“The server collocation and managed hosting footprint in Los Angeles, CA just got a whole lot bigger,” reported Net2EZ CEO Pervez Delawalla who recently expanded its data center operation into a Tier IV SAS 70 certified Digital Data Center in El Segundo, CA.

Net2EZ needed a solution to connect back to its existing 10 gig metro loop service linking the major carrier hotels in Downtown LA. Through its strategic relationship with AboveNet and its dark fiber service, Net2EZ has successfully extended its dual fiber metro ring into El Segundo, while doubling its capacity to 20 gigs. “To our clients, this means easy, abundant access to all the major providers and their current installations; simultaneously, we are putting a little distance between sites thereby aiding in business continuation planning or simply providing new alternatives to a saturated downtown infrastructure, ” said Delawalla.

“AboveNet’s expanding metro presence in Los Angeles enables super broadband connectivity to major business locations,” reports Bill LaPerch, CEO of AboveNet. “The fiber infrastructure is a key element in the success strategy of both enterprise and Internet based businesses. AboveNet’s Tier 1 Internet position combined with metro fiber connectivity delivers applications solutions capable of meeting the most stringent corporate and service delivery needs.”

About AboveNet, Inc.
AboveNet, Inc. provides fiber connectivity solutions for businesses. Its private optical network delivers key network and IP services in and between 14 top U.S. metro markets and London. AboveNet’s network is widely used in demanding markets such as financial services, where the majority of top investment banks and five of the top 10 U.S. banks rely on AboveNet for mission critical services.

About Net2EZ
NET2EZ is a leading provider of high availability collocation, connectivity, and managed hosting services. Providing end-to-end IP solutions including business resumption planning, security consulting services, mass storage and network planning, as well as Tier-1 connectivity, Net2EZ is perfectly positioned to deliver a complete data center solution for both On-Line and Enterprise grade clientele. NET2EZ enables some of the industry's top content providers, webcasters and enterprise customers to quickly deliver results, while ensuring unmatched performance and security. NET2EZ’s innovative platform has been proven to dramatically reduce costs associated with high-availability hosting, e-commerce, online entertainment and corporate connectivity.

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This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause or contribute to such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, and various other factors beyond the Company’s control. This also includes such factors as are described from time to time in the SEC reports filed by AboveNet, Inc. including the most recently filed Forms S-3 and 8-K.