freedom2surf extend 8Mbit broadband offering with BT's IPStream Max Trial

8 December 2005, London - freedom2surf, one of the UK's leading ISPs, has today announced that it has been selected to take part in BT's IPstream Max Trial. The anticipated roll out of BT's faster broadband service next year will enable more UK customers to have access to freedom2surf 8Mbit broadband.

The trial, which is by invitation only, will be offered to existing freedom2surf customers living near to the eligible exchanges and will take effect immediately. Initially, 25 exchanges across Cornwall, Greater London, Northern Ireland, South Glamorgan and Strathclyde, will be activated although it is hoped that this will rise to 53 exchanges over the course of the trial.

The announcement marks a continuing commitment by freedom2surf to offer high speed, cost effective broadband to its customers. A growing number of customers currently take advantage of freedom2surf 8Mbit broadband through freedom2surf's partnership with Easynet. However, it is hoped that the BT trial will extend the benefits of super-fast broadband further, enabling a greater number of customers access to dramatically improved broadband services such as faster downloads of music and video files as well as services such as video-on-demand.

Richard Manly, sales and marketing director for freedom2surf commented:

"As one of the UK's fastest growing consumer and business ISPs, the expansion of our services will enable us to deliver innovative, cost effective broadband to a much broader reach of customers. This is particularly important to freedom2surf as we are committed to providing customers with the best possible broadband service, irrespective of where they live. As more exchanges become enabled nationwide, we anticipate wider roll out for our customers."

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About freedom2surf Limited

freedom2surf, part of the PIPEX Communications Group, is one of the UK's leading Internet service providers. The company serves a targeted customer base of Internet professionals, at home or in business that appreciate the value of advanced technology, speed and above all reliability in their ISP. freedom2surf believes that Internet privacy and security should be an integral part of the online experience. freedom2surf provides leading support for all the major Internet components, from ADSL broadband high-speed connectivity, to offering the latest services from web publishing, email and interactive entertainment to high volume electronic commerce business architectures. freedom2surf was launched in 1997 and is headquartered in St Albans, UK. It was ranked number twenty two in the Sunday Times Microsoft Technology Track 100 in October 2005 and was named 'Top Product of 2005' in October's edition of PC Advisor.

Contact:

• Elizabeth West
• Berkeley Public Relations
• elizabethw@berkeleyprnorth.co.uk
• T: 01629 826942
• F: 01629 826943