West Port Plaza Provides Access to Fiber Ring for Ultra-fast Internet Access.

Business Editors

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2002

West Port Plaza, one of St. Louis' premier business addresses, has become one of its most technologically advanced as well by providing its commercial tenants access to a fiber optic network for their voice, data communications,

West Port Plaza connected four office buildings and the retail mall to a fiber optic network operated by St. Louis-based Digital Teleport Inc., which owns one of the region's largest fiber optic networks. Tenants in the complex can now take advantage of a variety of fiber optic based services such as ultra high-speed Internet access and data transport.

"Broadband access is quickly becoming as vital as electricity to businesses today--they can't operate without it," said Julie Raynolds, property manager for Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, which manages West Port Plaza for owner Archon Properties. "An increasing number of our tenants need faster and more cost-effective data access to remain competitive in their industries. We are lowering the hurdle bar for many of them.

"By providing our tenants access to fiber optic based services, we give them a way of getting computer connection speeds many times faster than traditional T-1 lines for about the same cost," Raynolds said. "Staying abreast of leading-edge technology allows us to attract and retain tenants."

Primary Network, the largest locally owned and operated Internet Service provider in business since 1994 has teamed with Digital Teleport to provide Internet Access and a variety of managed IP services over this next generation fiber optic network. Already several of the largest tenants in West Port Plaza have begun using the new fiber connections and Primary Network for their voice and data communications. Among them are Hamilton and Sullivan Ltd. and Alcan Composites USA Inc. For more information about the advanced services now available at West Port Plaza, tenants should call 314-692-3500 or visit www.primary.net.

About Digital Teleport

Digital Teleport provides wholesale fiber optic transport services in secondary and tertiary Midwest markets to national and regional communications carriers. The company's network spans 5,700 route miles across Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Digital Teleport also provides fiber optic communications services to enterprise customers and government agencies in St. Louis' premier office buildings. The company's Web site is www.digitalteleport.com. Telephone: 1-314-880-1000.