(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 30, 2003 ) ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation and a leader in global IP solutions, today announced that it has been selected as the most popular Web host by Net Top 20.

Net Top 20, a site which identifies the best of the Internet, has recognized Verio as a market leader for its Web hosting offerings, citing the stability of Verio as the market leader in this segment. According to the site, more individuals around the world have chosen to have their online presence hosted by Verio, noting that Verio's range of products, customer service and network reliability set it apart from other Web hosting companies in the market.

"This recognition certainly validates our intent to serve customers globally with our hosting solutions," noted Doug Schneider, president of Small to Medium Enterprise Hosting for Verio. "We're pleased that small to midsize companies and reseller partners are choosing Verio's SME solutions to help build their businesses."

Continuing in this leadership vein, Net Top 20 has also recognized Verio as the leading Business Web Hosting vendor as Verio hosts more enterprise Web sites than the majority of providers in its market. The Business Web Hosting Awards measure a Web hosting company's features and reliability for business end users. The award is one of a series of Web Hosting Awards that honor the best and most popular Web hosting sites on the Internet.

"Verio is proud to be recognized by Net Top 20 for business-class Web hosting," said Isabel Ehringer, president of Enterprise Hosting for Verio. "We continually strive to provide outstanding services combined with competitive pricing for our customers, and accolades such as these from Net Top 20 validate our vision and focus."

Following on the heels of the Net Top 20 awards, Verio has also been recognized as a market leader in Tier 1 Research's recent Mass Market Hosting quarterly report, published in February. Verio garnered top rankings for the number of sites it hosted in 2002, as well as for total shared and dedicated hosting revenue. "We continue to see Verio's hosting offerings leading the market in a number of key areas," said Joshua Beil,
vice president of research for Tier 1. "As we see continued industry consolidation as well as some new market entrants, we feel customers looking for a stable provider that offer strong business solutions will inherently look at a market leader like Verio."

Verio's channel initiatives and dedicated Web hosting also recently received accolades. The Web Host Directory Review recently ranked the viaVerio global reseller program for small to medium businesses as number two in the Reseller Web Hosting category and the NTT/VERIO PowerPlatform hosting offerings in the top three in the Dedicated Server Category.

About Verio
Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides long distance and international telecommunications reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. NTT Com and Verio market their global IP solutions under the NTT/VERIO brand. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting, dedicated access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services. Verio supports its operations with
highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services to customers in 146 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html .

About Net Top 20
The Net Top 20 listings rank the most popular, most linked to, and best Web sites for each category reviewed. The most linked to, and most popular sites for a category are short-listed, visited, and then evaluated for relevance and content for the category being reviewed. The entire process is human-edited. More information can be found at www.nettop20.com.

About Tier 1 Research
Tier 1 Research, pioneer of the "Sector Information eXchange," is a specialized research and consulting firm combining financial and strategic analysis of public and private companies in the Internet Infrastructure Software and Services industry. A key hallmark of the company is its independence enabling unbiased research and competitive analysis for all audiences with an interest in the managed hosting, storage, content delivery, and various emerging software and solution vendors for the outsourced and enterprise data center markets. Tier 1 Research works with institutional investors, venture capital firms and companies as an outsourced competitive analysis team with a broad range of services. For more information on other reports from Tier 1 Research or to find out about
other services, visit their web site at www.tier1research.com.

About Web Host Directory Review
Web Host Directory provides a neutral site for comparing and purchasing hosting products and services. It aims to make research for the right hosting solution faster and easier. More information can be found at www.webhostdir.com.
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