PRESS RELEASE: May 19, 2000

Colo Solutions Opens Carrier-Neutral Colocation Facilities in Cleveland, Louisville, and Pittsburgh

2nd Century Communications signs agreements with Colo Solutions for additional space in newly opened colocation facilities

MELBOURNE, FLORIDA... MAY 19,2000... Colo Solutions™, the leader in providing Carrier-Neutral Colocation™ facilities for next generation Service Providers in prime telecom locations of tier-2 and tier-3 metropolitan cities, today announced it has opened facilities in Cleveland, OH, Louisville, KY, and Pittsburgh, PA. These three centers are part of the continued  expansion of the Colo Solutions network of secure, reliable, cost-effective carrier-neutral colocation facilities offering a suite of telecommunications services for customers that require carrier choices to support bandwidth intensive applications.

Colo Solutions also announced that 2nd Century Communications, an open network application service provider, executed agreements to lease additional  colocation space in Louisville, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh to house their network equipment and enable greater carrier connectivity. Colo Solutions has worked closely with 2nd Century in other targeted metropolitan business  districts to provide carrier-neutral colocation services. 2nd Century utilizes Colo Solutions' facilities for the deployment of their comprehensive technology services in prime high-tech locations.

"With the opening of each new Carrier-Neutral Colocation facility, Colo Solutions continues to demonstrate its commitment to building a network  of facilities strategically positioned in tier-2 and tier-3 cities to meet the needs of CLECs, Data CLECs, DSL Providers, ISPs, ASPs, and other companies seeking to deploy services requiring high speed bandwidth access," stated Colo Solutions founder and president, Ron Stafford. "Our goal is to provide our customers with a network of secured, telco-grade facilities, and the resources necessary to successfully extend their services into new cities in record time. We are pleased to have 2nd Century Communications among our impressive list of customers, each one making an impact on today's communications services."

Colo Solutions was officially launched on March 30, 2000, when it announced five operational facilities located in Nashville, TN, San Antonio, TX,  and Kissimmee, Orlando, and Jacksonville, FL. Colo Solutions plans expansion into over fourteen cities within the year 2000. Colo Solutions will exhibit their new Carrier Neutral Colocation Facilities and Services at CLECexpo,  Booth # 2219, May 23 - 25, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

About Colo Solutions

Colo Solutions™ is a provider of Carrier-Neutral Colocation™ facilities, and Wholesale Web Hosting services. The company is unique in that  it provides colocation facilities in prime telecom locations of tier-2 and tier-3 cities where carrier-neutral colocation facilities were previously unavailable. Each Colo Solutions facility offers a comprehensive suite of  services, and a carrier-rich environment with direct access to multiple carriers and backbone providers. Next Generation Service Providers using Colo Solutions' network of facilities profit from rapid deployment of new service offerings while taking advantage of a broad range of scalability, network, and route diversity, as well as cross-connect capability to other carriers or colocation customers. Colo Solutions facilities conform to the highest  telco industry standards and provide systems that assure power availability, temperature control, state-of-the-art fire suppression and secured access. For additional information on Colo Solutions please visit www.colosolutions.com.

For Further Information Contact:

Ron Stafford
President
Colo Solutions
(407) 210-2480