Full Service Local Carrier, Connect123, Partners With Perimeter Internetworking To Provide SMB Customers Nationwide With Complete, On-Demand and Affordable Security Services

Mid-Atlantic CLEC to Provide SMB Customers Complete and Cost Effective,
On-Demand Security Services - No Assembly Required

Milford, CT September 13, 2006 – Perimeter Internetworking™, the leading provider of Complete, On-Demand and Affordable managed security services, announced today that Connect123.net, a provider of Local Line VOIP services in 915 markets nationwide, will offer the Perimeter Unified Threat Management (UTM) suite of managed security services including Intrusion Defense, Email Defense and User Defense to their small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) customers. Connect123.net’s hosted centrex offering combines Internet Access, Local Lines, Unlimited Long Distance, Voicemail, Unified Messaging, IP Telephone Equipment and Perimeter’s UTM Suite of managed security services onto a single Connect123.net bill at a low monthly flat rate, enabling their customers to focus on their core business.

"We are very pleased to add Connect123.net to our rapidly growing list of communications service provider partners," said Brad Miller, CEO of Perimeter Internetworking. “As with Connect123.net’s other cutting edge Local Line VoIP and data service offerings, Perimeter’s UTM suite of managed security services offers the same features and levels of QoS that the largest enterprises would expect to receive only at a price that most companies can afford. Their customers can start with a few basic services and add additional security services as they like, on-demand.�?

Perimeter’s UTM suite of security services combines dozens of technologies from best-of-breed vendors to incorporate cutting-edge solutions for services such as Managed Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Web Content Filtering, Spam Filtering, and Email AV scanning. The Perimeter UTM suite combines traditional firewall monitoring services with a centralized management platform that allows SMB customers the ability to manage and monitor their threat activity. Perimeter’s turn-key solution provides communications service providers and resellers with a key differentiator at the point of sale and enables them to realize immediate, high margin, recurring revenues without any up front costs.

“We are seeing a large demand for these types of security services among our SMB customers,�? said John Adgate, VP of Sales, Connect123.net. “We view the ability to offer a full suite of pre-integrated managed security services as both a competitive advantage and a necessity in today’s marketplace. After a rigorous evaluation we chose to partner with Perimeter Internetworking because they are a major player in the marketplace, having partnered with many other leading service providers.�?

Perimeter’s UTM suite offering blocks all malicious traffic before it enters or exits a customer’s network. Perimeter provides an end user portal for Connect123.net to integrate into their existing customer portal. This allows their customers to view and monitor Internet activity, security alarms and other events so that they can continuously view that their security is up to date for the latest attacks.

About Connect123.net
Connect123.net is a cutting edge provider of Local Line VOIP services in 915 markets nationwide. We combine Internet Access, Local Lines, Unlimited Long Distance, Voicemail, Unified Messaging and IP Telephone Equipment into a flat rate priced solution for our customers. Our mission is to provide the same features a large enterprise company would receive with traditional equipment based VOIP solutions, at a price that most companies can afford. This enables our customers to focus on their core business, instead of spending time and expense trying to be telecom and technology experts. For more information about Connect123 visit: www.connect123.net or 866-573-2123.

About Perimeter Internetworking™
Perimeter Internetworking™ is the leading provider of Complete On-Demand Security and the pioneer of multi-threat security-in-the-cloud services. Perimeter offers 50+ managed network security services including Intrusion Defense, Malicious Code Defense, Secure Email Services, Secure Access, Automated Compliance, and Network Services. Perimeter's unique centralized architecture, often referred to as a Security Utility or "Security In The Cloud", offers best-in-class, pre-integrated technology with complete redundancy, continuous upgrades, complemented with a 24/7 engineering staff of trained subject-matter experts.

Headquartered in Milford, CT, with seven geographically distributed technical operations centers and three redundant datacenters, Perimeter's On-Demand Security Services are validated by CyberTrust and guaranteed for current and future regulatory compliance. For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com -or- (800) 234-2175 opt # 2.

For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com -or- (800) 234-2175 opt # 2.

For Further Information Contact:
John Adgate
Connect123.net
919-426-9510
jadgate@connect123.net

Cathy Clarke
CNC Associates for Perimeter Internetworking™
617.527.2089
cathy@cncassocs.com