Telarus' GeoQuote Tops 200,000 High Speed Internet Price Quotes

CEDAR HILLS, Utah - July 17, 2005 - Telarus, privately owned subsidiary of Telarus Inc, provider of real-time T1 price quoting through it's patent-pending GeoQuote technology, today announced that the system had produced a record number of quotes; 200,000 in just 22 months, with 100,000 coming in just the past 9 months alone. Telarus produced its first 100,000 quotes in 13 months.

"Our company continues to reach new levels of success in the online broadband shopping arena," commented Adam Edwards, president and CEO of Telarus, Inc. "It is a tremendous milestone to generate over 100,000 quotes in just 9 months of operation. We are gaining tremendous momentum and the rate of quoting is increasing as more and more businesses find our service a value in their WAN planning. Our IT Department continues to add new T1 vendors all of the time, while at the same time keeping our existing rate plans up-to-date. Likewise, our independent agents have done a fantastic job marketing our plans and consulting with prospects who come to us looking for telecommunications solutions. More importantly, a huge number of our visitors are finding and purchasing the most competitively priced services from us."

According to Patrick Oborn, Chief Technical Officer of Telarus, Inc., GeoQuote technology continues to lead and innovate, enabling the general public to dynamically view T1 pricing and availability for their exact location in real-time. To determine a T1 price, GeoQuote utilizes revolutionary geo-mapping and database standardization techniques to calculate the exact distance from a user's location to the location of the nearest T1 vendor's POP, or Point of Presence. GeoQuote has a resolution of one one-hundredth of a mile and an error rate of less than 2%.

"We are humbled and amazed at the rapid popularity of our technology. Combined with the greatest agents in the world, we know that we're on to something great here." commented Oborn. "The complex and non-uniform spectrum of high-end telecommunication services continues to confuse would-be high speed internet customers for decades. GeoQuote makes shopping for broadband and other larger ticket communications services as easy as booking a flight on CheapRates.com."

Telarus provides real-time access to T1 data and voice providers, including ACC Business, TelePacific, PowerNet Global, New Edge Networks, XO Communications, USLEC, Xspedius, Network Innovations, Netifice, Sprint, and Focal Communications.

About Telarus

Telarus provides real-time T1 price quoting through it's patent-pending GeoQuote technology, offering business shoppers a unique opportunity to access instant pricing and availability information for over 12 broadband data and voice service providers. Telarus also offers complimentary consulting from licensed and trained Telarus independent agents. These agents specialize in assisting customers understand the many telecommunications offerings and coordinate the sale of communication services that best meet their needs and budget requirements. The company's Web site is www.telarus.com.

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