Official Telarus Press Release

Telarus co-founders, Patrick Oborn (left) and Adam Edwards (right), and Telarus 2007 top agent (and newest channel manager), Michael Gottwalt (center), are pleased to recognize all Telarus agents for their outstanding year with NuVox.

GREENVILLE, South Carolina – February 22, 2008 - NuVox Communications, a leading provider of voice, data, and security services to business customers throughout the Southeast and Midwest, today named Telarus, Inc. as its top dealer for 2007. The Top Dealer award is handed out annually to the top performing NuVox indirect partner.

“We are pleased to recognize Telarus, Inc. for this tremendous accomplishment” commented Dan Sterling, VP of Indirect Sales. "As the top dealer of 2007 Telarus continues to demonstrate to the industry its commitment to becoming the preeminent Master Agency through its creative business model and high-tech software. We appreciate the business their agents send to NuVox and look forward to continued success in 2008 with our core broadband products as well as our new line of SIP and Ethernet and managed services."

The 2007 Top Dealer Award was measured purely by total 2007 sales volume.

"We are very humbled and proud to be named the 2007 Top Dealer NuVox," added Lance Akins, VP of Sales for Telarus, Inc. "Our agents work extremely hard to bring NuVox new business and this award is a direct reflection upon them. They can take the business anywhere they want, but they choose NuVox time and again because they make it so easy to do business with them. NuVox quotes in real-time in GeoQuote, they are responsive to pre and post-sales questions, and their customer-facing processes are outstanding. We know that NuVox will get our customers provisioned quickly, billed correctly, and reduce the possibility of churn - which makes everyone more money."

Telarus became a master agent of NuVox Communications in 2006, following the 2005 merger of NuVox and NewSouth Communications. NuVox recently acquired FDN Communications, making it the preeminent CLEC in the Southeast.

“NuVox is in a world of its own when it comes to the way they treat our agents and customers” commented Adam Edwards, president of Telarus. “NuVox has developed technology and processes that give their outstanding support personnel a crystal ball that tells them where problems are most likely to arise before they actually do. This proactive and personal approach to customer and agent support has made churn virtually zero, and agent satisfaction couldn’t be better.”

Telarus agents are supported by Christopher Shubert, Channel Manager for NuVox. Speaking of his relationship with Telarus agents, Mr. Shubert stated his goal was to “provide Telarus agents a level of support that wins them business and more importantly, their trust. They need to know that when they call me, they’ll get a live person on the phone who is ready and capable of helping them close deals with NuVox.”

If you are interested in selling NuVox through its number one Master Agent, please contact Adam Edwards, Telarus President, at (877) 346-3232 or click here further information.

About NuVox

NuVox Communications provides voice, data, and security services to business customers in North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These services are provided through advanced Lucent, Nortel, Sonus, and Cisco technology. NuVox’s voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services are delivered via technology from Cisco, Sonus, Sylantro, IP Unity, and Acme Packet. For more information, visit www.nuvox.com.

About Telarus

Telarus is a premier master agency who's goal is to make agents more successful than they can be on their own or with any other master agency. Telarus provides is agents tools, automation, superior support, all in an atmosphere of cooperation and ethical community. Telarus drives warm leads to its agents and VARs through its web marketing portals which include: ShopforT1.com, ShopforEthernet.com, VARNetwork.com, and VARPartner.com.

Telarus provides its agents a back office outfitted with full CRM capabilities and real-time T1, DS3, and Ethernet broadband price quoting through it's patent-pending GeoQuote technology. GeoQuote makes it possible for business shoppers and agents to access instant pricing and availability information for over 30 broadband data and voice service providers which include ACC Business, Accel Networks, AireSpring, American Fiber Systems, AT&T, Cavalier, Covad, Level3, MegaPath, Network Innovations, NewEdge Networks, Nuvox, PAETEC, One Communications, PowerNet Global, Qwest, TelePacific, Telnes, Time Warner Telecom, UCN, and XO Communications.

Interested agents should call Dan Watson at (877) 346-3232 for further information. All press inquiries should be directed to Patrick Oborn at (801) 938-3701.