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PorchLight Communications Selects Wave 7 Optics LML and Trident7 Platforms

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--June 26, 2006

Colorado Springs, CO – June 26, 2006 – PorchLight Communications announced today that Wave7 Optics Inc., a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home/fiber-to-the-premises (FTTH/FTTP) equipment for residential and business services will be the network platform provider of choice.  PorchLight Communications has installed the Wave 7 Optics Last Mile Link™ (LML™) platform in several communities and is planning deployment of Wave 7 Optics Trident7™ Optical Access Platforms for all new residential networks slated to begin service in January 2007.

The Trident7 is the industry’s most advanced and flexible FTTP platform, as it delivers standards-based EPON and GPON technologies in the same platform, which allows service providers to deliver cost-effectively a much broader array of services, as compared to other access network technologies. A typical residential service package will comprise over 150 channels of IP television, 40 music channels and a data services exceeding 8 Mbps symmetrically.

"We are pleased with the performance and capabilities of the Wave 7 Optics platforms.  Wave 7 has emerged with great success in the FTTH market over the past few years and has quickly become an industry leader with a global footprint." said Corey Smith, CTO of PorchLight Communications.