AboveNet Announces Expansion Into Phoenix

Delivering new optical connectivity solutions in expanded southwest operations to the emerging Phoenix market

NEW YORK, June 13, 2005 – AboveNet, Inc, a premier metro network access provider for business, today announced their expansion into the Phoenix market. The Phoenix Point-of-Presence expansion provides a carrier grade foundation for customers to connect to AboveNet’s metro and nationwide fiber optic network.

AboveNet is ideally positioned in Phoenix to support fortune 1000 companies as they move critical operations such as call centers, branch offices, and data center operations to the area. AboveNet recognizes the need for easily deployed, highly reliable, private, optical facilities in Phoenix providing data transport and IP services.

AboveNet will launch additional services around disaster recovery and storage solutions in Phoenix to support customer needs for business continuity and network services.

“Opening the Phoenix market to our metro connectivity solutions represents an important milestone for AboveNet. With this expansion we are investing in the tremendous growth we are seeing in our operations west of the Mississippi. By leveraging our enterprise strength in the financial services ,media and entertainment sectors AboveNet will now be positioned to serve the growing southwest region with unsurpassed optical connectivity solutions,” said Bill LaPerch President and CEO of AboveNet. “AboveNet now services 14 key markets & London covering 1.5 million metro fiber miles around the globe”

“AboveNet’s solution provides us with a secure, cost effective, dark fiber network for our data center needs,” said Matt Wilson, managing director of PureGig Networks. AboveNet’s superior product family of access, transport and managed services offerings also affords us the ability to grow our data center network intelligently and cost-effectively over time.”

About AboveNet, Inc.
AboveNet, Inc. provides fiber connectivity solutions for businesses. Its private optical network, delivers key network and IP services in and between 14 top U.S. metro markets and London. AboveNet’s network is widely used in demanding markets such as financial services, where the majority of top investment banks and five of the top 10 U.S. banks rely on AboveNet for mission critical services.

About PureGig
PureGig is a home-grown Arizona internet services, co-location, and disaster recovery/business continuity provider based in downtown Phoenix. PureGig provides high-performance internet bandwidth and co-location facilities to business customers and ISPs throughout the state of Arizona and is one of the largest bandwidth carriers in the Southwest. Building upon a completely redundant multi-carrier network, PureGig guarantees 100% uptime for customers and provides best-in-class personalized support that clients expect from a high-end service. PureGig is pleased to announce its opening of a new 7000 square foot, state-of-the-art co-location and disaster recovery data center at 3300 N. Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix.

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This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause or contribute to such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, and various other factors beyond the Company’s control. This also includes such factors as are described from time to time in the SEC reports filed by AboveNet, Inc. including the most recently filed Forms S-3 and 8-K.