Speakeasy Voice Now Available Over Any Broadband Service

Speakeasy Announces Flexible Voice and Broadband Options for Small Businesses

SEATTLE, March 10, 2008—Speakeasy (www.speakeasy.net), a Best Buy company, (NYSE:BBY) and one of the nation's leading providers of voice, data and IT solutions, announced the most flexible broadband policy in the industry. The company will now allow customers to choose their broadband provider with any of Speakeasy's voice services. Speakeasy has historically required voice customers to use Speakeasy broadband service for best quality of service. This new broadband service offering was created to give small businesses more flexibility to fit their specific needs. Speakeasy's policy is different from other companies in the industry, who either require customers to use their broadband service, or only offer off-net voice services.

"Most of our competitors are anchored to a rigid model of requiring customers to use their voice services with their broadband or they don't offer broadband at all," said Bruce Chatterley, Speakeasy's president and CEO. "We are one of the only telecommunications companies in the United States to offer both options to our customers."

Speakeasy is continually looking to provide more viable communications options that meet the needs of small businesses. In 2005, Speakeasy launched its hosted voice (VoIP) service and recently announced Integrated Voice to accommodate customers who want keep their existing phone system.

For customers currently in contract with another broadband provider, Speakeasy's new flexible voice option is a great opportunity to run high-quality Speakeasy phone service over the existing broadband connection. This allows businesses access not only to Speakeasy voice, but also Speakeasy's award-winning customer service without having to break a contract and switch broadband providers. For those not in contract, selecting Speakeasy to provide both services will offer the highest possible broadband and voice quality.

When paired with Speakeasy broadband, Speakeasy's voice services offer dynamically allocated bandwidth, with voice prioritized over data for optimal quality. When customers aren't utilizing their voice service, dynamically allocated bandwidth allows them to achieve the full speed of their connection. This is superior to the legacy channelized bandwidth still offered by many providers, which allocates a fixed percentage of bandwidth to voice and data, not allowing for flexibility in order to accommodate a user's needs.

The new broadband options with Speakeasy voice service are available now nationwide. To learn more about Speakeasy voice service, visit: www.speakeasy.net or call 1-800-556-5829.

 

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About Speakeasy
Speakeasy is one of the nation's leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service providers. Speakeasy helps small businesses succeed by offering simplified voice and data solutions that improve the customer experience, increase employee productivity and help cut costs. Based in Seattle, Speakeasy has provided award-winning customer service since 1994 and joined the Best Buy family of companies in April 2007, working with Best Buy For Business to champion technology for small businesses throughout the U.S. Visit Speakeasy at www.speakeasy.net or call 800.556.5829.

About Best Buy for Business
Best Buy for Business brings the best of Best Buy to business, education and government customers in order to power their success through simplified and accessible technology solutions. Customers can engage Best Buy for Business by identifying themselves as a business customer with any Best Buy associate around the country, with a specialized Best Buy for Business associate in 200 U.S. stores, via the web at http://www.bbfb.com/, and over the phone at 1-877-393-1038.

Speakeasy Contact:
Jennifer Huaracha
206-902-5370
jhuaracha@hq.speakeasy.net