SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 3, 2003 - UnitedLayer, LLC. (UL-LLC), a leading San Francisco Bay Area Internet Infrastructure company, announced that the Apache Software Foundation has selected UnitedLayer to provide IP Transit and Colocation services.

About the Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for the Apache open-source software projects. Formerly known as the Apache Group, the Foundation incorporated as a membership-based, not-for-profit corporation to ensure that the Apache projects continue to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers, to enable contributions of intellectual property and financial support, and to provide a vehicle for limiting legal exposure while participating in open-source projects. For more information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see www.apache.org.

About UnitedLayer
UnitedLayer, LLC. is a leading IP Services company in California. UL provides IP services to Fortune 500 companies and small to medium sized companies in the San Francisco and Los Angeles Areas. UL's network includes 7 data centers within California and expansion plans include East Coast and international facilities. For more information about UnitedLayer's products and services, please visit http://www.unitedlayer.com

CONTACTS:
Arman Khalili, UnitedLayer, LLC, 415 349-2100, arman@unitedlayer.com.