For Immediate Release

March 6, 2006  
Dayton, Ohio

Bandwydth Launches Periscope! Online Education Suite    

Bandwydth Corporation, a broadband access and applications firm, now offers                    Periscope!, an online education services tool.  Periscope! is an integrated services portal for tutoring, training, and distance learning via the Internet. 

With Periscope!, online educators are provided an array of tools to provide instruction via the Internet. Periscope! integrates collaborative tools, webcast technology, and real-time video into an ASP services suite. 

Periscope! enables instructors to create live video webcasts to broadcast video to as many as 30 participants at one time.  In addition, trainers can broadcast video webcasts simultaneously to hundreds of students at a time. 

Students can interactively communicate via chat room, webcam, or VoIP.  Instructors can also send video emails to their students.  Examples of Periscope! applications include: software training, exam preparation, and teaching languages.  With Periscope! and broadband connectivity, teachers can provide powerful, multi-featured virtual classrooms to their students.
   
Bandwydth strategic partner Limelight Networks (www.limelightnetworks.com) provides the video delivery network for the Periscope! platform.  Limelight’s unsurpassed streaming network delivers both live and recorded video via Internet with unparalleled quality.   

“We wanted to enable educational organizations and independent trainers the tools to use  collaborative technology to offer distance learning.  Periscope! is one of the most economical tools for delivering sophisticated online education.  We are confident that Periscope! will provide both trainers and students with an exceptional experience in a virtual classroom,” comments Kenneth Brown, of Bandwydth Corporation.

If you have any questions about Periscope! or would like a demo, contact Rick Kelly at rk@bandwydth.com or 866-341-2484.