PRESS RELEASE
source: ERC Broadband
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April 4, 2006

ERC Broadband has entered into a strategic alliance with Carolina Software as a Service, Inc.
(CSaaS). This is an exciting opportunity for both organizations as CSaaS exclusively offers
Upstate South Carolina customers ERC Broadband co-location and data centers services in
conjunction with CSaaS products and services. CSaaS is located in Campobello, SC and is an
established provider of hosted, “Web-native” solutions and offers unparalleled complete software
solutions based on industry standard platforms at an affordable price. The company recently co-
located equipment in ERC Broadband’s Asheville, NC point of presence (PoP) to utilize its
disaster recovery interface, fiber backbone and secure facility. CSaaS was a finalist for the 2005
Innovision Technology award and was identified as one of the “Top 25 under 25” companies in
the Upstate. You can learn more by visiting www.csaas.com.

Hunter M. Goosmann has been named General Manager of ERC Broadband. He has been
serving since November 2004 as Director of Network Operations. During his tenure the fiber
network and services have grown in size and scope. The North and South fiber rings in Asheville
have been completed, fiber has been built to UNC-Asheville and AB Technical Community
College’s Enka campus, negotiations for leased fiber to Hickory were successfully concluded, and
disaster recovery services have been developed. Through Advantage West grants fiber was built
to Marshall and equipment was purchased in Cullowhee resulting in service to Mars Hill College
and Western Carolina University, respectively. An additional fiber build connected Brevard
College to the ERC Broadband fiber at its Pisgah Forest PoP. Plans currently are underway to
connect Montreat College. As a result of all this work, the customer base has expanded and
continues to grow. Hunter has an ambitious business plan for ERC Broadband’s short term and
long-term future which has been endorsed by the ERC Board of Directors. The ERC Broadband
Mission is to create and promote an efficient and solid infrastructure for Internet access and
related services, bringing economic opportunity to our region by continually furthering the
technological growth of our education, research, and business communities.

For more information, visit www.ercbroadband.org.