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HIFREAK COMPUTER AND NETZWERKE IMPLEMENTS Fine Point Technologies SERVPOET SOLUTIONS TO LOWER WIMAX NETWORK BUILD OUT COSTS

NEW YORK, NY November, 4 2005 - Hifreak Computers and Netzwerke, a German Systems Integrator, have as a result of utilizing Fine Point Technologies’ ServPoET BMS solutions within their WISP network, lowered the entry price point for Wireless Broadband Solutions including Wimax. This includes residential areas were traditional DSL over lines is not available allowing these to now be served by local or regional acting ISP's. This new price point has stimulated a lot of new WISP projects, further promoted by Wimax, these are now in planning or underway.

Stefan Koch, CEO of Hifreak Computer & Netzwerke says, “Traditional carrier solutions are beyond the budget for these local or regional WISP (Wireless ISP) projects. We have built a PPPoE broadband solution using Fine Point Technologies BMS PPPoE server combined with an AAA-server based on Freeradius and MySQL database for user authentication and accounting. So, we are able to integrate Wireless Broadband hardware into a complete WISP solution with an affordable price for smaller and midsize projects.”

John O’Keefe, CEO, Fine Point Technologies, said "The ServPoET BMS Product Family was designed specifically to enable broadband networks to be deployed better, faster and less expensively. We are pleased to see the ServPoET BMS products enable technologies such as Wimax and help reduce the costs of deploying these networks for Hifreak Computers and Netzwerke."

About Hifreak Computer & Netzwerke
About Hifreak Computer & Netzwerke deliver solutions and services for small and midsize ISP’s including Wireless broadband networks and fiber optic city carrier networks. Solutions include user management, bandwidth management and accounting. Services include integration of wireless or fiber optic ISP networks.

Acerca de Fine Point Technologies
Fine Point Technologies (http://www.finepoint.com), a division of Fine Point Technologies Inc., drives worldwide Internet access through network connectivity products that leverage Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and related technologies. Fine Point Technologies offerings include the industry-leading PPPoE clients WinPoET (for Microsoft® Windows®) and MacPoET (for Apple Macintosh®), and ServPoET Broadband Management Server (BMS), the most cost-effective solution for terminating PPPoE sessions for any type of broadband service.

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Molly Scales
Communications Manager
Fine Point Technologies, Inc.
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