May 11, 2005 ACCESSLINE WINS RED HERRING'S TOP 100 AWARD BELLEVUE, WA — May 11, 2005 — AccessLine Communications, a leading provider of hosted business VoIP services, today announced that it has been selected for the 2005 Red Herring 100 Private Companies of North America award. Honoring achievement in technology, innovation and strategy, this year’s top 100 were selected by Red Herring’s editorial staff from a pool of more than 900 applications. Winners will be celebrated at the Red Herring Spring 2005 conference held May 17-19, 2005 in Monterey, CA, where AccessLine’s CEO, Doug Johnson, will be one of the featured speakers. AccessLine, a market leader in delivery of managed voice services for business, has recently pioneered exciting new VoIP services for enterprise and SMB customers. “We’re honored that Red Herring has recognized AccessLine as one of the top technology companies, especially considering that they noted very few players in the red-hot VoIP market,” said Doug Johnson, AccessLine’s president and CEO. “We intend to drive the business adoption of VoIP service, much as Vonage has done with consumers.” “Innovation and entrepreneurship are thriving and the companies on this list are proof,” said Red Herring editor-in-chief Joel Dreyfuss. Research firm Frost and Sullivan predicts that business VoIP usage will rise dramatically to 4.3 million lines by 2009. To capitalize on this anticipated growth, AccessLine recently secured an additional $9 million in financing and launched its new VoIP SmartVoice Service, allowing businesses to easily reduce calling costs and take advantage of next generation voice features. About Red Herring Red Herring is the weekly magazine technology entrepreneurs, investors and industry observers read to stay ahead of the curve and to be better informed about the global marketplace. Red Herring articles, blogs, research and event information can be found online at www.redherring.com. About AccessLine AccessLine Communications provides hosted and managed voice services for large and small businesses nationwide. The company improves business communications options by offering a complete set of easy to implement, cost-effective managed voice services, which are available via either traditional phone or VoIP networks and through nationwide local access. With an established customer base of more than 100,000 business users, AccessLine provides unprecedented application quality, functionality and customer support. For more information, please visit www.accessline.com.