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Thruport Wins with Bid on Historic Technology
CEO Bruce Waldack Wins Prototype Segway on ebay™

Alexandria, VA, April 10, 2002 -- Thruport Technologies, Inc. an application service and managed hosting provider, announced today that founder and CEO Bruce Waldack was ebay™'s winning bidder on a prototype Segway, one of three limited edition Human Transporters auctioned by Segway founder and inventor Dean Kamen.

Waldack's bid of $106,500 closed the March 28th auction and will move the Segway from Los Angeles, CA to Thruport's Alexandria, VA headquarters. The purchase was made as "an investment in an exciting summer," says Waldack. He notes, "it's very easy for (Thruport employees) to become fixated on keyboards and monitors. The Segway is a great escape - a reminder that technology isn't static„it's a tool for liberation."

The Segway is the latest manifestation of Waldack's fascination with historic technology. He also owns the original Macintosh computer, and has sought to acquire a Cray supercomputer. Waldack himself played a role in Internet history, having owned and managed a pioneering firm that eventually became the world's largest Web hosting facility.

About Thruport Technologies:
Thruport Hosting (www.thruport.net) is an application service and managed hosting provider. The Company offers a broad range of managed services from dedicated platforms to database, security, and clustered configurations, as well as leading ad server and mail software for portals, retailers, and other online communities. Thruport supports Sun, Linux, and W2K environments and focuses on resource-intensive enterprises seeking high levels of engineering and personalized customer support. Thruport's world-class data center is located in Alexandria, VA.