Santa Barbara, CA, April 3, 2006 - Impulse Internet Services ("IIS") and NetLojix Communications, Inc. ("NetLojix") announced today the completion of a transaction merging NetLojix's Internet and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) Services subsidiary (including Silicon Beach and WestNet) and IIS into a new entity, Impulse Internet Services, LLC ("Impulse").

The new Impulse provides Internet access, VoIP, advanced hosting, co-location, virtual private networks (VPNs) and secure multi-site managed private networks.

"Since we started our respective businesses more than ten years ago, both of our organizations have worked diligently to maintain an exceptional focus on service quality," said Tony Papa, CEO and co-founder of NetLojix. "The landscape of business communications has changed and this merger provides our team with a tremendous growth platform in the evolving market. The advent of VoIP, especially in a hosted PBX environment, has enabled us to service 100% of the voice and data needs of our customers while aggressively expanding our customer base." Tony Papa will serve as CEO of Impulse.

"This merger gives our customer base access to a scalable VoIP service platform and brings together the two most experienced Internet service engineering teams in the region," said Ken Alker, President, CTO and co-founder of IIS. "Our companies complement each other extremely well, and I'm looking forward to working with the NetLojix team." Ken Alker will serve as Chief Technology Officer of Impulse.

"NetLojix and IIS have supported many of the region's largest companies for more than ten years. This merger creates a comprehensive regional network extending from IIS's San Luis Obispo County network gateway to NetLojix's Ventura County network gateway," said Dave Clark, Vice President and General Manager of IIS. "I am most excited about the extraordinary service capabilities the integrated infrastructure and support teams will enable. Combined, our organizations create a service powerhouse with substantial physical resources." Dave Clark will serve as President of Impulse. He served as Vice President and General Manager of IIS since 2001 and General Manager of NetLojix's Internet service subsidiary from 1997 to 2001.

Impulse's integrated network will continue to connect to major metro gateways in Los Angeles and San Francisco for diverse national and international routing. It will continue to operate each organization's data centers, providing additional capacity and an increased level of redundancy.

The new Impulse provides Internet access, VoIP, advanced hosting, co-location, virtual private networks (VPNs) and secure multi-site managed private networks. The Company owns and manages network gateways and data centers on the central coast of California. Services include DSL, T1, DS3 and wireless Internet access, co-location and managed hosting, network management and VoIP. Impulse is a privately held company based in Santa Barbara, California, and on the web at http://www.impulse.net.