"Telarus, Inc. has done a terrific job making it easy for their subagents to sell Telnes Broadband products to their clients," commented Jason Ness, VP of Channel Sales for Telnes Broadband. "As the top partner of 2007 Telarus continues to demonstrate to the industry its commitment to becoming the preeminent Master Agency. We appreciate the business their agents send to Telnes and look forward to continued success in 2008 with our core broadband products as well as our new line of Ethernet and managed services."

The 2007 Partner of the Year award was measured by a series of performance metrics, including:

• Total 2007 sales volume
• Agency business ethics
• Technical integration: - Working with Telnes' API or other automated systems
• Agent support and back office systems
• Credit quality of customers added
• Total agents engaged with Telnes
• Agency business strategy

"We are very humbled and proud to be named the 2007 Partner of the Year by Telnes," added Lance Akins, VP of Sales for Telarus, Inc. "Our agents work extremely hard to bring Telnes new business and this award is a direct reflection up on them. They can take the business any where they want, but they choose Telnes time and again because they make it so easy to do business with them. Telnes quotes in real-time in GeoQuote, they are responsive to pre and post-sales questions, and their customer-facing processes are outstanding. We know that Telnes will get our customers provisioned quickly, billed correctly, and reduce the possibility of churn - which makes us all more money."

If you are interested in selling Telnes services through Telarus, Inc., please contact Thomas Hernandez at (888) 806-5459 or click here further information.

Telnes Broadband

Telnes Broadband is a nationwide Internet service provider focused on 100% customer satisfaction. Connecting business sites at virtually any address in the United States, Telnes allows businesses to choose any blend of available access technologies – from DSL and T1 lines to managed network security– Telnes Broadband is a privately held company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. For more information, visit www.telnesbroadband.com.

About Telarus

Telarus is a premier master agency whose goal is to make agents more successful than they can be on their own or with any other master agency. Telarus provides agent tools, automation, and superior support in an atmosphere of cooperation and ethical community. One example of the tools Telarus provides its agents is real-time voice and data price quoting through its patent-pending GeoQuote technology. GeoQuote makes it possible for business shoppers to access instant pricing and availability information for over 30 broadband data and voice service providers which include ACC Business, AireSpring, AT&T, Cavalier, Covad, Level3, MegaPath, Network Innovations, NewEdge Networks, Nuvox, PAETEC, One Communications, PowerNet Global, Qwest, TelePacific, Telnes, Time Warner Telecom, UCN, and XO Communications.