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Raindance to Offer Industry's First Nationwide VoIP Conferencing Platform

LOUISVILLE, Colo., January 13, 2004 - Raindance Communications^®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNDC), a premier provider of integrated web and audio conferencing services, today announced that after 12 months of collaborative development, it has built a proprietary conferencing architecture using new voice services from Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT). The result is the industry's first nationwide VoIP conferencing platform delivered by a web and audio conferencing provider. Benefits to customers include greater reliability due to inherent redundancy and failover features in the network layer, as well as the opportunity for innovations in voice conferencing not previously possible with traditional PSTN conference calling.

As a result of this relationship with Level 3, Raindance^® will extend the reach of its conferencing service with a universally available platform that provides users the ability to communicate whether they are calling from the traditional TDM networks, internal IP-based networks or in conjunction with IP Centrex Services. With the new VoIP platform, users can engage in voice conferences in ways that were previously unimaginable, such as dialing a local number to gain access into any conference call, regardless of the user's location.

"We're pleased that Raindance turned to Level 3 for the solutions the company required to launch its new proprietary VoIP conferencing platform," said Sureel Choksi, executive vice president of Softswitch Services for Level 3. "We have a compelling combination of local and toll-free VoIP calling solutions that give customers, like Raindance, the control they need to create new products and services for significantly less cost and without any loss in quality over comparable traditional services."

"We initially brought the idea of using VoIP in the conferencing arena to Level 3, because we knew no one else could deliver a comparable solution in the timeframe required. We've spent the past year working side-by-side with Level 3 so that we can provide our customers a VoIP conferencing solution with quality that is indistinguishable from typical PSTN conferencing," said Todd Vernon, Raindance's Chief Technology Officer. "By allowing users to pick up the phone to dial locally but conference nationally, Raindance has created an offering that is unsurpassed in the industry."

Availability
Raindance's new voice over IP conferencing platform is expected to be available in Q1 2004. The company's work with Level 3 is being announced just one month after the company introduced the beta release of its next-generation conferencing service, formerly code-named "K2," downloadable at www.raindance.com. With the newly designed K2 architecture, users can take advantage of an IP-enabled voice conferencing platform that also integrates video and web conferencing. For more information, contact Raindance at 800-878-7326.

About Raindance Communications
Raindance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNDC), is a leading provider of integrated web and audio conferencing services that make everyday meetings more productive. Raindance's convenient, reservationless audio conferencing services provide greater flexibility and reliability, increasing the efficiency of remote meetings. The company's advanced web conferencing technology increases participant interactivity and improves the bottom line by allowing users to conduct engaging remote meetings and seminars without the expense of travel. Raindance's proprietary architecture integrates leading-edge technologies into a single convergent communications platform that has been selected by leading businesses to increase productivity and strengthen business relationships. For more information, visit www.raindance.com or call 800.878.7326.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This release contains forward-looking statements, including expectations regarding future company and product performance. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause future events to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include the failure or interruptions in the software, systems or network underlying Raindance's services, competition from presently existing and new competitors, and the adoption of Raindance's services by customers. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements can be found in Raindance Communications' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC's electronic data gather analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. Raindance Communications assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.

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