Ignition Point & FatPort launch wireless service

Public Wireless Internet Access adds to Ignition Point's last-mile broadband strategy

VANCOUVER BC, CANADA - (March 13, 2002): Ignition Point announced today that it is entering the broadband wireless Internet access market with the wireless provider, FatPort Corporation, launching its service as part of the Ignition Point group of companies.

Ignition Point expects that the FatPort service offering, addressing the needs of a growing and enthusiastic subscriber base, will see the company achieve a break- even position within 18 months. Following an initial $135,000 investment in the company, the Ignition Point Board has approved further investment of up to $1.365 million in FatPort, subject to service uptake and subscriber growth.

"Ignition Point companies focus on providing the "last-mile" of broadband access, where ever it is required," said Ignition Point President and CEO, Peter van der Gracht. "FatPort, in providing Public Wireless Internet Access points throughout Western Canada, is well positioned to allow us to join this rapidly developing market space while complementing our goals with TeraSpan."

"There are a growing number of people who want to do more than stay connected to messages and who often work away from a base office," commented Sean O'Mahony CEO FatPort Corporation. "For most of us, working productively now requires complete Internet access to allow for collaboration with colleagues, document movement - the things people expect to be able to get the job done. For Fatport subscribers this level of productivity is now possible."

FatPort operates a network of public broadband wireless access points that are hosted at various partner locations, such as coffee houses and hotels. Focused on the Western Canadian market partner locations include Seattle's Best Coffee in Yaletown Vancouver, where Fatport subscribers can access the Internet via a secure, high speed, 802.11b wireless network.

"Our cafes are a showcase for our brand and we continue to evolve our caf environment with the needs of our customers" explains Jay Garnett, president of Seattle's Best Coffee Canada. "The growth of the internet has found its way into our coffee culture: our customers have a need to be connected. This has been proven with the success of our test with the FatPort network in our Yaletown caf ".

About FatPort Corporation

FatPort provides systems and software for publicly located, visitor-based wireless networking. FatPort's key technologies allow broadband wireless Internet access via a subscriber's device of choice. Wirelessly enabled Laptops, Palm, Handspring and Pocket PC's can all access the Fatport 802.11 network. FatPort's public wireless Internet access points are located within Western Canada at a variety of prominent locations. For more information, visit www.fatport.com

About Ignition Point

Ignition Point Technologies Corp. (CDNX: IPN), a Vancouver-based broadband technology company, provides unique access and applications solutions to fixed and wireless network service providers. Ignition Point subsidiaries include TeraSpan Networks Inc. and Fatport Corporation. For more information, visit www.ignitionpoint.ca

For further information

Contacts: Sean O'Mahony, CEO, Fatport Corporation
E-mail: sko@fatport.com, Phone: (604) 608-6781

Joel Rutherford, Investor Relations, Ignition Point
E-mail: jrutherford@ignitionpoint.ca, Phone: (604) 688-5194