The Canadian market has more than 700,000 broadband subscribers,fertile ground for the Austin-based software solutions provider."Our move into Canada is a natural result of this explosivegrowth," says Kip McClanahan, BroadJump's president and CEO."Canadian providers are trying to solve the same problems relatedto broadband deployment and management as U.S. providers and weintend to bring our industry-leading solutions to this region andduplicate the same success."

The Toronto office at 3300 Bloor St. West will serve asheadquarters for BroadJump Canada and function independently of theAustin operation. Doug Smith and Jim Smith will jointly oversee theCanadian office. Doug Smith will be in charge of day-to-day saleswhile Jim Smith will direct technical support.

Since November 1998, BroadJump has opened offices in Atlanta,Denver, Kansas City, New York City, Washington, D.C. It has grownfrom its four founders to a workforce of 144 people. BroadJumpspecializes in software solutions that reduce time and cost ofinstallation and management of a broadband connection for theresidential market.