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Limelight Networks Delivers Amazon Unbox™

TEMPE, AZ – September 14, 2006 – Limelight Networks, Inc., the world’s leading content delivery network for digital media, today announced it is the content delivery network for Amazon Unbox™, a new high-quality digital video download service from Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN). Utilizing Limelight’s global, high-performance network, Amazon Unbox offers consumers thousands of DVD-quality TV shows, movies, and other videos from around the world, all delivered via the Internet to PCs, Media Center PCs, and a family of compatible portable media players. Unbox customers can choose from Amazon.com’s vast video library including thousands of television shows, movies and other content from more than 30 studio and network partners. Unbox offers double the video quality of the leading commercial Internet video services, delivering content encoded at 2,500 kilobits per second.

“We selected Limelight Networks’ high-performance content delivery network for delivery of the Unbox service because it was built from the ground up for digital media,” said Bill Carr, Amazon.com’s vice president of digital media. “Leveraging the full range of Limelight’s capabilities, we can reliably and instantaneously deliver these high-quality video files to our customers, saving them a trip to the video store.”

The entire library of Unbox video titles is stored in Limelight’s global network, for fast, immediate delivery of every title, from the most popular to the most obscure. Limelight is also providing the industry’s leading IP-address geolocation technology, enabling Amazon.com and its content partners to ensure that each delivery is made in complete compliance with applicable copyrights.

“The new Unbox online video download service is sure to be a big hit with consumers looking for a fast, convenient way to watch their favorite TV shows and movies on their PCs and portable devices. Breakthrough services like Amazon Unbox demonstrate the power of the Internet to bring consumers the specific content they want, when and where they want it,” said Bill Rinehart, chief executive officer at Limelight Networks. “As the delivery network for Unbox, we are committed to ensuring that every video download to every Unbox customer is fast, high-quality, and always available.”

Safe-Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the company's operations and use of acquired technology and intellectual property. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, risks associated with the integration of acquired business operations and other risks described in the company’s quarter report on Form 10Q and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason

About Limelight Networks, Inc.

Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) provides on-demand software, platform and infrastructure services that help global businesses reach and engage audiences on any mobile or Internet-connected device, enabling them to enhance their brand presence, build stronger customer relationships, optimize their advertising, and monetize their digital assets. For more information, please visit http://www.limelightnetworks.com or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/llnw/.

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