REGIONAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER EXPANDS ITS DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS TO 98 MAJOR CITIES

Westlake Village, CA May 14, 1998 – Internet Specialties West, Inc. (ISWest) announced today that it will provide local dial-up access to the Internet in over 98 major US cities, including New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Florida and Los Angeles, and it will expand its coverage to 150 cities by the end of 1998. ISWest has built a state-of-the-art Internet facility that connects small to medium size businesses with dedicated high speed Internet access. "Our facility was built to compete with the best of the Internet Service Providers", says Keith McCallion, Network Operations Manager of ISWest.

The national portion of ISWest’s dial-up service will be provided by StarNet, which operates many nationwide points of presence across the country. All subscribers will have access to 56Kbps Flex modems, (V.90 soon to roll out) in each city that ISWest has a point of presence with StarNet. In an effort to be competitive with the larger dial-up providers, such as Earthlink, Netcom and MSN, ISWest is offering their new 56K dial-up service for $19.95 per month and $0 set up fee. This will give consumers another choice in ISP’s, according to Drew J. Kaplan, Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing. http://www.iswest.com/dialup.htm

ISWest, Inc. is located in Westlake Village, California. It is a privately owned fully-equipped Internet Service Provider, offering the fastest and most reliable connectivity in the business. ISWest maintains a DS-3 hub (Digital Signal Level 3) and fully redundant SONET fiber optic connections. ISWest uses the best Internet backbones of PrimeNet® and MCI®. For more information, (818) 735-3000 x103 or visit their web site at http://www.iswest.net