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A Merger Made in Heaven for Two Internet Companies

Westlake Village, CA December 1, 1998 - A merger between Internet Specialties West (www.iswest.com) of Westlake Village and Channel Island Internet (www.isle.net) of Ventura took place, creating Ventura's largest Internet Service Provider.

"We are very excited about this merger and the future of the Internet. I expect to complete more acquisitions in 1999, as this industry needs rolling up," says Drew J. Kaplan, Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing.

The full terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, but what is known is Channel Island customers will continue to be billed under Channel Island Internet for a period of time until the companies choose a new name or use ISWest as the main company. Both companies together push the annual sales of ISWest over approximately $1 million. This Merger will reduce the companies' expenses by a minimum of 30%.

The transition is expected to be smooth and virtually problem free. Robert Johnson, President of ISWest comments "Their should be no service interruption of the existing Channel Island customer during our merge and upgrade of the Channel Island infrastructure. We intend on upgrading all of the equipment that will remain in our new Ventura facility over the next few months to ensure a level of service that will be second to none."

What this means to the customers is bigger buying power, better customer support, more enhanced Internet products/services and Internet Specialties West commitment to provide customers with the best the Internet has to offer.

As the big Internet companies are consolidating such as America Online (NYSE:AOL) and Netscape (NASDAQ:NSCP), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Infoseek Corp. (NASDAQ:SEEK) and many others, so are the privately held smaller companies.

If you have any questions or would like any other information concerning this merger please contact Drew Kaplan @ x103 or e-mail him at drewk@iswest.net. Internet Specialties West, Inc. (www.iswest.com) is a privately held Corporation located at 31194 La Baya Dr., Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361.