Beansprout Networks to Offer Free Internet Access Through 1stUp.com.Business Technology Editors & Health/Medical Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--July 10, 2000 Innovative Access Offering Enables Families with Young Children to Connect with Their Own Pediatrician and Child Care Provider Beansprout Networks(R), the first online hub solely focused on enabling pediatricians and child care professionals to enhance interactions with the families they serve announced today that it now offers free Internet access See how to access the Internet. through an agreement with 1stUp.com Corporation, a leading provider of sponsor-supported Internet access solutions and a majority-owned operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) , Inc. Beansprout now provides free, unlimited web access virtually anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. Consumers can immediately download the free Internet application from the Beansprout web site at www.beansprout.net. Beginning August 1, 2000, Beansprout will distribute 500,000 free Internet access CDs per month to families with young children through OBGYN OBGYN Obstetrics and Gynecology offices, maternity wards, pediatrician practices and child care centers nationwide. Under the program, Beansprout.net is branded on the computer desktop and Beansprout.net is defaulted as the home page. The program also allows families with young children to receive free, unlimited Internet access in exchange for keeping 1stUp.com's compact, movable navigation bar A set of buttons or graphic images typically in a row or column used as a central point that link you to major topic sections on a Web site. If the navigation bar is a single graphic image with multiple selections, it is known as an imagemap. See imagemap. on their screens during the free online sessions. While Beansprout does not provide any advertisements or sponsorships on the websites it builds for pediatricians and child care professionals, 1stUp.com's navigation bar presents users with small advertisements as well as convenient links to leading sites. Ronald Lipof, Beansprout Chief Strategic Officer noted, "We are excited to be working with 1stUp.com to provide free Internet access for families with young children. This free access, coupled with Beansprout's proprietary content and interactive web tools, allows families with young children to instantly connect with their own pediatrician and their own child care provider." Beansprout is the latest distribution partner to implement 1stUp.com's advanced technical solution. 1stUp.com's patent-pending technology also powers the popular AltaVista Free Access, FreeLane by Excite, and Lycos Free Internet Access. "Through our relationships with Beansprout and other leading consumer brands, 1stUp.com is helping lead the private label Internet access movement," said Jonah Steinhart, vice president of marketing and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. at 1stUp.com. "Beansprout can now take advantage of 1stUp.com's nationwide, reliable dial-up network (1) The switched telephone network regulated by government and administered by common carriers. Also called "plain old telephone system" (POTS) and "public switched telephone network" (PSTN). (2) A network that can be accessed remotely via analog modems or ISDN. and the 1stUp.com technology, which enables Beansprout to integrate content and branding into an impressive Internet service offering and establish a constant online connection with consumers. This potent blend of high performance connectivity and quality content is competitive with any free or fee-based Internet service on the market today." About Beansprout Networks Beansprout Networks(R) is the first online hub solely focused on enabling pediatricians and child care professionals to enhance interactions with the families they serve and the vendors that serve them. Beansprout utilizes the benefits of today's technology to enhance the interaction between those who care for children and the families they serve by providing (1) PCs, Internet connectivity and free customizable websites to pediatricians and licensed child care providers and (2) free Internet access for families with young children. Beansprout is staffed by professionals from the pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. and child care fields, enabling the company to supply relevant and credible resources to families and providers. The Beansprout Marketplace(SM) provides for the exchange of information, goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. for pediatricians, child care providers and families with vendors. Beansprout is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.beansprout.net. About 1stUp.com 1stUp.com, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc., is a market leader in providing online and offline brand names with private label Internet access solutions and innovative advertising technology. 1stUp.com's patent-pending technology enables its distribution partners to brand, market and distribute free and cost-effective Internet services to their customers. Multiple leading ISPs support 1stUp.com's extensive ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. network to provide reliable connectivity. The 1stUp.com network is the largest in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. based on total dial-up numbers and delivers reliable Internet access to over 95 percent of the U.S. and Canada. 1stUp.com powers Internet access solutions for leading brands like AltaVista, Excite@Home, Lycos, Gratis1 by StarMedia, and more than 100 additional brands. By aggregating the more than 3.5 million registered subscribers of its distribution partners, 1stUp.com is able to pass along the benefits of optimal connectivity costs and advertising revenues to its distribution partners. For more information, visit www.1stup.com. 1stUp.com Corporation is located at 575 Market St., Suite 1000, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA 94105. Telephone: 415-293-4700. This release contains forward-looking statements that address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits of the agreement between 1stUp and Beansprout and the expected capabilities of Beansprout to offer free Internet access and related services. The following important factors and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: 1stUp's products and technologies may not successfully interoperate with those of Beansprout; 1stUp's business model is dependent upon advertising and may be adversely affected by the adoption of new laws New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. and regulations affecting the provision of Internet advertising services, including laws and regulations covering privacy, pricing and content; and increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which 1stUp competes. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the most recently ended fiscal year. 1stUp and 1stUp.com are trademarks of 1stUp.com Corporation. All other products and services mentioned may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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