Clarification of the Sale of Cybersurf's Vancouver Subscriber Base to Internet Direct.CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1999-- Due to the overwhelming number of inquiries regarding the sale of Cybersurf's (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :CY.) Vancouver subscriber base, Cybersurf wishes to clarify a press release issued by Internet Direct Internet Direct, also known as "Indy", is a free software / open source socket library written in Object Pascal, an object-oriented version of Pascal. It includes clients, servers, TCP, UDP, and raw sockets, as well as over 100 higher level protocols implementations such as SMTP, on June 1st, 1999. Internet Direct stated that it has completed the subscriber base acquisitions of Cybersurf Corp. Internet Direct purchased a small portion of Cybersurf's regular dial-up subscriber base, and has not in fact acquired Cybersurf's entire subscriber base. None of the subscribers sold to Internet Direct belong to the 3web Network (Cybersurf's free Internet and Email service See Internet e-mail service. ). In anticipation of a Vancouver launch of 3web, Cybersurf sold its Vancouver subscriber base of approximately six hundred (600) users to Internet Direct. Unlike 3web subscribers, those sold to Internet Direct are regular dial-up users who still pay for Internet access See how to access the Internet. . Cybersurf's subscriber base of 3web users is nearing one hundred thousand (100,000) in Alberta alone, making it one of the largest Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (and the only free Internet service An ISP that provides access to the Internet without charge to the user. The service is supported by advertising which appears on a special version of the user's browser and cannot be eliminated. NetZero (www.netzero. ) in Canada. 3web's subscriber base in Calgary and Edmonton is currently growing at a rate of 300 new users per day. The 3web Network is a proprietary software application that was developed by Cybersurf Interactive Media, a division of Cybersurf Corp. It offers its Calgary and Edmonton users a powerful and secure portal to anywhere on the World Wide Web, as well as Email and E-commerce functionality. The 3web Network is subsidized by commercial advertising, and is 100 percent free to the user. Cybersurf's proprietary 3web advertisement-supported technology is unlike any other in existence, in that it brings highly targeted, demographically-specific advertising to the user's desktop. While traditional portals spawn advertising within a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. (making it easy to bypass), 3web's portal operates independently of any Web browser and can never be hidden or disabled. No matter where the user travels on the Internet, 3web's advertising is always visible. It is because of this feature that advertisers on 3web can be guaranteed exact impressions and can target highly specific demographic profiles. To view examples of 3web in context with Netscape's browser, simply visit www.3web.net/screenshots. If you wish to have a better understanding of Cybersurf's proprietary technology, and of the 3web Network's intelligent advertising capabilities, visit www.3web.net/overview to download the full 3web interactive overview (56MB). Cybersurf is a communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. in the business of developing and marketing innovative software and connectivity tools. At Cybersurf, our goals are to enhance the use of telecommunications hardware and to develop unique software, which has substantial potential for businesses and consumers. The Alberta Stock Exchange Alberta Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein. |
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