Cybersurf's 3web Network Becomes Largest ISP In Calgary.CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999-- Cybersurf (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) is pleased to announce that its 3web Network has become the largest 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. in Calgary, with a continuous user base in excess of 60,000. Since its Calgary launch on August 8th, 1998, 3web has seen a new user subscriber rate of several hundred per day, and Cybersurf projects 100,000 continuous users by summer. Cybersurf is currently negotiating new points of distribution for 3web's free installation CDs in Calgary and Edmonton. The 3web software is currently available on CD ROM CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory at Cybersurf headquarters in Calgary, and as a free download at http://www.3web.net. The free 3web software has been made more accessible to the public by placing it on http://www.3web.net. Calgarians who currently use an existing paid-for Internet service can now download the full (3web plus Netscape communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. ) or partial (3web only) software suite and never pay for Internet access See how to access the Internet. again. Recently the 3web.net site was modified enabling users to download the 3web version 2.0 software suite. This feature not only enables Cybersurf to distribute the software without underlying cost but it also enables Cybersurf to track the previous ISP's of each person downloading the software. This information has shown increased awareness and that the 3web Network is equal or superior to all other ISPs, including some of 3web's high-speed competitors, as an enhanced Internet Provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider . The results of the aforementioned statistics can be seen on the site at http://www.3web.net/statistics.html 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 per cent 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 http://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 http://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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