Delivery Faster Than You Can Say Overnight On Accuship.com.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000 Accuship Offers Nationwide Same-Day Shipping through NextJet(sm) Alliance Accuship.com, the world's leading Web-enabled enterprise shipping solution, and NextJet, Inc. have formed an alliance that brings Next-Jet-Out shipping, the fastest delivery method between distant points, to Accuship.com customers. By selecting NextJet as a shipping provider, Accuship.com clients will be given the option of delivery by the fastest means possible. NextJet achieves this speed with its proprietary technology that automatically selects the optimal route for each package. The system evaluates 30,000 commercial airline flights and a network of more than 300 ground courier A monospaced typeface originating from the typewriter that is commonly used for letters. It is still considered by many to be the "appropriate" typeface for business correspondence. companies to determine the optimal routing, pricing and delivery. This service will be available through Accuship.com in the third quarter of 2000. "Offering our customers same-day delivery anywhere 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. furthers our strategy of providing our Fortune 1000 customers the most comprehensive shipping solution available," said Mason Kauffman, chairman and chief executive officer of Accuship.com. "Whether delivering sensitive business documents or shipping computer components to a customer, NextJet's service can be an invaluable tool for same-day delivery between cities." Upon selection and ordering of the NextJet service, NextJet's digital transit management system instantly connects a network of couriers and commercial airlines to provide a door-to-door expedited delivery, 24-hours-a-day. Packages are then picked up from the client and delivered the same day to the recipient almost anywhere in North America. In addition, Accuship.com and NextJet have developed special interfaces to make communication between their respective technology solutions invisible to Accuship.com customers. "Businesses are demanding fast, reliable shipping solutions to round out their e-commerce transactions," said Steve O'Brien, co-chief executive officer of NextJet, Inc. "In the past, deliveries of this nature were difficult to arrange and were fraught fraught adj. 1. Filled with a specified element or elements; charged: an incident fraught with danger; an evening fraught with high drama. 2. with complications. With NextJet, customers can arrange same-day, Next-Jet-Out nationwide delivery instantly from their desktops." About NextJet NextJet, "the fastest package delivery system in the world," offers same-day, door-to-door delivery service for businesses and individuals that require rapid response. NextJet's groundbreaking technology evaluates millions of potential shipment possibilities and automatically selects the most efficient routing option. Through its digital transit management system, NextJet utilizes a nationwide force of couriers and the commercial airlines to carry packages from pick-up point to final destination. The company's technology also seamlessly integrates into existing e-commerce sites at the point of purchase, providing customers the fastest delivery possible. Founded in February 1999, NextJet is backed by Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. , Muse, Tate & Furst, a leading private equity firm, and Rare Medium Group (Nasdaq:RRRR RRRR Raritan River Rail Road RRRR Rare Medium Corp. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ). The NextJet service is available at nextjet.com and 888/NEXTJET. For more information, visit www.nextjet.com. About Accuship.com Accuship.com provides an enterprise-wide shipping application via the Internet. It is the only company offering a multi-carrier business-to-business solution that integrates shipping, tracking, auditing and reporting capabilities to optimize optimize - optimisation the entire shipping process from carrier selection through online bill presentment and payment See EBPP. . 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