Everyones Internet --EV1.net-- to Rollout DSL Service in 22 Texas Cities; Texas' Largest Independent ISP Makes Major DSL Push Across State.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000

Everyones Internet (http://www.ev1.net) -- the largest independent Internet Service Provider in Texas, today announced its plans to rollout Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service to 22 cities across the state of Texas at a monthly rate of "Just 30 Bucks"(TM).

As the latest step in Everyones' strategy to leverage its reputation and position as the largest ISP in Texas, the company has announced plans to begin the phased rollout of DSL service to 22 major Texas cities including Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Midland/Odessa, Lubbock, Brownsville, Beaumont/Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, Amarillo, Longview/Marshall, Wichita Falls, Abilene and Waco. This rollout will begin on April 1st with completion expected in early June.

The company will be one of the first major DSL providers in many areas it enters over the next few months. Notably, Everyones Internet plans to be the first company of any size to provide DSL service in the cities of Brownsville, Longview/Marshall and Waco.

"During the past 18 months, Everyones Internet has built a loyal following among Internet users across Texas and beyond," says Robert Marsh, CEO of Everyones Internet Inc. "We build our business on the basis of high quality customer service and extremely competitive pricing. Our "Just 10 Bucks(TM) per month" is simply the best Internet value available. Now we are following up on our earlier successes by launching DSL service for "Just 30 Bucks"(TM) per month. Based on our research we expect to have more than 15,000 new DSL subscribers online by the end of this year."

The terms of Everyones' DSL service are $30 per month for the DSL connection and a one-time Line Provisioning Fee of $69. Installation, Internet Service and the necessary DSL Modem will be available at no additional cost.

Everyones Internet's primary competitor is Southwestern Bell (NYSE:DSW). "Everyones Internet's Just 30 Bucks(TM) offer `blows away' Southwestern Bell's current promotional price of $39.95 per month. Our substantially lower price combined with a superior features set, such as unlimited e-mail accounts and 300 megabytes of web space (100 times more than SWB), easily make the Everyones Internet offer simply the best DSL value available anywhere," says Marsh.

Everyones' Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology provides upload speeds of 144K (compared to SWB's 128K) and download speeds of up to 1.5M (depending upon the subscriber's location in relation to the central telephone office), many times more bandwidth than a traditional 56K telephone line or ISDN Internet connection. The additional bandwidth can be used to support all types of bandwidth-intensive applications such as remote access to local area networks, videoconferencing, virtual private networks, realtime video and voice services. Since both voice and data travel over the same physical line, the DSL user can surf the Internet and talk on the phone at the same time.

According to the renowned technology research firm The Yankee Group, it is currently estimated that demand for high-speed Internet (HSI) access, primarily DSL and Cable Modem will grow from 3.3 million residential subscribers this year to 16.6 million by the end of 2004. More importantly, while the cable industry is expected to continue to lead the HSI market over the next five years, its market share is expected to shrink to about 58% by the end of 2004.

Everyones Internet is a rapidly growing Houston-based Internet and DSL Service Provider that specializes in providing customer focused solutions combined with extremely competitive pricing. The company currently offers service to customers in Texas, California and Nevada, and is the largest ISP in Houston, Texas. Its subscribers receive 24 hour 7 day a week customer service as well as added benefits including unlimited e-mail addresses and 300 MB of web space, all for "Just 10 Bucks"(TM) per month paid monthly. More information on Everyones Internet may be found on the company's web site at: http://www.ev1.net.

Other leading Internet Service Providers include, Internet America (Nasdaq:GEEK), Flashnet (Nasdaq:FLAS), OneMain.com (Nasdaq:ONEM), Voyager Internet (OTCBB:VIGC) and Earthlink Network Inc. (Nasdaq:ELNK). Everyones' competitors in the provision of DSL service include Southwestern Bell (NYSE:DSW), Northpoint Communications (Nasdaq:NPNT), Covad Communications (Nasdaq:COVD) and Rhythms NetCommunications (Nasdaq:RTHM).

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