For Net Entrepreneurs, Hosting Without the Hassle; Internet Infrastructure Start-Up Offers Simpler Path to Online Presence.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000

Net entrepreneurs get their start with the Big Idea. But getting that idea out from inside their head and on the Web -- that can be a real frustration.

NoMonthlyFees.com, a service from California start-up MPC Internetworks, promises to change all that.

The premise is simple. Pay once, and don't pay much. Then interact directly with your hosting account, put whatever you like on the Web, and don't deal with intermediaries -- unless you want to.

NoMonthlyFees.com is gambling that combining a hassle-free pricing model with low-cost web hosting will pay off big-time in the burgeoning business-to-business Internet space. The dot-com plans to expand from 5,500 to 100,000 hosting clients, in the process becoming the Internet's fourth largest domain name registrar. MPC Internetworks already has hosting clients in more than 25 countries.

The service works like this: the Net user pays a one-time registration fee of $200, and then $35 annually -- which includes a .com, .net, or .org domain name.

Unlike other hosting solutions, NoMonthlyFees.com doesn't force clients to show banner advertising, and doesn't try to lock in users before they know what's up: the automatic online sign-up is followed by a 10-day free trial, and a 72 hour transition period.

Analysts are expected to watch NoMonthlyFees.com closely: the provider's business model, a combination of high-volume pricing and low-risk dependability, has not yet been attempted.

"We're trying something new," agreed MPC CEO James Williamson, "And we think its time is here. For Web entrepreneurs, hosting has so far been a risky business -- pay the big boys or deal with shoddy service. We don't have those disadvantages."

NoMonthlyFees.com provides full hosting, telnet/ssh and ftp access with 200 megabyte accounts, and guarantees 99.9% uptime along with its continuous (24/7) technical support.

Through a quality infrastructure, the service is connected to the Internet through redundant T-3 backbone connections across the U.S. -- the global Internet's nerve center -- and operates state-of-the-art Network Operations Centers with raised flooring, Halon fire protection, redundant uninterruptible power supplies, and industrial ten-ton air conditioners to regulate environmental conditions.

The fast-growing service has announced an affiliate program with www.BeFree.com, a major online provider whose other distributors include AOL, Compaq, and Network Solutions. MPC Internetworks is a member of the Better Business Bureau and of the E-commerce Reporting Association. For more information on NoMonthlyFees.com, please contact:

Peter Quast, MPC Internetworks, Inc. tel: [phone] email: [e-mail]