Quicknet Technologies Seeds CTExpo Conference With High Quality Low Cost Internet Telephony.

Business Editors

CT Expo Spring 2000

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)

March 7, 2000

$200,000 Giveaway Puts Internet PhoneJACKs into the Hands of Every

Computer Telephony Expo Conference Delegate

Quicknet Technologies, Inc. the leader in low-density Internet Telephony products, announced today a give-away of it's award winning Internet PhoneJACK to every conference delegate at the Computer Telephony Expo in Los Angeles this week. By putting an Internet PhoneJACK into the hands of industry opinion and market leaders, Quicknet is accelerating the awareness and deployment of high quality Voice over IP applications and services.

By partnering with leading Internet telephony service providers, deltathree.com (NASDAQ:DDDC) and Net2Phone (NASDAQ:NTOP), Quicknet is the only supplier of voice over IP products for personal and small office use that provide viable real world choices. Quicknet's products also offer choice of additional services providers, operating systems and platforms. Whether desktop or mobile, Windows or Linux, PC-to-PC or PC-to-Phone, Quicknet products make it possible for users to choose what is best for them.

"Quicknet has built its reputation by bringing high quality Internet telephony within reach of small businesses and SOHO computer users," stated Stacey Reineccius, President and CEO of Quicknet Technologies, Inc. "Seeding industry opinion makers and market leaders who are attending the Computer Telephony Expo with our products lets the industry truly `HEAR THE DIFFERENCE' that Quicknet's products provide."

With Internet PhoneJACK, users simply pick up the telephone to make an Internet phone call, or answer the phone when it rings to receive an Internet phone call. Utilizing the proven Internet PhoneJACK telephone interface it is compatible with phone systems in over 175 countries worldwide.

Using Quicknet's award-winning hardware-based audio acceleration for unexcelled audio quality, Internet PhoneJACK sets the standard for high-quality, low-cost long distance Internet telephony. The hardware-based audio acceleration provides cell phone sound quality without burdening the computer's CPU, maximizing system performance. Unlike software-based Internet phone applications that use the computer's sound card, the Internet PhoneJACK is full-duplex, allowing users to talk and listen at the same time.

"By giving Internet PhoneJACKs to conference delegates, Quicknet demonstrates their commitment to improving the ease-of-use and call quality of Voice over IP," said Ed Margulies, Events Group Director for CMP Media Inc. "Partnering with Quicknet for this giveaway adds additional value to our delegates by equipping them to immediately apply the knowledge gained from the Computer Telephony Expo in their business.

The Internet PhoneJACK includes Quicknet's Internet SwitchBoard(tm) H.323 Internet Telephone Gateway Software. Offering the same technology as high-end gateway systems costing $10,000 and more, Internet SwitchBoard is a feature-rich Internet telephony product specifically designed for the SOHO and small business markets. Internet SwitchBoard works in conjunction with the hardware-based audio compression in the Internet PhoneJACK to dramatically improve the quality and utility of Internet telephony. In addition to providing exceptional clarity, Internet SwitchBoard reduces the annoying audio latency (delay) normally associated with Internet telephony to a point better than or equal to the quality of a cellular telephone call.

A full H.323 client, Internet SwitchBoard enables users to place calls to other H.323 applications and the most popular Internet telephone clients including the Microsoft NetMeeting client bundled with Windows, Net2Phone, and Cisco gateway systems.

The Internet PhoneJACK is H.323 audio compliant, and provides G.711, G.723.1, G.728, G.729a and TrueSpeech audio compression in hardware. Internet PhoneJACK requires a 486-66Mhz or faster computer with an available PCI slot.

About Quicknet Technologies, Inc.

Quicknet Technologies, Inc. has been the leading innovator in low density Internet telephony hardware and software since 1995. Quicknet Technologies, Inc. is a privately held company whose investors include Rare Medium Group Inc. (NASDAQ:RRRR) and Psion PLC (LONDON:PON), based in San Francisco specializing in the design and manufacture of low density Internet Telephony products for small businesses. Sold in over 175 countries around the world, Quicknet's products enable users to effectively boost their Internet telephone call quality and ease-of-use and are available to resellers directly through Quicknet and are available to end customers through dealers, distributors, and catalog superstores.

For more information, please call Quicknet at 415/864-5225, send e-mail to [e-mail], or visit Quicknet on the web at www.quicknet.net.