INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1999--BrowseSafe.com
(OTC BB:PGPG), developer and provider of PlanetGood, a software
browser that offers safety, freedom and choice while online, today
announced agreements with five new partners, including four Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) and the Martinsville, IN, Public School
System. The partnerships exemplify the growing number of ISPs and
educational institutions that understand the value of offering a
secure environment for Internet browsing.
"With PlanetGood, we are providing ISPs with an effective and
simple solution to meet the safety concerns of the parents and school
administrators they serve," said Ted O'Brien, Vice President of Sales
& Marketing for BrowseSafe.com. "This is in keeping with
BrowseSafe.com's mission to empower parents and educators with the
ultimate decision of what is accessible to children when they are on
the Web."
According to research published by Jupiter Communications in June
of 1999, 68 percent of parents are concerned about the content their
children are exposed to while surfing the Internet. Also reported, 53
percent of parents online are willing to pay an additional monthly fee
to their service providers to protect their children while they are
online. Providing a means of safe Internet browsing to just 20 percent
of the parents who would pay an additional monthly fee presents
BrowseSafe.com with a revenue opportunity in excess of $150 million
for this market segment alone. BrowseSafe.com's ISP partners also
benefit by offering customers the most secure and comprehensive
browsing technology available as a monthly service add-on.
Through the agreement, BrowseSafe.com's PlanetGood browser will
be offered to ISP customers serviced by Internet Xpress of Collville,
WA, Buggs Island of Bracey, VA, WorldShare of Cincinnati, OH, and
TurboNet of Claremont, NH. These four companies join the list more
than 30 of BrowseSafe.com's ISP partners who understand the value of
offering a safe way for families to browse the Internet. In turn, the
providers offer a broad base of more than 2 million loyal Internet
customers to whom BrowseSafe.com can market its PlanetGood product.
BrowseSafe.com also has signed a letter of intent to provide safe
Internet access for the Martinsville, IN, Public School System. The
agreement marks the beginning of a new initiative by BrowseSafe.com to
expand its marketing efforts to include the U.S. education system.
BrowseSafe, PlanetGood, PlanetWow, PlanetCool, and PlanetHome are
registered trademarks of BrowseSafe.com, Inc. All rights reserved. All
other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Certain information included in this communication (as well as
information included in oral statements made by BrowseSafe.com)
contains statements that are forward looking, such as statements
relating to further anticipated direction of Internet industry, plans
for further expansion, various business development activities,
planned capital expenditures, funding resources, anticipated sales
growth and potential contracts. These forward-looking statements are
subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual operations or results to differ materially from
those anticipated. |
