Freei.Net Offers Comprehensive New Portal Featuring Services FromInfoSpace.com
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SEATTLE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Freei.Net, the nation's leading free and anonymous Internet service provider, announced today that it now offers more than 1.5 million subscribers a new universe of information and customer services through an agreement with InfoSpace.com (Nasdaq: INSP), the leading provider of infrastructure services for consumers, merchants and wireless devices. This agreement with InfoSpace.com provides Freei.Net users with instant access to the most comprehensive consumer services available on the Internet today.
With services offered from InfoSpace.com powering the infrastructure, Freei.Net has created a new co-branded, content-rich portal that includes information such as white and yellow pages, stock quotes, national news headlines, and maps. The portal also serves up travel guides, city guides, games, classified ads, weather forecasts, services such as web-based address books and calendars, and online message boards.
"Using InfoSpace.com's infrastructure services, Freei.Net is able to offer more than one and a half million users one place to get all the services they need on the Internet," said InfoSpace chairman and CEO Naveen Jain. "By using InfoSpace.com's infrastructure, Freei.Net can be instantly in front of the pack in terms of infrastructure, scalability and vision."
Freei.Net president and CEO Bob McCausland concurs. "Freei.Net is always looking to offer its users an easier, faster, better online experience. InfoSpace gives our users instant access to a network of more than 2,100 websites. You can't get any easier than that."
About Freei.Net
Freei.Net is privately funded and is the sixth-largest Internet service provider in the nation with more than 1,500,000 subscribers. In addition to free Internet access with no time limits, Freei.Net provides subscribers with e-mail, news, chat, instant messaging, 50mb of online disk storage, and e-commerce options. Based in Seattle, Washington, Freei.Net is the leading free and anonymous ISP in the nation.
Availability
To find out if Freei.Net is available in a specific region or to sign up for the free Internet services, visit Freei.Net at www.freei.net. Users can download the service from the Internet or call 253-796-6505 to obtain a free CD-ROM. There is absolutely no charge for the service. Ever.
For More Information
Press: please contact Bridget Murtagh by phone at 253-796-6524 or by e-mail at bmurtagh@freei.net. Advertisers please contact sales@Freei.Net.
SOURCE Freei.Net
CO: Freei.Net ; InfoSpace.com
ST: Washington
IN: CPR MLM
SU: LIC
01/17/2000 12:31 EST prnewswire.com |
