SARASOTA, Fla., Sep 7, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Beachaccess.net, a wholly owned
subsidiary of BioFiltrations Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:BIFS), publicly unveiled
SWOMI(TM), its new high-speed wireless Internet access technology, at the Dupont
CoolMax World Amateur golf tournament held August 27 through September 1 in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. SWOMI(TM), which stands for Seamless, Wireless,
Omni-directional Mobile Internet, utilizes neighborhood radio towers to provide
continuous mobile Internet access at a speed of 2,048 kilobits per second.
The Myrtle Beach Convention Center acted under agreement with Beachaccess.net to
provide the tournament a wireless link to the Internet. Paul T. Edwards, the
convention center's general manager, and Jay Knabb, CEO of Beachaccess.net,
deemed the event, which hosted 5,000 golfers, an excellent arena to demonstrate
SWOMI(TM)'s unique capabilities to the public. The SWOMI(TM) system was used in
downloading and retrieving 5,000 individual scores from over 70 golf courses
each day during the four-day event. The system furthermore enabled the computers
used to access the scores to be transported from one location to another without
losing the hookup.
"I was generally impressed with the whole process," commented Mr. Edwards. "The
team from Beachaccess.net had the system installed and operating in just three
days. The SWOMI(TM) system was used in conjunction with our in-house Internet
system and proved to be much faster in performing functions. Our client was
impressed with the speed and technology provided by SWOMI(TM). Beachaccess.net
employees provided complete support during the event and were very professional
in every respect."
"We are very pleased with SWOMI(TM)'s performance during the tournament," said
Jay Knabb. "The event served as our first opportunity to display to a broad
audience the unique properties and unprecedented speed of SWOMI(TM). I think we
have shown that the system is viable and that its potential applications are
immense in scope. We look forward to our roll out to residents and the business
community of Myrtle Beach later this year."
Beachaccess.net, a wholly owned subsidiary of BioFiltration Systems, Inc.
(OTCBB:BIFS), is an Internet service provider based in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina. SWOMI(TM), Beachaccess.net 's new high-speed wireless Internet access
system, is currently being marketed to hotels, resorts and convention centers in
North and South Carolina. The system, which allows information to be transmitted
and received at 2,048 kbps or 2 Mbps, will be available to business and
residential customers in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area by late fall, 2000.
The SWOMI(TM) logo may be viewed at www.swomi.com.
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