MindSpring Acquires Cyber Connections Subscribers
Business Wire - October 14, 1998 17:32
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998--MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPG) today announced it has purchased the consumer dial-up Internet subscribers of Cyber Connections, Inc.
of Atlanta. MindSpring is a national Internet service provider. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. This is the sixteenth subscriber acquisition MindSpring has announced this year.
"MindSpring is proud that Cyber Connections decided to move its subscribers to our service," said Cliff Bryant, MindSpring's director of acquisitions. "We will do everything within our power to meet or
exceed the service they have received from Cyber Connections."
In transitioning to MindSpring's award-winning service, each Cyber Connections subscriber will receive the MindSpring Starter Kit, which includes MindSpring's user access interface and a complete suite of
Internet software for Windows 95, Windows 3.x, or Macintosh; a comprehensive User's Guide; and access to MindSpring's 24-hour toll-free technical support service. Transition of the Cyber Connections
subscribers should be complete within 60 days.
About MindSpring
MindSpring is a leading Internet service provider focused on delivering outstanding service and support to its customers. By following its core values and beliefs, MindSpring is committed to doing an
exceptional job of serving its customers, its employees, its owners and its community. MindSpring's dial-up subscribers can browse the World Wide Web, send electronic mail, participate in informative online
chats and access over 20,000 newsgroups. MindSpring offers local Internet service in more than 375 locations throughout the United States. MindSpring is also a leading provider of Web hosting, Web design
and domain registration services. For more information, contact MindSpring at 1-888-MSPRING or visit the Web site at mindspring.net.
In November 1997, MindSpring earned CNET: The Computer Network's "Buy It" recommendation as the national ISP providing the best value. Ranking ISPs in December 1997, PC World named
MindSpring the ISP with the best customer support, noting MindSpring "gives its users the moon," then presented MindSpring with its "World Class Award for Best ISP" in July 1998. Smart Money magazine
called MindSpring "The Better Option" to AOL in February 1998, followed by a "Best Buy" recommendation from Smart Money Interactive in June 1998. MindSpring was given Home Office Computing's
"Best Buy" for Web Hosting in its April 1998 issue. FamilyPC, in its July 1998 issue, named MindSpring's home page the "Best ISP Start Page." Upside Magazine said MindSpring "understands the value of
service, community and brand in the cold world of the Net," in its February 1998 analysis of the top 150 technology companies in the United States.
CONTACT: MindSpring Enterprises Inc., Atlanta
Tammy Atkins, 404/287-0889, tatkins@mindspring.net
Elizabeth Castleman, 404/287-0895, ecastle@mindspring.net
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