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To: David Wiggins who wrote (1917)	9/9/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: David Wiggins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3175

PrimeCo and Voyager.net Announce Promotional Agreement MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1999--PrimeCo Personal Communications, L.P., the premier regional provider of PCS/wireless service, and Voyager.net, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOYN - news), a leading full-service Internet provider focused on the Midwest, today announced a major marketing and promotional agreement designed to jointly promote PrimeCo service and Voyager.net's service which operates under the ExecPC brand in Wisconsin. The agreement offers a 10 percent discount off the monthly access charge for any Voyager.net customer who purchases and activates a PrimeCo phone and service. In addition, PrimeCo customers can receive a discount on the annual charge for unlimited service through Voyager.net. The special offer is available immediately. ``The relationship with Voyager.net--a company on the forefront of their industry--demonstrates PrimeCo's effort to reward its customers in ways that are relevant to their interests,' said Eric Schaefer, Wisconsin Area Director for PrimeCo. ``We are very pleased to have forged this cooperative marketing effort with PrimeCo,' said Tony Paalz, Voyager.net's Senior Vice President of Marketing. ``This relationship will ensure value added service for both PrimeCo and Voyager.net customers.' PrimeCo will inform its customers of the Voyager.net offer via its unique text messaging service, monthly bill statements, its quarterly customer newsletter and on the PrimeCo web site at primeco.com. Voyager.net customers will receive information on the offer via e-mail and banners at the home.execpc.com site. About PrimeCo PrimeCo Personal Communications, which is owned by Vodafone AirTouch PLC and Bell Atlantic, provides digital wireless service in more than 35 major cities in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. The company has PCS licenses covering about 40 million potential customers in 10 major trading areas and has 3,500 employees. At the end of the second quarter 1999, PrimeCo had over 1.2 million subscribers. PrimeCo phones and service are sold through the company's 115 stores and kiosks, its business-to-business direct sales force, over 2,300 indirect retailers and its toll-free telephone sales line 1-(800)-PRIMECO(SM). The address for PrimeCo's interactive web site is primeco.com. About Voyager.net Voyager.net is the largest Internet service provider focused on the Midwestern United States, with approximately 240,000 subscribers. Serving residential and business customers, the Company operates the largest dial-up Internet network in the Midwest in terms of geographic coverage, with Voyager.net-owned points of presence in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota. Voyager.net services include dial-up Internet access, high-speed dedicated business connectivity, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services, high-speed cable modem access, Web hosting, electronic commerce, server co-location and long distance phone services. Additional service and pricing information is available at voyager.net. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which in some cases are beyond the control of Voyager.net and, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.