CBQ, Inc. (OTC BB:CBQI) The E-Business Marketplace, announced
today that CBQ will offer free Internet service through a partnership
with 1stUp.com Corporation, a leading provider of ad-supported
Internet access solutions and a majority-owned operating company of
CMGI, Inc.
The completely free, unlimited Web access will be available to
CBQ's users virtually anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. This service,
coupled with CBQ's own Prioritylink.net portal, is designed with the
business user in mind. Employees, owners and customers of small and
medium sized business will be able to download the 700k free Internet
application from the Prioritylink.net Web site at
www.prioritylink.net. Users will receive free, unlimited access in
exchange for keeping a compact, movable navigation bar on their
screens during the free online session. This navigation bar will
present users with small advertisements as well as convenient links to
all of CBQ's Internet properties and other leading Web sites.
"We continue to work towards setting CBQ apart from the many
e-commerce related Internet companies that are servicing small and
medium sized business," said John Harris, CEO of CBQ. "CBQ now offers
a bundle of services that includes broadband DSL access, custom portal
content, free email, electronic funds transfer, credit card clearing,
auction technology, biometrically secured transactions provided by LCI
Smartpen and now, free dial-up access to the Internet. I don't believe
there is any company on the market today that is offering all of these
services under one umbrella."
"1stUp.com's leading-edge free access offering will enable CBQ's
small and medium sized business customers to quickly and easily set up
free Internet accounts for all their employees -- saving time and
money for these businesses," said Jonah Steinhart, executive vice
president of marketing for 1stUp.com. "We have a strong commitment to
delivering partners like CBQ the finest free access technology on the
market today."
About 1stUp.com
1stUp.com, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc.
(Nasdaq:CMGI), is the market leader in providing consumer-oriented
businesses with ad-supported Internet access solutions. 1stUp.com
provides patent-pending technology that enables its partners to brand,
market and distribute leading edge, cost-effective Internet services
to their customers. The 1stUp.com solution enables consumers to
receive unlimited, free Internet access in exchange for keeping a
compact, sponsor-oriented navigation bar on their computer screen.
Multiple leading ISPs support 1stUp.com's premium network, which
delivers free, reliable Internet access to over 90 percent of the U.S.
and Canada. 1stUp.com's first partner, AltaVista Company, gained over
1,000,000 free access subscribers and became the seventh largest ISP
in the country after just four months of offering the 1stUp.com
service. Aggregating the end-user bases of AltaVista and other
partners, 1stup.com has the buying power of multiple brands and is
able to pass along the benefits of optimal connectivity costs and
advertising revenues to its partners.
For more information, visit www.1stup.com.
About CBQ
CBQ, Inc. The E-Business Marketplace, is a total end-to-end
provider for implementing customer driven e-business solutions.
Through its subsidiaries, Cyberquest, Inc., Reliance Technologies,
Inc. and Priority One Electronic Commerce Corp. it can design,
implement, host, build traffic and process payments for its customers
e-business initiatives. Its newest subsidiary, CBQcare.net, provides a
Web-based health care management system with applications such as
practice management software for patient scheduling, referrals,
messaging, charting, insurance claim generation, prescription and
formulary management. For more information, visit www.cbq.com or
www.cbqcare.net.
This news release includes forward-looking statements related to
CBQ Inc. that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not
limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results, the management of
growth, market acceptance of certain products and other risks. These
forward-looking statements are made in reliance on the "safe-harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
For further information about these factors that could affect CBQ's
future results, see the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Prospective investors are
cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance. Actual results may differ materially from management
expectations.
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CONTACT: CBQ, Inc., Dallas
John Harris, 972/732-1100
investors@cbq.com
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