To: N/E PATSFAN who wrote (8846 ) 8/22/2000 8:11:41 AM From: Galirayo Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9262 [ DSLN ] NEPF ... I don't know .. What's up with DSLN .. but it's 36% up Pre Market. Something is that's for sure. EDIT .. Found it ... More Big Blue Deals !! Maybe we better buy Big Blue???biz.yahoo.com Related Quotes DSLN 3 +0 delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Tuesday August 22, 8:03 am Eastern Time Press Release IBM, DSL.net Team to Deliver Faster, Easier Internet Access and Services for IBM Small Business WebConnections Customers NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 22, 2000--IBM (NYSE: IBM - news) and DSL.net, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSLN - news), a direct national provider of high speed data communications and Internet solutions, today announced plans to enhance IBM's flagship Small Business WebConnections offering by providing customers with more options and greater benefits, while expanding marketplace opportunities. DSL.net will become a bandwidth provider to IBM, offering digital subscriber line (DSL) access and services to IBM's small business customers. DSL.net provides a business-class DSL service that features a constant, high-performance connection to the Internet with guaranteed access speeds up to 25 times faster than dial-up. Under the agreement with IBM, DSL.net's reliable, ``always-on'' DSL service will be included as part of the IBM Small Business WebConnections solution in selected US markets. IBM Small Business WebConnections is a monthly subscription offering that provides all the necessary hardware, software, and ISP and e-business services a small business needs to connect to the Internet and become an e-business. It includes a local appliance server - the toaster-sized IBM Whistle InterJet -- for file sharing, e-mail, and firewall protection; a unique ``dot.com'' address for each customer, full business-class ISP service at high speeds, hosting and e-commerce. WebConnections includes Internet connections via analog, ISDN, or DSL. Everything is backed by 24x7 telephone technical support. Subscriptions to support up to 100 users start at a low $99 a month. The DSL packages start at $219. Ray