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Rocky Mountain Internet Names Jeremy Black to Vice President and General Manager of Infohiway Business Wire - August 07, 1998 06:19 DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1998--Rocky Mountain Internet Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap Market: RMII, RMIIW) announced today it has appointed Jeremy Black to the position of vice president and general manager of Infohiway. "Jeremy brings a wealth of expertise to Rocky Mountain Internet and will play a key role in making Infohiway a marquee product for RMI," said Douglas H. Hanson, chairman, president and CEO of RMI. Jeremy Black is the former CEO of Infohiway, a Denver-based search engine acquired by RMI in June 1998. As vice president and general manager of Infohiway, he will direct all activities related to corporate Web site consulting. Previously, Black served as president of Advanced Investment Software and executive vice president for Wilson Associates International, also a software firm. He has lectured at a number of colleges as an adjunct professor, and he is a sought-after speaker on Internet and financial topics. About Rocky Mountain Internet Rocky Mountain Internet (http://www.rmi.net) is a full-service, national telecommunications company providing Internet access, high-speed Internet access through wireless cable technology, Web development and hosting, network management, system integration, co-location services, local phone service and IP Telephony long distance to clients throughout the United States. The company's frame-relay backbone is one of the only Colorado-based Internet networks utilizing the industry-leading Cascade switching technology, with broadband B-STDX 9000 switches strategically placed throughout Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs to provide full network redundancy. An acquisition of Internet Communications Corp. is pending. In addition, RMI recently purchased Infohiway (www.infohiway.com), a cutting-edge search engine. Additionally, RMI acquired Seattle-based Application Methods, developer of an online commerce engine called E-Sell. RMI maintains strategic partnerships with such companies as American Telecasting Inc. (wireless cable), Frontier Corp. (long distance services), PSINet (Internet services), Vienna Systems (IP Telephony) and WinStar PacNet.