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To: QuietWon who wrote (54038)	2/10/1999 8:47:00 AM
From: Probart	Respond to of 119973

SIRC, another of Joe's old picks moving ahead. Keep an eye on this one today. WebQuill to Provide Dial-Up Internet Access and Web Hosting to California ISP's Customer Base STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999--Sirco International Corp. (NASDAQ: SIRC - news) announced today that its Internet services subsidiary, WebQuill Internet Services LLC., has reached an agreement to become the underlying Internet Service Provider for CompuNet Technologies, a California based ISP. Included in the services to be provided by WebQuill are dial-up Internet access, Web hosting and Web design. WebQuill will provide Internet access service to these customers through its previously announced nationwide dial-up access network. Henry Azer, president of WebQuill stated, ''Under this relationship, CompuNet will continue to provide customer service and billing to its customers. As part of our nationwide expansion plans, we have specifically targeted California. Within our nationwide footprint, the state of California's coverage is as extensive as any state. In addition to increasing our customer base and expanding into wholesale services, CompuNet's ability to provide west coast customer service will facilitate the growth of additional business within the state. We hope that the agreement will serve as a model for future agreements with other small to medium sized regional ISPs.'' WebQuill Internet Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sirco International Corp., provides dial-up and dedicated Internet access, Web design, Web hosting and E-Commerce development, hosting and fulfillment, to small, medium and large businesses. Sirco International Corp. is a diversified publicly traded company with operations organized into two divisions. Sirco's telecommunications division focuses on developing integrated local and long distance telephone and Internet services in the converging communications industry. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The company's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, among others, general economic and business conditions; industry trends; changes in demand for the company's product; the timing of orders received from customers; dependence on third party sources of supply; the loss of licenses; availability of management; availability, terms and deployment of capital; and changes in state or federal government regulations of telecommunications services. Contact: Sirco International Corp., Stamford Joel Dupre, 203/359-4100 jdupre@sircointl.com or WebQuill Internet Services LLP Henry Azer, 203/750-1000 haz@webquill.com