More good news: AT&T WorldNet Service Growing Faster Than the Industry Average
PR Newswire - February 10, 1999 11:27
Wins 'Best Buy' Award from PC World
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T WorldNet(R) Service today announced it is growing faster than the industry average and has received a "Best Buy" award from PC World magazine (March, 1999 issue) with an overall "outstanding" rating.
AT&T WorldNet Service increased its membership by 30 percent over the last 12 months, outperforming the industry average of 22* percent. The service added 100,000 new members in January bringing its membership to 1.5 million.
PC World magazine cited AT&T's "outstanding performance, easy installation, a comprehensive set of features and services, free start-up, and top-notch support policies."
Additionally, AT&T received the industry's top performance rating for the fifth consecutive
month from Inverse Network Technology (www.inversenet.com), an independent ISP evaluation
service. AT&T received an A+ rating for quickly connecting users to the Internet on the first try.
"These exceptional results are proof that AT&T WorldNet Service is the most compelling offer
of its kind in the industry. Consumers love its ease of use and rich features," said Daniel H.
Schulman, executive vice president of AT&T and president of segment marketing in the
company's consumer services unit.
"AT&T WorldNet Service is now even more compelling because it is part of AT&T Personal
Network, the groundbreaking communications package announced on Jan. 27 that offers
consumers different types of communications services at the same low rate on a single bill."
The AT&T Personal Network includes Internet access, wireless and wireline calls on a single
bill with a single customer care number. For a monthly fee of just $44.94, power users get 150
hours of AT&T WorldNet Internet access, a one-year subscription to the Wall Street Journal
Interactive Edition or GameHub and the same low rate of 10 cents a minute on all:
-- Local and domestic long distance digital wireless calls made from their
home wireless area and free voice mail with text messaging
and caller ID;
-- Long distance calls made from home within the United States and to
Canada, the U.K., and border cities in Mexico;
-- Domestic calls made with an AT&T calling card; and
-- Domestic calls made to an AT&T personal 800 number.
AT&T is adding capacity throughout its IP network to maintain its high performance ratings and
to accommodate the growth in subscribers. AT&T is adding capacity in 50 to 60 cities per month
and expects to significantly expand its dial-up Internet network this year with a major portion of
that expansion to be completed by the end of the second quarter.
About AT&T WorldNet Service
AT&T WorldNet Service (www.att.net), the largest direct Internet Service Provider in the U.S.,
serves 1.5 million members. It provides reliable, easy Internet access with six free e-mail IDs,
30 megabytes of Web space for personal web pages (5MB per ID), chat, instant messaging,
games, and online communities. AT&T WorldNet members can get a special 9 cents a minute
rate for direct-dialed, state-to-state residential long distance calls, with no monthly fee, through
AT&T One Rate(R) Online. Additionally, members can consolidate their Internet access, AT&T
Long Distance and AT&T Wireless charges on a single bill. Members who refer a friend to the
service can earn a $10 finder's fee.
You can download the free AT&T WorldNet Service software at www.att.net or call
1-800-WORLDNET to order software on a CD-ROM. To learn more about the service visit
www.worldnetnow.com and enter the AT&T WorldNet "Don't Wait Navigate" Sweepstakes
with prizes valued up to $275,000.
* 1998 growth forecasted by Forrester Research, Inc., in "Internet Access Winners," People and
Technology Strategies, January 1998. Forrester estimated there were 22.7 million dial-up users
in 1997 and 27.7 million dial-up users in 1998.
AT&T WorldNet is a registered service mark of AT&T.
SOURCE AT&T
/CONTACT: Mark Siegel, 908-221-8422, office, 973-989-1101, home,
888-602-5310, pager, or masiegel@att.com, or Janet Stone, 908-221-5372,
office, 888-ATT-WORD, pager, or janetstone@att.com, both of AT&T/
/Web site: worldnetnow.com
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