@Home Network and .comfax Team to Deliver Internet Faxing Services To @Home Subscribers
March 16, 1999 04:30 PM
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., and NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- @Home Network ATHM , the leading provider of broadband Internet services via the cable infrastructure, and .comfax ("dot-com-fax"), Inc., a recognized leader in Internet fax services, today announced an agreement to provide faxing services to @Home subscribers. For the first time in the cable Internet industry, consumers are able to fax online through @Home's cable Internet service. Beginning today, subscribers can download the .comfax software from @Home's "Tool and Toys" section and sign up for a free trial subscription.
"By providing faxing capabilities through @Home, we are leveraging the power and open nature of the Web to give our subscribers the freedom to choose how they want to send and receive information," said Charles Moldow, vice president, @Media sales & marketing for @Home Network. "Our relationship with .comfax furthers our subscribers' ability to effectively communicate while offering them a less expensive alternative to traditional faxing methods."
As the Internet fax provider to @Home subscribers, .comfax enables @Home users to communicate from their desktops and from any Windows application. Connecting through @Home, users can fax any document or image on their PC to their friends and family members. To confirm delivery of the fax, an e-mail message is sent to the user. In addition, subscribers can receive a dedicated fax telephone number which forwards received faxes to the subscriber's e-mail or can be retrieved off the .comfax Web site.
By sending and receiving faxes over .comfax's global network of Internet fax servers, @Home subscribers will substantially reduce fax charges. The service eliminates the need for additional hardware, special wiring or other services such as fax servers, dedicated phone lines, and fax service bureaus.
Users are able to send direct and secure faxes to recipients over the Internet at a cost of 10 cents per minute anywhere in the United States. Rates are nominally more to other countries. In addition, users can take advantage of .comfax's advanced fax broadcast, fax tracking, and fax mailbox capabilities.
"Leveraging their high-speed Internet connections, @Home subscribers now have a virtual fax machine to send and receive faxes with the click of a mouse," said Ben Feder, chairman and CEO of .comfax.
@Home Network
Based in Redwood City, California, @Home Network distributes high-speed, openly accessible Internet and Web services to residences and businesses using its own network architecture and a variety of transport options including the cable industry's hybrid-fiber coaxial infrastructure. The cable connection provides users significant increases in speed over conventional Internet services. Leveraging the "always on" attributes of cable, @Home allows for unique multimedia applications that go beyond current Web experiences. Individuals seeking additional information about availability and subscription can refer to the @Home Network Web site (www.home.net). Since its founding in 1995, @Home Network has reached affiliate agreements with eighteen leading cable companies worldwide, including AT&T Broadband and Internet Services, Bresnan Communications Company, Cablevision Systems Corp., CasTel, Century Communications, Charter Communications, Cogeco Cable Inc., Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Garden State Cable, Insight Communications, InterMedia Partners, Jones Intercable, Lenfest Communications, Midcontinent Cable Co., Palet Kabelcom, Rogers Cablesystems Limited and Shaw Communications.
About .comfax
.comfax, The Internet Fax Company, provides low-cost, outsourced faxing services over the Internet. Headquartered in New York City, the company operates a global Internet fax backbone based on NetCentric Corporation's carrier-class technology that facilitates high-quality faxing 24 hours a day. For more information about .comfax call 888-9-COMFAX, or visit the company's Web site at comfax.com.
NOTE: @Home Network, @Home and the @ logo are trademarks of At Home Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbors created by those sections. These forward-looking statements concern the anticipated results of the integration of .comfax's services into the @Home service. Those results are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the uncertainty of whether subscribers will find .comfax's services attractive or useful; and whether the integration of .comfax's service into @Home service will generate revenues for the companies. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors, including: technological, operational, and financial challenges of developing an integrated service that subscribers find useful and compelling; the companies' ability to support this integrated service; the degree of customer and industry acceptance and support for the service; and the companies' ability to manage the service. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described from time to time in @Home's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see the risk factors described in @Home's Form S-3 Registration Statement filed on August 12, 1998 and in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998. @Home assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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