Launch of Service Gives RMI.NET the Greatest Coverage Area in Salt Lake City
Signifies RMI.NET as Best Choice for Internet Service and Access
DENVER, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- RMI.NET, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMII), a national
e-business solutions company, announced today that it will provide
unprecedented coverage for digital subscriber line (DSL) service -- high-speed
access to the Internet -- for the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.
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RMI.NET will provide its branded Warp Wire(SM) DSL service to 86 percent
of all households and 92 percent of all businesses in the Salt Lake City area.
This includes the communities of Bountiful, Clearfield, Cottonwood, Draper,
Holladay, Kaysville, Kearns, Midvale, Murray, Ogden and Provo.
"Until now, consumer choice for DSL service in Salt Lake City has been
limited by lack of competition and geographic location. RMI.NET's Warp Wire
will offer the greatest coverage area for DSL service in the Salt Lake City
metropolitan area, as we continue to strive to be the High Speed Access
provider of choice for central Utah," said Douglas H. Hanson, chairman and
chief executive officer for RMI.NET. "We have a superior product and will be
the premier option for providing high quality access and e-business
solutions."
RMI.NET announced in September 1999 a plan to provide DSL service to 22
major cities and up to 300 secondary markets, and is currently offering DSL
service in the Denver, Phoenix, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston,
Chicago and 20 other major markets. DSL allows for continuous high bandwidth
transmission of data and video through existing telephone lines, at speeds of
up to 50 to 100 times faster than currently available.
RMI.NET has multiple options for its Warp Wire DSL product in Salt Lake
City, all depending on individual customer needs. It can offer guaranteed
receiving and sending speeds up to 1.5 megabits per second. RMI.NET operates
in Salt Lake City through its Internet Connect division, which it acquired in
June 1999. RMI.NET has approximately 4,000 customers, and a sales and
operations force of 10 employees in central Utah.
For further information on securing WarpWire DSL service through RMI.NET,
consumers can call (800) 864-4344.
Denver-based RMI.NET, Inc., formerly Rocky Mountain Internet, is a
national commerce solutions provider focusing on e-business solutions to small
and mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in e-business applications;
web solutions, including design, hosting and marketing; and high-speed
Internet access, including Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). RMI.NET has an
annualized revenue run rate of approximately $50 million and more than 107,000
nationwide customers. The company wholly owns a proprietary portal site and
search engine, Infohiway, at http://www.infohiway.com. For more information on
RMI.NET, call (800) 864-4327, or visit the company's web site at http://www.rmi.net.
This press release might contain forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements as a result
of risks and uncertainties, which are described in the cautionary statements
section of the company's 10K dated December 31, 1998, and may include other
risks described in all Securities and Exchange Commission filings submitted as
of this date.
SOURCE RMI.NET, Inc.
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CONTACT:
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303-313-0672, mark.stutz@corp.rmi.net, or Steven P. Eschbach,
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