SurfQ.com Adds MyWay.com's Personal Web Service

Visalia, California. 3/8/2000 ¡V SurfQ.com today announced launch of a new Internet service to offer localized, personally relevant content to Surf Q subscribers. The new service, produced in a partnership with MyWay.com, the Web¡¦s leading personal online service, is now available free to Surf Q subscribers through a branded link on Surf Q¡¦s home page.
ALTERNATIVE: The new service, produced in a partnership with MyWay.com, the Web¡¦s leading personal online service, is now available free as the default start page and content service for all Surf Q subscribers.
With Surf Q¡¦s new personalized Web service, Surf Q subscribers will be able to create a personal start page customized for their individual interests and local community. The first step toward making themselves at home on the Internet will be as simple as providing a zip code to access local weather, interest areas, and events. Each member¡¦s start page will also feature a unique "Info Center" -- continuously updating the day¡¦s top headlines and stocks while providing easy access to the Web¡¦s most popular links and subject areas; including sports, entertainment, travel, weather and more, plus access to a personalized investment portfolio and the current chat and events on the service.
The new Surf Q service, produced by MyWay.com, brings together the best of the Web in a highly personalized format that makes getting to the information consumers need easy and meaningful. Surf Q¡¦s service offers subscribers a growing set of personalized features, integrating more than 100 brand-name content and commerce partners.
The new personalized features for Surf Q subscribers include:
„h A personal Email Center, allowing members to monitor and maintain email accounts from any computer worldwide through Planet Direct
„h Comprehensive financial and market information, including free real-time stock quotes and a personal stock portfolio that allows members to track investments
„h A personalized calendar with self-programmed reminders
„h A personal Info Center, delivering Reuters and New York Times news in eight categories
„h 24-hour weather updates plus four-day extended forecasts
„h Online mapping and driving directions
„h Topical information specific to more than 380 local communities
„h A Friends Online instant messaging feature
„h Personal and public chat rooms, plus other community building tools such as discussion groups and online polling
"Despite its dynamic growth, the Internet is still unfamiliar territory to a large number of consumers, and endlessly surfing for sites and information is frustrating," says Jeff Cunningham, CEO and President of MyWay.com. "By partnering with MyWay.com, Surf Q allows consumers to use the Internet in a way that's relevant to their daily lives and specific to the cities in which they live and work. This is a critical part of providing an enjoyable Internet experience and fostering loyal, long-term subscribers."
Surf Q joins other growing ISPs and net-savvy consumers who have discovered the value-added benefits of joining forces with MyWay.com. The MyWay.com business model has been a powerful proposition for ISPs across the country, delivering highly personalized and localized content service with features Internet users are looking for.

For more information on how to access the new Internet service produced by MyWay.com, please contact Surf Q's Customer Service desk at info@surfq.com or (888) 447-0421.

About SurfQ.com
SurfQ, Inc. is a worldwide Internet Service Provider and network communications specialist bringing you the latest in innovative solutions designed to make the Internet and all communications work faster and more efficiently. SurfQ offers our customers absolute top quality and the fastest Internet service available at an affordable price. Our backbone consistently ranks number 1 and 2 in customer satisfaction ratings by Boardwatch magazine. Our network remains the standard for technical excellence. We utilize state of the art multiple UNIX and NT servers56K, V.90, OC-12 and C-48 technology, and provide you with unlimited hours, never a cap. SurfQ offers worldwide roaming access with over 2000 POP locations covering every state in the U.S. and 54 foreign nations. We offer the strongest worldwide Internet presence available today. Each subscriber receives, free of charge, 5 roaming e-mail addresses so each member of the family can retrieve their e-mails from any computer anywhere in the world. You also get 5 megs web space to create your own web site which includes unlimited data transfer, FTP Access, SSL Secure Server, 25,000 news groups, 24/7 tech. support and customer service. In addition, you may choose from many of the exclusive products offered by Surf Q such as web filtering, hosting, Internet telephony and e-mail advertising control. With all these great services combined with our competitively low prices we are confident that you will find no greater all-inclusive Internet Service available than you can find at surfq.com.

About MyWay.com
MyWay.com, a wholly owned subsidiary company of the CMGI Internet Group (NASDAQ: CMGI), is a personal Web service that tailors members' online experience to their interests and local community while providing necessary, everyday information such as news, weather, financial data, calendars, and topical interest areas. MyWay.com integrates brand name content with enhanced links to popular content sites and other services, all presented logically and intuitively to provide consumers with quick access to personal interests in a community atmosphere. MyWay.com is distributed free through more than 650 ISPs nationwide. To learn more about MyWay.com go to www.myway.com.