Quik International Announces Opening of Quik Internet Northwest Colorado

CARSON CITY, Nevada (April 1, 1999) -- Quik International, the world's leading franchisor of Internet service providers, announced today the opening of Quik Internet Northwest Colorado to provide localized Internet services throughout the region.

Quik International brings Internet services to residents and businesses around the world by Franchising Internet service providers (ISPs) in local communities. Quik Internet offers Internet access, e-commerce solutions, Web site design and hosting, free Internet classes and reseller programs.

Quik Technology Enhances Services

Quik International powers their network with IBM's RS/6000*, a robust, scalable server that provides a high level of power and reliability to the infrastructure of Quik Internet. With the RS/6000 as the official Web server of the 1998 Winter Olympics, IBM was officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records for "The Most Hits on an Internet Site in One Minute" by recording a world record of 110,414 hits per minute.

"As a Franchise we pool our resources to provide a competitive, powerful infrastructure to offer services no other ISP can. The result is Quik Internet's speedy connection and reliable service," said David Bray, franchise owner, Quik Internet Northwest Colorado. "Quik gets involved with the community by offering local customer service, including on site support as needed."

Quik Internet Products, Services and Special Programs Quik Internet's products satisfy both residents and businesses. The Quik Basic Dial-up account supports 56K V.90 modem standards and includes e-mail, unlimited access, a free 10MB personal Web site and more with the dial-up fee of $19.95 a month.

Other products include Web hosting accounts such as the Basic Virtual Web Site that includes a registered domain name, 10MB of Web server disk space, and 500MB/month of WWW traffic. Another hosting product is the Premium Virtual Web Site available with turnkey electronic commerce solutions through pre-approved merchant accounts for businesses to sell product and services online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Quik Internet has an innovative Agent Program providing additional profit centers for individuals and retail stores, such as computer outlets, that recommend customers to Quik Internet. For more information, please visit www.nwco.quik.com, call 970-675-3047 or e-mail info@nwco.quik.com. For information on how to become a Quik Internet franchise owner, visit www.quik.com/007.

Quik International, founded in 1996, has over 100 Quik Internet franchises throughout the U.S. and fourteen foreign countries, establishing more staffed offices than any other ISP in the world. Quik Internet is listed among Entrepreneur magazine's Top 500 Franchises listing.

*RS/6000 is a registered trademark or trademark of the IBM corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

For franchise information visit Quik Internet on BISON.