Quik Internet franchise Opens in Oakland County

COSTA MESA, California (December 2, 1999) -- Quik International, the world's leading franchisor of Internet service providers (ISPs), announced the opening of Quik Internet Oakland County to offer Oakland County residents and businesses Internet services with global reach backed by personal customer service through its new local office.

Quik International brings Internet services to residents and businesses around the world by Franchising ISPs in local communities under the name Quik Internet. Quik Internet Oakland County offers Internet access, Web site hosting and design, e-commerce solutions and free Internet classes.

"Quik gets involved with the community by offering friendly, local customer support," said Paul Schmidt, president of Quik Internet Oakland County. "We even offer to visit our customers' home or office to do the install for them and personally see they get connected."

Quik Services and Technology

Quik International powers its network with IBM RS/6000*, robust, scaleable servers that provide a high level of power and reliability to Quik Internet's service. The RS/6000 holds a world record for recording 430,000 hits per minute as the official Web server of the 1999 Champion Wimbledon games.

"Quik offers services no other ISP can by pooling our resources to build a competitive, powerful infrastructure," said Jack Reynolds, president of Quik International. "The result is Quik Internet's speedy connection and reliable service that allow us to maintain no busy signals or disconnects."

Quik Internet specializes in e-commerce to offer turnkey e-commerce solutions for small to medium businesses to sell product and services online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Quik Internet also has an innovative Agent Program for potential agents, such as computer stores, that recommend Quik's services to customers. For more information, please visit www.oc.quik.com, phone (248) 682-8600 or e-mail info@oc.quik.com.

Quik International

Quik International, founded in 1996, is the only international Internet company with local providers and boasts over 160 Quik Internet franchises throughout the US and 17 foreign countries. Quik International 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. All other product and company names are the properties of their respective holders.

For Franchise information, visit Quik Internet on BISON.