Quik Internet Franchise Opens in Central Virginia To Improve Quality of Internet Services (7/00)

Quik Internet, the worldwide Franchise of Internet service providers (ISPs), announced the opening of Quik Internet of Central Virginia to provide residents and businesses throughout the area with quality Internet services through the new local office in Lynchburg.

Quik Internet's franchise business model places Quik ISPs in local communities to deliver quality Internet service from a national provider with the benefits of localized customer service. Some of the products and service offered through Quik Internet of Central Virginia include 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 Jonathan Whitt, president of Quik Internet of Central Virginia. "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 Web 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.

Founded in 1996, Quik International is the parent company to Quik Internet and has franchised over 200 Quik Internet locations throughout the US and 20 foreign countries. Ranked as 305 on the 2000 franchise 500 by Entrepreneur, Quik Internet has risen 142 positions in just one year from 447 on the 1999 ranking. Quik Internet is the only Internet company to deploy both a global network and local providers through franchise offices, allowing for unique customer service such as free, local Internet classes.