Attention All Web Designers! Free C I Host Web Hosting for Life [June 21, 2004]

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jun 21, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In another "crazy like a fox" marketing move, C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and Internet infrastructure, is giving every Web designer, developer or software programmer on the planet free Web hosting for life!

"There are more than 600,000 Web designers and developers across the country and we are prepared to host every single one of them free of charge," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "It gives us a ready-made marketing channel and puts more money in their pockets."

One of the best features of the program is the quality of the hosting package -- a robust service that includes 1,000 MB of space, 20 GB of transfer, and unlimited email accounts that can be offered to employees, family members or others.

In addition, as C I Host resellers, Web designers and developers will receive a healthy bounty for any new hosting clients they refer to C I Host.

"This is another revenue stream for their businesses and another way for us to get the word out about the importance of a C I Host Web hosting package to the success of small and medium sized businesses," Faulkner said. "Of the 40 million small businesses in this country, only 36 percent have Web sites. We hope that we can work with Web designers to boost that number, help those small businesses succeed and increase our customer base."

Becoming a C I Host reseller is a natural for Web designers because they are already in touch with people who are seeking a cutting edge Web site with user-friendly navigational tools, instantly scalable bandwidth and a 100 percent SLA.

Joining C I Host's "FreeForAll" program will give Web designers a fantastic way to expand their portfolio of services and offer competitively priced, reliable and secure web hosting. This is especially good for small businesses that are trying to expand their services without a large outlay of capital.

Web designers, Web developers and software programmers anywhere in the world are eligible for the program. To remain active, one must refer two new clients every six months.

Key features of the "FreeForAll" package are:

* 1 GB of storage space
* 20 GB of bandwidth per month (20 MB per day)
* Unlimited customized email accounts
* 1 full-access FTP account
* Hosting your www.YourWebDesignSite.com or register a new domain
for $15/year (must advertise web design services on it)
* Unlimited support via email and real-time chat
* Free automated Web site builder with 200+ ready-made templates
* No advertising or banners displayed
* Instant sign-up. Your account is setup within 30 seconds of placing
your order
* Permanent availability -- your site will always be active on our
network for 5 years or until you alert us to take it down
* Full Feature List
* No startup costs and no monthly cost to your account. No hidden fees
or costs.

Please see http://www.cihost.com/?zone=resellers/freeforall for more details.

About C I Host

C I Host (www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) serving 210,000 individual consumers and businesses in 182 countries worldwide.

C I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names.

C I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 audit.

C I Host has been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.

C I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community.

C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and London.

All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a temperature- controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host's servers are connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 2.6 Gigabits of available bandwidth.

This release was issued through Major Newswire (http://www.majornewswire.com).

SOURCE C I Host

D. Kent Pingel, Public Relations Director of C I Host,
+1-888-868-9931 ext. 7006, kentp@cihost.com