| Atlantic.Net
Acquires Feature Price, Florida-based Web Hosting Service
Provider [22nd May 2003]
GAINESVILLE,
Fla., May 22, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Atlantic.Net (http://www.atlantic.net),
Florida's largest private Internet service provider
and one of the nation's fastest-growing private companies,
today announced it has acquired a customer base of 40,000
and other assets of Feature Price, a Web hosting service
provider based in Fort Myers, Fla. Terms of the transaction
were not disclosed.
"In
Feature Price, we saw an opportunity to grow our Web
hosting customer base and to improve the level of service
and the overall experience for Feature Price customers,"
said Marty Puranik, president and CEO. "We are
excited about providing reliable hosting services and
responsive customer support for our new customers during
the transition period and in the future, and we look
forward to serving all their Web hosting needs."
Atlantic.Net
is providing two months of free Web hosting service
for all Feature Price customers and honoring the prepaid
service for customers on the company's Premium and Platinum
hosting plans. Feature Price customers can learn more
about switching to Atlantic.Net by visiting http://www.atlantic.net.
Today's news
follows an announcement in February that Atlantic.Net
had opened a tier-one data center in Orlando, Fla. Built
in 2000 at a cost of $14.5 million, the 25,000-square-foot
facility combines sophisticated technology infrastructure
with high-end hosting services to meet customers' advanced
online business needs.
Atlantic.Net
offers high-speed Internet access, Web services, telecommunications,
and dial-up. For more information, visit http://www.atlantic.net
or call toll-free 877/GO-ATLANTIC (462-8526).
About Atlantic.Net
Launched
in 1994, Atlantic.Net is an Internet service provider
offering high-speed Internet access, Web services, telecommunications
and dial-up. Atlantic.Net business services feature
24/7 network monitoring and connection to an optimized
Cisco Powered Network -- a designation reserved for
the world's top 1 percent of ISPs. Atlantic.Net has
been named to the Inc 500 list of the nation's fastest-growing
private companies for three consecutive years. During
the past nine years Atlantic.Net has acquired 13 Internet
companies, has doubled or tripled revenues annually
and has remained profitable every year since inception.
Atlantic.Net's staff has grown to nearly 100 employees
who regularly participate in the Alachua County Guardian
ad Litem drive to provide toys for needy children at
Christmas and in local United Way, American Cancer Society
and March of Dimes charity events. Atlantic.Net is headquartered
in Gainesville, Fla. with an office and tier-one data
center in Orlando and a sales office in Tampa.
SOURCE: Atlantic.Net
Atlantic.Net,
Gainesville
Teresa Beard, 352/375-2912
tbeard@atlantic.net
http://newsroom.atlantic.net
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