> In working towards the next wave of enhanced telecommunications and Internet products, and to provide the newest in communication services to our customers, ZipLink has partnered with the following companies.

Strategic Investors

Nortel Networks (previously BayNetworks) delivers the combined expertise and proven leadership in telephony and IP-based data, wireline and wireless networking to bring all your communications together over a single network. Nortel is a strategic investor in ZipLink, and ZipLink is building its dial-up network on Nortel's remote access technology.

Williams Communications, through its subsidiaries, provides a full range of communications and energy services. Williams Communications owns and operates a nationwide fiber-optic network, sells, installs and maintains communications equipment and provides other services throughout the U.S. and Canada. Williams is a strategic investor in ZipLink.

Information Appliance Partners

Planetweb is an open platform provider of a suite of ground-breaking, first-to-market products, applications and services specifically designed for the home Internet Appliance market. The company creates an enhanced entertainment experience through Internet-enabled consumer devices like video gaming systems, iDVD(TM) players, interactive television, set-top boxes, Internet kiosks and web phones.

Ceiva is the developer of the world's only Internet-enabled picture frame. This Internet appliance allows users and their friends to transmit digital images directly from the Web into the electronic picture frame. ZipLink provides the connectivity that allows users of the frame to upload their photos to Ceiva's Web site, and enables the frame to automatically check each night for new images and download any that were received.

WebTV Networks, Inc. was founded in 1995 with the mission of bringing the Internet into people's living rooms via the television. In the process, WebTV Networks created a natural expansion of the television-viewing experience that added a new dimension to how people can watch TV. The company today serves thousands of subscribers with a unique service that provides easy Internet access while enhancing the television-viewing experience.

WebMachines iaWare(TM) is a flexible suite of Internet appliance software and network services that can be deployed by OEM's, ODM's, service providers, and marketing companies seeking to offer customized Internet appliance solutions. iaWare includes both embedded client software, iaClient(TM), and network infrastructure, iaNetwork(TM), ranging from browser and email clients to content filtering and remote upgrades. Partner companies whose devices are "Powered by WebMachines" can select the features and network services to meet their business needs.

Wholesale Internet Solution Partners

ZipLink provides its wholesale dial-up and DSL solution to hundreds of partners. Due to the transparent nature of these services, many ZipLink partners choose not to be listed.

Spinway, Inc. is a leading provider of co-branded, free dial-up Internet access and premium online advertising technology. Spinway is rapidly establishing its advertising network by partnering with offline brand-leaders to co-brand their free ISP services. Spinway offers advertisers a new approach to online advertising that uniquely targets consumers by demographics, psychographics, geography and keyword. Spinway can deliver rich, television quality commercials while consumers are connecting to the service without any performance impact.

KDD America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of KDD Corporation, a leading provider of international telecommunications services. KDD America, Inc. has accumulated a wealth of expertise in the telecommunications arena in the U.S. Also KDD America, Inc. has endeavored to offer world-class quality and cost-effective international telecommunications services, including voice, FR and ATM, and has enjoyed a steady growth. KDD America has a wide range of customers, from Japanese residentials in the US to the major business entities, including not only the Japanese corporation but also the large multinational, Fortune 500 global corporation.

iPass, Inc. enables enterprises as well as network, application and Internet service providers to extend their coverage to areas of the world beyond the reach of traditional network infrastructures. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, iPass provides secure, reliable remote Internet access and global roaming services with redundant coverage in business centers throughout the globe. The iPass network comprises more than 8,000 POPs in more than 150 countries.

1stUp.com is the market leader in providing consumer-oriented businesses with ad-supported Internet access solutions. Working through the marketing and distribution channels of innovative companies like AltaVista, 1stUp.com provides patent-pending technology that enables its partners to offer branded, cost-effective Internet services to their customers. 1stUp.com works with proven Internet service providers like ZipLink to deliver high quality access to its partners' customers.

DirectWeb is the first subscription-based service to provide a state-of-the-art Windows 98-based computer plus unlimited Internet access via a secure, proprietary, consumer-friendly portal and technical support.

Broadcast.com is the leading streaming media broadcaster on the Web. With a large and comprehensive selection of programming, broadcast.com broadcasts on the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ZipLink is working with broadcast.com on the next generation of streaming media technologies.

Value-Added Services

visitalk.com(TM) enables people to use their PCs and the Internet to locate, dial-up, connect, and communicate with each other for FREE, anytime, from anywhere in the world. Utilizing a virtual switchboard and directory, visitalk.com members can make and receive voice and video Internet calls, send instant messages, and create and participate in video chat rooms. For added convenience, the company also provides PC-to-phone calling.

GoAmerica, a key player in the wireless data industry, allows mobile professionals to perform many desktop-like functions, including checking e-mail and getting on the World Wide Web, while traveling or outside the office using wireless data handheld devices, notebooks and laptop PCs. ZipLink's connectivity complements GoAmerica's wireless service by allowing customers a reline and wireless solution.

Akamai is the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media, and applications, serving over 1,000 Web properties. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 4,000 servers in over 45 countries directly connected to more than 160 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.

Yooz.com delivers interactive, easy to use self-help customer service and integrated training solutions through dynamic online tutorials available in more than 20 languages. Yooz provides a branded, value-added service with customizable options to enhance your customer's Internet experience. Build better and more loyal, satisfied customers with Yooz and reduce your tech support and help desk costs as a Network Partner, Content Partner or Channel Partner.

WorldWide WebLabs is a premier Internet media, technology, and design firm, with the mission of creating defining Web products and services. WorldWide WebLabs is the creative hand behind ZipLink's JobLinks.net Web site.

HotOffice Technologies provides Web-based Intranet Services for the small business, especially those with collaboration needs, multiple offices, and telecommuters. Available anytime, anywhere, HotOffice is a connection to your own e-mail, calendar, documents, online conferences, and more.