C I Host Sends Winners on Expense-Paid Trip to All-Star Game [July 14, 2004]

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jul 14, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and software development, today announced it is sending two lucky baseball fans to the All-Star Game today at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

"This is a Texas sweep," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "The All-Star game is back in Texas. Our winner is from Texas, and so are starting players Roger Clemens, Alfonso Soriano, Lance Berkman and Jeff Kent."

Steven Ellum, of Harlingen, Texas, won the expense-paid trip for he and a guest after signing up for a C I Host "Basic Windows 2003 Shared" hosting package (at a cost of $22 per month). The total value of the trip is in excess of $8,000.

Ellum said, "I am ecstatic that I picked the C I Host team for Internet hosting -- even before winning. Tickets to the All-Star game only solidifies that decision. Go American League!"

This prize includes a four-day, two-night trip for two to attend the game in Houston. The trip includes domestic, round-trip airfare for the winner and a guest on an airline to be chosen by C I Host, and a three-night hotel stay. The winner will also receive round-trip ground transportation between the airport and hotel, two tickets to the game and other activities. The estimated value of the prize is approximately $9,500, depending upon the point of departure.

About C I Host:

C I Host (http://www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a global Web hosting and Internet solutions provider serving 210,000 individual consumers and businesses in 190 countries worldwide. C I Host's headquarters and Network Operations Center are in Bedford, Texas, and the company operates additional diverse data centers in Los Angeles and Chicago.

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