Hosting.com Launches Wireless Initiative [October 8, 2004]

October 8, 2004- (Louisville, KY) Louisville-based Hosting.com, Inc. (www.hosting.com) announced today that it now offers a free WiFi hot spot outside Hosting.com’s worldwide headquarters on 4th Street in downtown Louisville. Hosting.com’s tests show its powerful WiFi signal should provide coverage outdoors and in most bars and restaurants located across the street from Hosting.com’s headquarters.

Hosting.com is launching this service as part of the Company’s entrance into the wireless connectivity business with its exclusive wireless partner iSkyWire, LLC. This is the first step in a series of initiatives the two companies have developed to bring affordable, reliable, and secure high speed Internet connectivity to businesses in the Greater Louisville market.

“Not only will laptops be able to tap into Hosting.com huge Internet pipes, but most PDA’s cell phones and hand-helds will also be WiFi-enabled on 4th Street,” comments Chuck Deaton, Partner of Operations at iSkyWire. “We are proud to be able to display our best-of-breed technology through our Hosting.com partnership in Louisville’s fastest growing entertainment district,” continues Deaton. “The entire process will be simple and easy for the end user. Users simply view our splash page and within milliseconds they are surfing the Internet at speeds up to 54 Megabits per second.” (A sample of the splash page can be viewed at http://www.hosting.com/iskywire/ )

“We have been very impressed with the technology and the management team at iSkyWire, and we are excited to be able to work with iSkyWire to provide our clients with tomorrow’s Internet connectivity solution today,” adds Darren King, President and CEO of Hosting.com.

About Hosting.com
Hosting.com, Inc. The #1 Name in Web Hosting, has been a principle provider of enterprise managed hosting solutions for over 8 years. Hosting.com offers its clients two Tier 1 data center facilities in Louisville and Boston to serve its clients. For more information on Hosting.com, visit www.hosting.com.

About iSkyWire
iSkyWire, LLC is one of the largest wireless service providers in the Greater Louisville area. iSkyWire has been providing the next generation wireless technology (based on the 802.16 WiMax platform) to provide Internet connectivity to businesses in Greater Louisville. iSkyWire’s service offers a number of key customer benefits, including rapid installation, business-class reliability and service scalability beyond what is typically available from other service providers. For more information on iSkyWire, visit www.iskywire.com.