NETCOM Offers Special FrontPage 98 Web Hosting Package; Promotion Offers Two Months of Free FrontPage 98 with a One Year Paid Subscription of NETCOM Web Hosting Service

Business Wire, Dec 1, 1997

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1997--NETCOM On-Line Communication Services Inc.(TM) (NASDAQ:NETC), the Ultimate Web Host List!'s number-two rated Web Hosting Provider(a), announced today a special year-long promotional offer for Microsoft FrontPage 98 customers: two months of free FrontPage 98 web site hosting with a one year paid subscription of NETCOM Web Hosting Service.

FrontPage 98 customers can publish their web sites to NETCOM Web servers with the single click of a button. The FrontPage server extensions that NETCOM supports affords FrontPage customers the ability to add a rich subset of functionality without the need for programming.

FrontPage 98 features intelligent design assistance, expanded site management, and support for the latest Web technologies. Through NETCOM FrontPage web hosting, customers can receive domain name registration and routing (InterNIC fees not included) 25 MB space, five e-mail addresses, weekly backups and 750 MB of data transfer.

"Together, NETCOM and Microsoft FrontPage make it easy for anyone to create, manage, and publish a great-looking web site," stated Tom Heatherington, vice president and general manager, NETCOM Web Hosting Facility. "We welcome the new FrontPage 98 customers to enjoy the world's most popular web creation and management tool and an award-winning web hosting program from two of the leaders in the industy." Heatherington continued, "This is yet another example of NETCOM's commitment to offer value-added services for our small- to mid-size business customers."

"We are very pleased Netcom has chosen to offer their FrontPage 98 customers this special promotion," commented Pat Kirtland, Group Product Manager for Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Corp. "Together, Microsoft and NETCOM can provide businesses around the world with access to a complete Web site creation, management and hosting solution."

NETCOM offers a high-speed performance backbone, state-of-the-art hosting service, and premier partnership with InterNIC for automatic Domain Name registration, providing the easiest and fastest way to reserve a domain name for immediate use through on-line, a real-time domain name registration service with a one-business-day confirmation.

Customers can learn more about the offer, valid through 1998, on-line at http://www.netcomi.com/microsoftfp98 or by calling 1-888-NETCOMI to sign up.

About NETCOM

NETCOM On-Line Communication Services Inc. provides high-quality, technology based Internet solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of customers. Leveraging years of Internet experience, NETCOM simplifies technology by providing practical and flexible connectivity and Web-hosting services, as well as a suite of software applications targeted at the professional, small and mid-size business markets.

All services are backed by the company's expansive high-speed network and year-round support. Additional information on the company can be found at http://www.netcom.com/. -0-

Note to Editors: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services Inc. is a registered trademark of the company.

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