EarthLink Offers Members Latest Version of Microsoft Internet Explorer; Hot-Off-the-Press Browser Will Be Available Immediately to EarthLink Members

Business Wire, March 18, 1999

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1999--EarthLink (Nasdaq:ELNK) continues to give its members access to cutting-edge Net tools, as the company Thursday announced it will distribute Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 to its members.

Beginning Thursday, members can download the software directly off EarthLink's Web site, and it will be available on the company's award-winning TotalAccess(tm) software in the future.

The latest version of Internet Explorer is faster, simpler, more automated and more flexible to let EarthLink members use the Web the way they want. New features include an overall speed increase, automatic correction of URLs, easy access to previously visited sites, enhanced search capabilities, increased organization of favorite sites and more.

"One of EarthLink's chief objectives is to provide our members with the best Internet tools available, so we're pleased to offer Internet Explorer 5 the day it's launched," said Jon Irwin, vice president of member services and support at EarthLink. "Its increased performance and convenient features should quench our cutting-edge members' thirst for the latest and greatest Net software."

To download Internet Explorer 5 from the EarthLink site, members can visit http://www.earthlink.net/internet/software/ie50.html. The browser will also be available on EarthLink's TotalAccess Internet access software CD-ROMs within a couple months. For more information about EarthLink's Internet access and Web hosting services, call 800/395-8425, or visit www.earthlink.net.

About EarthLink

EarthLink is one of the world's leading Internet service providers. Through its unified EarthLink Sprint Internet access service, the company makes the Internet relevant and productive to more than a million individuals and businesses every day. With headquarters in Pasadena, EarthLink provides a full range of innovative access and hosting solutions to thousands of communities internationally from more than 2,100 points of presence.

EarthLink and Sprint Corp. (NYSE:FON) have formed a broad business relationship to create an Internet service with the potential to reach millions of new customers. Sprint is a global communications company and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. Information about EarthLink and EarthLink Sprint services is available by calling 800/395-8425 and through EarthLink's Web site at www.earthlink.net.