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Front Porch Helps free-hotspot.com Win ''Best Public Wi-Fi Product''

Business Wire, June 19, 2006

SONORA, Calif. -- Front Porch, Inc. announced today that its PorchLight technology helped free-hotspot.com win the Wireless Broadband Innovation Award for "Best Public Wi-Fi Product for 2006." Known as "the Oscars" of the industry, the WBI awards recognize leadership, innovation and excellence in wireless broadband.

Daniel C. Toomey, Jr., CEO of free-hotspot.com, said his firm was selected from more than 150 entrants from 30 countries. "We're honored to win this coveted award, and we're thrilled that our partnership with Front Porch has enabled us to be so successful. Front Porch's solutions for messaging, redirection, and targeted advertising have exceeded our expectations and allowed us to grow Europe's largest and fastest-growing free Wi-Fi HotSpot network."

The Front Porch solutions enable network providers to deliver any content to any user, anytime they surf the web. The free-hotspot.com network uses Front Porch technology to direct users to a terms-of-service web page and welcome portal pages, and to deliver other valuable local information directly to users' browsers during their surfing sessions. The solutions subsidize HotSpot venues' access costs and deliver targeted online promotions for owners, community and business partners.

About Front Porch:

Front Porch, an Internet services company founded in 1998, provides solutions for Network Service Providers to improve communications with online subscribers, to increase revenue and to reduce customer service costs. Front Porch's network-based direct-to-the-browser messaging technology enables network providers to deliver any content to any user anytime they are surfing the web. The Front Porch Subscriber Communications Platform offers Customer Service Messaging, Online Marketing and Advertising, Subscriber Redirection, Security Messaging, and a suite of Network and Subscriber Reports. Front Porch solutions are currently installed in over 200 locations in 18 countries. For more information, please see www.frontporch.com.

About free-hotspot.com:

free-hotspot.com, based in Dublin, Ireland, operates Europe's largest and fastest-growing free HotSpot network. The company launched a pan-European program in 2005 to bring free Wi-Fi to cafes, hotels, pubs, restaurants, retail centers, transit centers and other venues, providing equipment and expertise at no cost to venue owners and promoting the free HotSpots via local and national marketing campaigns. To learn more please visit: www.free-hotspot.com or www.free-hotspot.com/press_release11.htm.

About the Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards:

WBI Awards Ltd is a UK-based institution, organizing the hotly contested independent awards for users and service providers of wireless broadband worldwide. Awards cover excellence in service provision, enterprise deployment, product development, and personal and corporate achievement. An independent judging panel announced the 2006 winners in May. To learn more please visit: www.wbiawards.com.

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