Business Editors

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

Affinity Internet, a leading hosting services provider, launched the all-new ValueWeb (www.valueweb.com) with an expanding product and services feature-set. The launch incorporates enhanced and detailed new content for small businesses looking for new ways to utilize the Internet. The new site has been re-designed incorporating a new look through colors, layout, content and tailored portals for small businesses and web designers.

Coinciding with the launch of the new web site all current ValueWeb customers have been upgraded. The upgrade includes increased disk space and data transfer. Standard Hosting customers received a 250MB increase of disk space; Commerce Hosting customers received a 1GB increase of disk space and a 50GB data transfer increase; Professional Hosting received a 5GB increase of disk space and a 200GB data transfer increase. Beyond the increase of the hosting plans all new customers receive either Dreamweaver or Contribute 2 as part of the company's recent partnership with Macromedia.

"We are starting the year off strong through a series of new product releases and enhancements. The new ValueWeb was designed in response to the feedback we received through our research and customer communications, and is consistent with our philosophy of feature-rich services and solutions sets," said Peter Chambers, CEO of Affinity Internet. "The capabilities upgrade that we provided for our customers is an unprecedented move that ensures our customers can take advantage of new technologies and applications that are becoming popular online at the same price point. This upgrade reflects our commitment to our customers."

ValueWeb, Affinity's flagship brand, earlier this year launched its customer service program: "Customer First -- Unparalleled Service -- The Affinity Promise." "Customer First" is a departure from traditional web hosting customer service programs and sets the benchmark for the industry. A key commitment to the customer by Affinity is to be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with highly trained representatives committed to first call resolutions of customer's issue.

About Affinity Internet

Affinity Internet, a web hosting services provider, offers multiple hosting packages, easy-to-use software and e-commerce tools for small and medium sized businesses (SMB). Affinity operates multiple hosting brands (ValueWeb, SkyNetWeb, Bigstep, HostSave and WinSave) offering shared and/or dedicated servers, applications and products to meet specific and growing needs for a segment of the SMB market. By offering a robust network and unparalleled customer service, Affinity provides its customers and resellers with superior service, reliability and scalability.

Affinity hosts more than 390,000 domains for more than 100,000 customers worldwide selling services directly over the Internet and through more than 2000 resellers. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA and data centers in Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale.