Our growth has continued through the summer, as Citynet recently put the finishing touches on the acquisition of MountainNet, a Morgantown based ISP. To read the full release check out http://www.citynet.net/pressrelease.cfm. Citynet purchased the ISP in June of this year and have been transferring resources for the past few months. The transition occurred without a hitch and all customers are utilizing the same network. What this means to current customers an extended emphasis on network infrastructure, product diversification, and expanded support tools. Citynet welcomes the new customers to our online family and look forward for more great things from Citynet in the year to come.

         For those of you who need more speed, Citynet's satellite solution is now available. This high speed Internet access solution works in conjunction with your current dial-up Internet connection. All upload requests occur off the dial-up connection while data is delivered to you over the broadband satellite connection. Satellite users can expect a download around 400 kb or roughly 8 times faster than their normal dial-up connection. This would be a great gift for the "Internet Junkie" this holiday season. Contact Citynet Sales at 1-800-881-2638 for more information on this product.

         If you are going to be traveling through the Holidays or throughout the year Citynet now offers National Internet Access. Offering Points of Presence (POP's) in each state across the country, you can surf the Internet from anywhere. So if you will be traveling on business or pleasure you can always be in touch with Citynet National our newest product. Usage will be limited to five hours per month. After your five hours has expired you will be assessed a $1.00/hour service fee. For more information or to get a national number contact 1-800-881-2638.

         Are you getting the most out of your Internet connection? For those of you that have a modem that supports V.92 and want to use the features of V.92 you need to do the following. 1.) You must have a connection speed that is greater or equal to 33.6bps. 2.) You must dial into a number that is V.92 compatible. For a list of these numbers visit http://www.citynet.net/supportdialupsearch.cfm#v92 Before making the switch we do encourage you to verify that the number that you are calling is local to your calling plan.

         If you haven't taken a look at Citynet's exclusive online Account Manager yet, now's a great time to check out this powerful service available free to all Citynet customers. Using Account Manager, you can view all the details of your Citynet service: emails, passwords, account balances, billing arrangements, and more. Even better, you can also make any changes you want, right online. No need to call Customer Service -- you can do it all right online.

         Want to add a new email address for home or work? Simple -- just open up Account Manager and add your new address with a single mouse click. The same goes for password changes, FTP, adding new services, and more.

         Access the Account Manager from Citynet's home page, http://www.citynet.net/. All you need is your account number and master password to log in. If you've forgotten either, just call 1-800-881-2638 and one our representatives will be glad to help you take advantage of this great service. Or go to https://secure.citynet.net/accounts and follow the instructions on obtaining your Account number and password.

         Over the course of the next couple of weeks you will be seeing additional features being added such as additional domains on which to provision emails.

         Got too many computer passwords? These days, everybody does. But here's one that's worth a Post-It note on your monitor: your Citynet email account password. The reason is that we keep adding online services that help you use your Citynet account more easily, efficiently and economically.

         The latest is Citynet Webmail. With it, you can check your email from any web-connected computer, anywhere in the world. You also can use it to manage your mail queue, especially if an overly large incoming file is causing your email client to stall or time out. Just use your Citynet email address and password to log on at http://citymail.citynet.net/. You can read, send, and manage your emails -- from anywhere! We've also got trouble-shooting directions online at http://www.citynet.net/emailset.cfm#trouble.