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Wi-Fi Guy Ends West-Coast Half of National Tour |
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Wi-Fi Guy Ends West-Coast Half of National Tour
Concludes Unique Public Awareness Campaign
FORT WORTH (June 3, 2004) - C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and Internet infrastructure, announces the arrival of the Wi-Fi Guy back to
where it all originated from - Dallas, TX. The national tour sponsored by C I Host was a one-man journey to scope out the world of wireless Internet,
unlike ever before.
"For us, this was a combination of guerilla marketing, grassroots research and a journalism first," said Chris Faulkner, CEO of Bedford-based C I Host. "The Wi-Fi Guy spread the word about this hot technology for consumers and reported from all over the country."
Speaking with locals, attending street festivals and conventions, checking out hotels and working from coffee shops, The Wi-Fi Guy tested Wi-Fi hotspots, experimented with new gadgets, and blogged an "everyman's" opinion of the technology on his Web site, www.wifi-guy.com. His stops included big
cities such as Los Angeles, Calif. and Las Vegas, Nev., to small towns such as Bliss, Idaho - with each being graded by the Wi-Fi Guy's unique rating
system.
"Wi-Fi is the most liberating, productive business tool since the laptop," Faulkner said. "We helped The Wi-Fi Guy blaze a trail to the hot beds of wireless activity, while spreading the word and recruiting more disciples."
Analysts report that one in every six Americans who use the Internet now go on-line using a wireless connect. Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, is an
innovative tool that allows users to connect without the use of modems, cables or wires.
"There were some surprises on the road," said the Wi-Fi Guy. "There was one communications professional totally unaware of the technology, yet a clerk and waitress seriously in tune with it."
C I Host, who powers the Wi-Fi Guy Web site, provided the promotional vehicle for the trip - a new, bright orange Ford Expedition wrapped in C I
Host logos. C I Host is also giving away a trip to Mexico for those who spotted the Wi-Fi Guy and left contact information.
The Wi-Fi Guy will be re-entering the Dallas area Friday, June 4, and is planning an east coast leg of the tour within the coming month.
About C I Host
C I Host (www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) serving 210,000 individual consumers and businesses in 182 countries worldwide.
C I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names.
C I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 audit.
C I Host has been ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide. C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.
C I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community.
C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and London.
All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a
temperature-controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host's servers are
connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 2.6 Gigabits of
available bandwidth.
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Editorial Contact:
D. Kent Pingel
Public Relations Director
C I Host
888-868-9931 ext. 7006
kentp@cihost.com |
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