FOR RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1999

CONTACT:
Doug Mohney
Director of Marketing
Voice: 301-598-0500 x2208
Fax: 301-598-0837
e-mail: moo@skycache.com

Mallroy Kates
bCandid
mkates@bcandid.com
(303) 545-5550

The alliance represents the first time that a totally integrated solution for news delivery has been made available to these groups. Under the agreement, SkyCache will broadcast Usenet news service via high-speed satellite to bCandid customers and will resell bCandid's commercial line of news software to ISPs around the globe. Jointly, bCandid and SkyCache will sell bundled delivery solutions to their customers, which include national Internet backbone providers, major telecommunications companies and local ISPs. Together, the two companies currently serve over 800 customers world-wide.

"Joining bCandid's Cyclone and Typhoon software with the SkyCache satellite broadcast feed provides the ultimate news solution - this is something that can help all ISPs from the small to the corporate. This is a winner," said SkyCache Founder and CEO Doug Humphrey.

"Our two companies will work together to develop a turn-key solution of hardware, bCandid software and SkyCache service for totally integrated news delivery. We'll also build a seamless technical support system for our customers, who will only need to make a single phone call to get quality, round-the-clock support services," said Bob Marggraf, COO of SkyCache.

"The partnership between bCandid and SkyCache simplifies life considerably for ISPs and other enterprises that provide Usenet news service," said bCandid President and CEO Frank Bergen. "Until now, the process of delivering Usenet discussions meant that an enterprise had to buy hardware from one vendor, news feed service from a second vendor and technical support from yet a third vendor. For the first time in the Internet's history, one-stop shopping through the bCandid and SkyCache partnership will be all that it takes to find a solution for reliable Usenet news delivery and support."

SkyCache uses satellite technology to speed the distribution of high-bandwidth content and streaming media across the Internet. SkyCache broadcasts high-bit rate Web content and Usenet news directly to the edge of the Internet and will soon add on audio and video streaming services.

SkyCache services, delivered at speeds up to 45 megabits per second by the end of the year, are designed to produce cost savings and improved end-user experience. Subscribers to SkyCache-powered ISPs receive access to high-demand, high-bandwidth content, free from server overloads and the Internet congestion problems associated with terrestrial networks.

About bCandid
bCandid's newsgroup products are installed at most major ISPs that provide access to Usenet. bCandid's products consistently achieve highest rankings in independent testing of discussion group server technology. Based in Boulder, Colo., bCandid is the first and only commercial Usenet provider using a distributed network architecture. By building redundant Usenet server pools on different networks at different geographical locations, bCandid is closer to more customers worldwide than any other Usenet provider. The company's current customer list of over 650 ISPs worldwide includes such companies as AT&T, Excite@Home, Road Runner, Cable & Wireless, British Telecom, GTE, Sprint, Time Warner and Verio.

About SkyCache
SkyCache is the world's leading global broadband broadcast network that uses the power of high-speed satellite technology to move high-bandwidth Internet data faster and more efficiently to ISPs, corporations and other enterprises. The Laurel, Md.-based company is operating and expanding its global broadcast network to improve movement of Web content, Usenet News and IP audio/video over the Internet, as well as to provide for FTP mirroring and web site replication. SkyCache currently serves over 150 North American and European customers, representing access to over 3 million Internet users.

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