SlipStream Data Enables New Fast Dial-Up Service From TELUS
Launch of new TELUS Fast Dial-up service gives customers in Western Canada accelerated Internet access at an affordable price
Waterloo, Ontario - April 26, 2004 - SlipStream Data Inc. today announced that the company's web and email acceleration technology has been selected by TELUS, the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and second largest in the country. The newly launched TELUS Fast Dial-up service will dramatically improve the speed of Internet service for dial-up customers in B.C. and Alberta.
"TELUS is leveraging our technology to help differentiate their services in an already very competitive market," said Ron Neumann, president of SlipStream Data Inc. "Our software will provide TELUS with a means of improving overall customer satisfaction and retention. This is because dial-up users will no longer feel frustrated waiting to surf the web or download email, resulting in a better on-line experience."
Adding TELUS Fast Dial-up to existing dial-up services provides customers with up to five times faster web browsing and improved email capabilities. TELUS' dial-up Internet service with Fast Dial-up includes integrated Spam Control, a web-based email account, 24 x 7 technical support, and 10 MB of web space. Fast Dial-up is available for an additional $2.95 per month on existing dial-up plans. The service will also be introduced this summer by TELUS Quebec under the name "Turbo GT."
"Our dial-up customers can greatly benefit from the performance improvements the TELUS Fast Dial-up service offers," said James Goliath, vice president, consumer product marketing. "The new service provides dial-up customers with an enhanced Internet experience compared to what has been traditionally available."
SlipStream is the defacto standard in the accelerated dial-up market, with over 750 ISP Partners worldwide. The company's sophisticated web and email acceleration technologies compress, optimize and streamline web content, providing a dramatic improvement in access speeds over traditional dial-up and wireless networks. This technology gives ISPs a fast and flexible way of rolling out additional value-added services that can be fully branded. It also enables ISPs to reduce subscriber churn by offering users a more fulfilling online experience.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country, with more than $7 billion of annual revenue, 4.9 million network access lines and 3.4 million wireless subscribers.
The company provides subscribers with a full range of telecommunications products and services including data, voice and wireless services across Canada, utilizing next generation Internet-based technologies. TELUS was a premier founding supporter of the successful bid to bring the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games to Canada. For more information about TELUS, please visit www.telus.com.
About SlipStream Data
Founded in 2000 in Waterloo, Ontario, SlipStream Data Inc. is a privately-owned software development company that delivers on the need to increase the speed of Internet access-regardless of network connection-by providing unparalleled compression. SlipStream's Web Accelerator product is the fastest on the market, as confirmed by two recent independent tests. The company's primary customers are ISPs, ASPs, carriers and corporations. For more information visit: www.slipstream.com.
SlipStream is a trademark of SlipStream Data Inc.
For more information:
Andre Fuochi
Maverick Public Relations for SlipStream Data
416-640-5525 x 233
andref@maverickpr.com
Ron Neumann
SlipStream Data Inc.
519-886-6738 x 222
ronn@slipstream.com
Karen Dosanjh
TELUS Media and Public Relations
(604) 697-8176
karen.dosanjh@telus.com
SlipStream Data Inc. is a subsidiary