OAKHURST, CA – April 12, 2004 – Sierra Tel Internet (STI), a Sierra Tel Communications Group Company, is announcing two brand new Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) packages available to residential and business Sierra Telephone customers.

“I’m confident STI customers and prospective customers will be very happy with the new offerings. Customers will no longer have to forfeit speed in favor of affordability,” states General Manager Mike Harian.

The new DSL offerings give the customer incredibly fast speeds at an affordable price. The residential customer package is $49.95 while the business package is $89.95 for speeds up to 1.5 megabit per second. Additionally, the business package now comes standard with one static IP address. Both packages contain up to 10 email accounts, dial-up access, junkmail filtering, virus protection, NAT firewall protection, 24-hour technical support and more.

“We are excited about being able to provide more features and increased speeds at a reduced price, especially for the businesses in the local area,” comments Shann Hogue Director of Sales and Marketing. For most businesses, Internet connectivity is a must and slow Internet connections lead to inefficient operations and reduced revenues. STI is hopeful small businesses still operating on a dial-up connection will take advantage of the new packages.

Thanks to Sierra Tel Internet, cost-prohibitive high-speed Internet access is a thing of the past. New lower priced packages with higher speeds are offered to all Sierra Telephone customers. To see if DSL is available in your area and for the latest on packages and pricing, go to http://www.sti.net/s-DSL.html or call (559)683-7600.

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