C I Host's Wi-Fi Guy to Kick Off Cross-Country Wireless Trip at World-Famous Monument to Highway Travel - The Cadillac Ranch

AMARILLO, Texas, Apr 19, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- THE CADILLAC RANCH -- C I Host today announced it will launch The Wi-Fi Guy road trip with a press conference at The Cadillac Ranch near "Old Route 66" west of Amarillo, Texas.

"The Wi-Fi Guy will hit the pavement running -- e-mailing road reports, interviews and Wi-Fi gadget reviews back to www.wifi-guy.com ," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "For us, this is a combination of guerilla marketing, grassroots research and a journalism first. The Wi-Fi Guy is spreading the word about this hot technology for consumers and reporting from all over the country."

For the first half of the trip The Wi-Fi Guy will spend six weeks on the roads of the Western United States, attending street festivals and conventions; checking out hotels; working from coffee shops; e-mailing from trains; experimenting with new gadgets; and blogging an "every man's" opinion of the technology.

C I Host, the official sponsor, hosts the Wi-Fi Guy Website and provided the promotional vehicle for the trip -- a new, bright orange Ford Expedition wrapped in C I Host logos.

Analysts report that one in every six Americans who use the Internet now go on-line using a wireless connect. Wi-Fi is the abbreviation of wireless fidelity.

"Wi-Fi is the most liberating, productive business tool since the laptop," Faulkner said. "We're helping The Wi-Fi Guy blaze a trail to the hot beds of wireless activity, while spreading the word and recruiting more disciples."

About C I Host:

C I Host (www.cihost.com ), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a global Web hosting and Internet solutions provider serving 205,000 individual consumers and businesses in 182 countries worldwide. C I Host is headquartered from its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas, and it operates additional diverse data centers in Los Angeles and Chicago.