GoldenGate is pleased to announce that we recently joined a merger of several local Internet companies to form an exciting new Internet Service Provider - ipHouse.

Like GoldenGate, ipHouse is focused on providing the best possible Internet experience available. We are still going to answer the phone when you call, you will still be able to reach high-level technical people, and we will continue to go the extra mile just like we always have. All of the current GoldenGate staff will be joining ipHouse. In addition to maintaining our top-notch customer service, ipHouse will be rolling out a state-of-the-art network and data center in October 2004. By joining forces with ipHouse, GoldenGate is able to bring our services up to a new level of sophistication to better serve your needs.

GoldenGate will wind down its independent operations during October as all operations become integrated with ipHouse. Most of the changes will be seamless for our customers, and you should be able to keep accessing the Internet just like you always have. If and when any changes are needed, we will assist you to make those changes smoothly. For those of you with goldengate.net email addresses, rest assured that we will keep those addresses active for a long time to come.

Below is a list of new contact information for ipHouse, which you may begin using immediately:

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We believe service has been swallowed whole and replaced by automated disappointment. We want to bring service back, make it new again. Technology has distanced us, not connected us. We want to make it the invisible catalyst for bringing people together. We want to make it always work, always be there. We want to connect, communicate and deliver the best Internet service possible. Is that so wrong?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Former Top Managers of VISI.com Launch New Internet Service Provider ipHouse in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, September 1, 2004 -- ipHouse, a new Minneapolis-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) offering high-speed Internet access, colocation and other technology services throughout the Twin Cities, has been founded by former top managers of VISI.com, the state's largest business-to-business ISP. At the same time, ipHouse announced the acquisition of two of the best-known ISPs in the Twin Cities, GoldenGate Internet and Bitstream Underground.

Leading ipHouse is CEO Bil MacLeslie, former general manager of VISI.com, a former president of the Minnesota Internet Trade Association and Boardmember with the Minnesota High Tech Association. Joining MacLeslie in leading ipHouse are Chief Financial Officer Bill Lyon and Chief Technology Officer Michael Horwath, who had served as Controller and Director of Technical Services at VISI.com respectively. Together, MacLeslie, Lyon and Horwath offer ipHouse residential and business customers 28 years of combined experience with Internet connectivity.

ipHouse will offer Twin Cities homes and businesses dial-up, DSL and other high-speed Internet connectivity, along with colocation, Web hosting and other services from its new data center/headquarters at 331 Second Avenue S. in downtown Minneapolis.

Two Minnesota ISPs -- GoldenGate Internet and Bitstream Underground -- Acquired, Merged Within ipHouse

In related news, ipHouse acquired two of Minnesota's leading ISPs -- Minneapolis-based Bitstream Underground and Fridley-based GoldenGate Internet Services. ipHouse will continue to maintain both pioneering Internet brands, even as new products are made available to Bitstream and GoldenGate customers.

"Internet users have told us that the Twin Cities has an urgent need for a new ISP offering the highest humanly-possible levels of reliability and stability, accompanied by insane levels of customer service," says MacLeslie. "We believe that in the Internet arena, customer service has been swallowed whole and replaced by automated disappointment. ipHouse wants to bring service back for Minneapolis and Saint Paul Internet users."

"Our goal is to make Internet technology the invisible catalyst for bringing Twin Citians together with their customers, family members and friends," added MacLeslie. "ipHouse wants nothing less than to ensure that the Internet always works, and is always there when our customers need it. Is that so wrong?"

For more information about high-speed connectivity through ipHouse, call 612-337-6337, or visit http://www.iphouse.com/.

Media Contact: Paul Maccabee, 612-337-0087