SAN DIEGO -- September 16, 1998
Today Aplus.Net announced that it has joined Network Solutions' Premier Domain Registration Service Program. As part of its agreement with Network Solutions (NSI), Aplus.Net will receive enhanced access to NSI's domain name services to provide its customers with fast and reliable Web address registration services in .com, .org, .net and .edu.

" Our customers increasingly want to be able to register their domains quickly and efficiently as Internet use grows," said Ivan Vachovsky, CEO, Aplus.Net. "Network Solutions offers the most requested top level domains and provides account management services making it very easy for us to support these requests. We already offer instant web site activation within 10 minutes or less. The addition of the Premier Domain Registration service is a complimentary feature to provide faster service to our customers."

The Premier offering is the only domain name registration service ensuring all new registrations and modification updates within one business day, global updates within two business days and around-the-clock account services. Premier partners also receive personalized account management services enabling these companies to provide Internet users with a virtual real-time domain name registration process.

Founded in 1979, Network Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSOL) pioneered the development of registering Web addresses ending in .com, .net, .org and .edu. Network Solutions also provides enterprise network consulting services, focusing on network engineering, network security and network management solutions for commercial customers. For more information, see the http://www.networksolutions.com/ Web site.

3Founded in 1995 Aplus.Net, http://www.aplus.net/, is a nationwide Internet service provider offering a wide range of Internet services. Aplus.Net is using RODOPI, http://www.rodopi.com/, registration/billing software for instant domain and Web site activation. Aplus.Net is using award-winning equipment from Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASND), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and backbone services from MCI, SPRINT, and UUNet, both divisions of Worldcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: WCOM).

Aplus.Net is a division of Abacus America, Inc.
10350 Barnes Canyon Rd.
San Diego, CA 92121
Abacus America, Inc. is a privately held corporation.

For Aplus.Net, contact:
(858) 410-6929

For Network Solutions, contact:
Cheryl Regan, cregan@netsol.com , (703) 742-4847