KeyData Specialists, Inc.
1045 Outer Park Drive, Suite 230B
Springfield, IL 62704


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

               KeyData Specialists Introduce "IBCnet"

Springfield, Illinois, August 25, 1994 - KeyData Specialists, Inc.
announced the formation today of the Internet BBS Collective Network
(IBCnet).  This network will allow operators of online systems to put
thier systems on the Internet in a low cost environment.

The primary service will consist of a DS0 (56k connection) or a DS1 (T1
connection) to KeyData's Springfield office.  "By creating this network
we will be forming a collective community of BBSs," said Steve Horrighs,
Program Development Manager, "and then we will be able to collectively
purchase services such as X.25 and Internet access as well as any other
technological advances."  Horrighs noted that thier BBS, Fantasy Land,
will be the first BBS to connect to IBCnet.  "It is our hope to get
about a dozen other system operators onto the network so that these
excessive connectivity costs may be deferred by the group, as well as
get better pricing on these services."

Each new system operator joining this network will become a Point of
Presence (POP) for IBCnet.  By doing this IBCnet will be able to sell
direct SLIP/PPP accounts from the POP site.  Sysops of the POP site will
then receive commission based on SLIP/PPP sales.

Horrighs stated that the IBCnet program came out of a brainstorm session
after attending ONE BBSCON '94 in Atlanta.  While at the BBSCON, Steve
saw the overwhelming rush to get onto the Internet by BBS operators and
began thinking of how this market could be tapped.  KeyData Specialists
had already been dabbling with the idea of becoming an Internet
Provider, but after the show Steve convinced the management that
creating IBCnet would benefit all parties involved while still allowing
the company to become an Internet Provider.

Services planned will include Internetworking all members with a DS1
(T1) line from the Springfield office to an Internet provider.  KeyData
is also planning modem pools at each POP to allow non-Internet access to
all the members of each POP site, therefore local access numbers would
be available.  Full Usenet distribution is also planned. More services
will be announced as they become available.

Through IBCnet, system operators will gain from additional income that
the IBCnet commissions generate and users will gain from easy Internet
access.  "Its a 'win-win' situation," claimed Steve, " and we're
tremendously excited about it.

For information about the IBCnet program, contact Steve Horrighs at
(800) 673-DATA or at any of the following:

IBCnet Program                               217-698-0335 BBS
KeyData Specialists, Inc.                    217-698-0940 FAX
1045 Outer Park Drive, Suite 230B            steve@fantasy.com
Springfield, Illinois 62704                  Steve Horrighs@1:2430/2
USA