C I Host's Wi-Fi Guy Returns to Sundance Film Festival; Road Trip 'Sequel' to Explore Wireless Internet at Celebrity Event

C I Host's Wi-Fi Guy Returns to Sundance Film Festival; Road Trip 'Sequel' to Explore Wireless Internet at Celebrity Event DALLAS, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and data center operations, today launched the sequel of its Wi-Fi Guy -- a travel blog "test driven" at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. "Sundance is the center of the 'publicity universe' for two weeks, so The Wi-Fi Guy will track celebrities, explore Wi-Fi and upload his blog," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "The Wi-Fi Guy's traffic spikes when the content includes pop culture -- so we have extra bandwidth on standby." The Wi-Fi Guy, http://www.wifi-guy.com/ , recently was selected as one of Forbes.com's "Best of the Web" travel sites. The blog includes photos, on- location accounts of Wi-Fi and culture in 43 cities. "The Wi-Fi Guy has been described as a 'digital Jack Kerouac' and a 'Wi-Fi evangelist,'" Faulkner said. "At Sundance, he is a computer nerd among the beautiful people, but it is good to be The Wi-Fi Guy." The Wi-Fi Guy blog is also a publicity magnet in a long tradition of C I Host guerrilla marketing. The journalist reviews all things Wi-Fi, while traveling in a "moving billboard" -- a bright orange SUV, covered in C I Host logos. To coincide with Sundance, C I Host recently announced an offer of free Web hosting to films that are accepted by the top U.S. independent film festivals. C I Host will award one year of free hosting to qualifying applicants from each film festival on the list. Eligible festivals include: Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah; Cinequest, San Jose, Calf.; Film Noir, Los Angeles; San Francisco Film Festival, San Francisco; Mountainfilm, Telluride, Colo.; Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle; Maui Film Festival, Wailea, Hawaii; South By Southwest, Austin, Texas; Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Ore.; New York International Film and Video Festival, New York City; Northhampton Film Festival, Northhampton, Mass.; Asheville Film Festival, Asheville, N.C.; Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pa.; Florida International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, Ill. About C I Host: C I Host (http://www.cihost.com/ ), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a global Web hosting and Internet solutions provider serving 210,000 individual consumers and businesses in 190 countries worldwide. C I Host's headquarters and Network Operations Center are in Bedford, Texas, and the company operates additional diverse data centers in Los Angeles and Chicago. Source: C I Host CONTACT: D. Kent Pingel, VP, Corporate Communications & PR of C I Host, +1-888-868-9931, ext. 7006, or kentp@cihost.com Web site: http://www.cihost.com/ http://www.wifi-guy.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment