AT&T Data Hosting Services, Selected by Paltalk Video Community

New York, New York - (The Hosting News) - March 18, 2008 - AT and T Inc., has extended and expanded its contract with real-time, video-based online community, Paltalk, to provide enterprise hosting and voice services in support of the company's subscriber base and interactive network.

AT and T and Paltalk are continuing a strong relationship that has spanned more than seven years. AT and T Enterprise Hosting Services will provide uninterrupted access and increased bandwidth to deliver an unmatched user experience -- among interactive chat, video and audio applications -- on Paltalk's online community. Given the global presence that Paltalk has established, the company has realized an increased need to have AT and T support larger volumes of data that come with users accessing Paltalk's feature-rich online community from around the world.

AT and T will host Paltalk's applications in local Internet data centers (IDCs), which are protected from intrusion and failure by multilayered security, fail-safe redundancy, diversity measures and rapid response recovery measures. By using AT and T's IDCs, Paltalk will benefit from an optimal hosting environment for all web and data applications while also having the ability to control and manage applications independently.

Joel Smernoff, President and Chief Operating Officer of Paltalk noted, ''By expanding our relationship with AT and T, we can continue to offer a uniquely interactive community experience to our users around the world through voice, video and text chat applications. Our working relationship with AT and T has spanned many years, and it has supported us through each evolution of our business during that time. Our users are so engaged on Paltalk 24/7 that the volumes of data keep increasing, making increased bandwidth a priority. Being able to use AT and T's global infrastructure gives us peace of mind as we continue to deliver more functionality to our users around the world.''

Paltalk is a real-time, video-based community bringing together traditional broadcasting media, social networking, user-generated content and video chat. With more than 4 million active users, Paltalk hosts the world's largest interactive video community, PaltalkScene, offering thousands of users the ability to watch and interact with online video programming, including serialized shows, live events, and user-generated content, as well as interact with each other through real-time voice, text and video chat. Paltalk's diverse programming includes Paltalk original shows featuring celebrities, radio personalities and newsmakers such as the radio jocks Opie and Anthony and Diana Falzone. The company also broadcasts live interactive video chat events, such as musical performances and comedy variety shows. Paltalkers can interact with the featured hosts and performers in real-time as well as other members in the room. Recently, Paltalk hosted live broadcasts with famed musician Slash and world-renowned author Stephen King. Paltalk also offers its users the ability to create and share their own user-generated video content with each other and to the broader community.

AT and T Inc. is a communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT and T operating companies, are the providers of AT and T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT and T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT and T brand is licensed to companies in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT and T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings.

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