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Attention Technology Reporters:

Momentous.ca Puts NorthPole.net up for eBay Auction

Site received close to 1 million visits last year alone!

For Immediate Release

Ottawa, Canada / Feb 20, 2002 - Thinking about Christmas already?  A Canadian company, Momentous.ca
has put www.NorthPole.net up for auction on eBay.com.

Even without promotion, www.NorthPole.net attracts hundreds of thousands of visits each year.
Bidding will open at $50,000 U.S.

"NorthPole.net is a great fit for a major corporation that wants to communicate with children.  We
are selling it because we've been overwhelmed with its popularity.  With close to a million visits
last year, we just can't keep up with the site and support it in the way that children deserve,"
said Rob Hall, President and CEO of Momentous.ca.

NorthPole.net features greetings from Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Rudolph, activities such as
downloadable Christmas pictures to print out and colour, a North Pole Weather Report, a list of
frequently asked questions (e.g. How does Santa know if I've been naughty or nice?) and Christmas
traditions from around the world.

Since 1994, Momentous.ca has operated the site on a volunteer basis, pouring in a great deal of time
and resources to make the site one of premier Christmas sites around the world.  During the run-up
to Christmas 2001, the site received nearly 1 million visits with close to 3,000 unique sites
pointing to it.  For more information on visitors to NorthPole.net go to www.NorthPole.net/stats.

"It's time for someone to take over the site and nurture it the way it should be nurtured.  We're
looking for a good home for NorthPole.net, and we intend to make sure that it ends up in the right
place," concluded Hall.

Bidding on NorthPole.net will be kept open until April 30 at www.eBay.com.  The specific link is
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2003168335.

Momentous.ca (www.Momentous.ca) and its affiliated companies have long been at the forefront of
Internet development, offering industry-leading full customer service and a full suite of domain
registration services.  Momentous.ca companies include: an ICANN-accredited registrar ranked by the
authoritative State of the Domain report among the world's fastest-growing registrars and among the
world's Top 50 registrars; the world's first dot-name registrar; one of the first wave of new dot-au
registrars; one of the first new dot-US registrars-to-be, already accepting dot-US domain name
booking in the upcoming deregulation of America's Internet Address; Canada's first dot-ca accredited
registrar and Canada's leading dot-ca registrar.  The companies serve customers around the globe
from offices in North America and the Caribbean, and are the world's only registrar group
simultaneously accredited by ICANN, CIRA, auDA and the Global Name Registry.

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For further information: or to arrange a media interview, please call 
Lisa McAdam at (613) 715-3544 or e-mail her at lisa@momentous.ca