GWI NetLetter
GWI NetLetter
November, 2004

GWI Named To Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing US Companies - AGAIN!
GWI was lauded as one of America’s 500 fastest growing private companies by Inc. Magazine for the second year in a row. The magazine's Fall Special Edition features “500 Profiles of Business Success”, a prestigious list which focuses on select American companies from the total range of businesses for success in growing their firms. As was true last year, GWI is once again the only Maine-based company included in this year’s celebrated compilation.

“We are grateful and flattered to be recognized a second time as one of our country’s fastest growing private companies, an honor achieved by only a third of the companies on the list,” said Fletcher Kittredge, founder and CEO of GWI.
No Offshore Call Handling or Foreign Outsourcing of Labor
Inc. selects and ranks companies according to their percentage increase in sales from 2000 through 2003. Companies must also be independent and privately held, in business for four years (or five for repeaters on the list like GWI), with sales of at least $200,000 in 2000 and $2M in revenue for fiscal 2003. Last year, GWI experienced average annual growth of 80.3%, with a total growth of over 400%, and its 2003 revenue was $11.9M.

“Over a third of our new customers leave cable or the phone company to experience the independence and the 35 to 40% savings provided by GWI, ” said Rick Preti, GWI’s Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. “We pride ourselves on personal service. Our highly trained sales, service, and support personnel are 100% local to Maine and New Hampshire, and we intend to keep it that way — no offshore call handling or foreign outsourcing of labor.”
A Future of One-Stop Shopping for Telephone, Video, and Internet Services Combined
As we prepare to enter our second decade — GWI plans an expansive broadening of its service offerings. We have begun field trials of new voice services, including local and long-distance calling, in combination with high-speed Internet at lower prices than available elsewhere. GWI also plans to use its new Lucent Stinger ADSL2+ network equipment to add video IP services that will deliver content for educational, business-conferencing, entertainment, and customized uses, bringing its customers a future of one-stop shopping for telephone, video, and Internet services combined.
GWI Webmail
With GWI WebMail, you have access to your GWI email anytime and any place. All you need is a computer that has Internet access and you can send and receive email using your GWI email address.  

Features: Along with receiving and sending email, you can:

  • Send/receive email attachments (up to 2 MB).
  • Create an address book computer.
  • Create folders to organize email.
  • Customize to your preferences.

With GWI Webmail there are no additional costs and no software to download and configure. See GWI Webmail for more information.
TECH SUPPORT FOR THE REST OF US
Q. How do I send pictures or files via email?
A. Once you have created your email message, select “attach” in the menu or toolbar (usually a button with a paperclip on it). Then locate and select the file or photo that you want to attach. When you send your email message, the file or photo will go with it.

When sending attachments, try to keep them as small as possible and limit the number of attachments you send at once. That way the person receiving your email won’t have to wait too long to download the email and can quickly identify what was sent.
 
GWI’s “It’s Great – NO WAIT” Sweepstakes

With GWI's "It's Great-No Wait!" Sweepstakes, you have a chance to win one of up to $50,000 in exciting prizes or discounts on our high-speed Internet service. You could even be the winner of our Grand Prize, a 2004 Toyota Prius - the gas electric hybrid automobile that gets up to 60 miles per gallon. Due to high demand, it may take a year to buy one. GWI will put one lucky winner behind the wheel of a Prius right now! 
You could win simply by discovering that GWI Broadband is the fastest, most economical high-speed service available.

Between now and November 30, 2004, everyone who signs up for either GWI Broadband or GWI dial-up service will be automatically entered into our sweepstakes.

For current GWI customers, there are also many ways you can win, including:

  • If you are a GWI dial-up customer, try GWI Broadband at no additional cost until the end of the year and we will automatically enter you into the sweepstakes.
  • Refer your friends, family and co-workers to GWI. You will receive an entry for each person you refer, and there is no limit to the number of people you can refer or entries you can receive.
  • Enter the sweepstakes using our online form (only one entry per username will be accepted).
  • Enter as many times as you like by mail. For more information on entering, see our Sweepstakes Official Rules.

To see the other great prizes you can win, or for more information on GWI's "It's Great-No Wait!" Sweepstakes, visit our website.

Check Out Previous Versions of our NetLetter
Our new online NetLetter launched earlier this year along with our new website. We hope you will find this publication useful and informative. To read our June Netletter, click here.