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PRESS RELEASE

GWI SPONSORS PROFESSIONAL GAMER "Peekay"

PORTLAND, MAINE, December 19, 2007
–GWI, Maine’s own telecommunication company, announces a unique sponsorship with a Maine professional gaming superstar Nicholas “Peekay” DePalmer. Peekay will use a blazing-fast GWI Internet connection using adsl2+ technology. He is looking to claim cash prize pools around the world exceeding 1 million dollars.

“I’m excited about my new sponsorship with GWI,” said Peekay. Using this Internet connection gives me an advantage over other gamers. I’ve found, after thorough testing, that GWI comes with the best routing from Maine with plenty of bandwidth.”

“With this partnership, GWI emphasizes it’s support for e sports and Internet gaming and invites the thousands of gamers networked within Maine and New Hampshire to try GWI’s broadband service.,” said Fletcher Kittredge, CEO, GWI.

GWI is offering a free second month of unlimited telephone and unlimited regular broadband Internet to all new subscribers who mention the key “Pro Gamer” while signing up for high-speed Internet.

About Nicholas DePalmer
Age 23, and a Maine native with a degree in Computer Information Systems, Nicholas has been competing professionally with video games since 2000. He has earned free trips around the world along with major cash and hardware prizes. Recently Nicholas became a television personality starring on Direct TV’s, “Championship Gaming Series,” broadcasted to over 350 million homes worldwide. Nicholas is recognized around the globe by the gamer tag “Peekay.”

About GWI
GWI leads in deployment of new voice and broadband communicationss services. Capable of reaching several hundred thousand homes serving populated and under served areas — GWI provides feature-rich services that are more competitively priced than traditional phone and Internet company offerings.