RNKE - Roanoke Technology Corp. (fka rnke)

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Roanoke Technology Corp. to Start RFQHosting Pilot Program with County Governments

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C., Aug 7, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Roanoke Technology
Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: RNKE) "announces that its partially owned subsidiary
Roanoke On-Line LLC has received letters of intent from Bertie and Hertford
Counties in North Carolina stating their willingness to use RFQHosting as their
on-line procurement solution," said David Smith, CEO and President of RTC. He
went on to say, "We have verbal commitments from several very large county
governments in other parts of the country, as well as from one state government
official to start pilot programs in their respective areas. Those details will
be announced in the near future."

"There are 3 thousand counties in the U.S. This market represents very
significant revenue opportunities for this subsidiary," stated David Smith.

Roanoke Technology Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: RNKE) operates 3 core businesses.
The first is Top-10 Promotions, Inc (http://www.top-10.com). Top-10 is a website
promotion business that obtains search engine placements for clients' web sites.
The second business is RFQHosting (http://www.rfqhosting.com ). RFQ provides
small to medium businesses with access to an online procurement system. This
system allows users to place their suppliers in a competitive bidding system.
The third business is RTCWebsite (http://www.rtcwebsite.com). RTCWebsite allows
anyone to build an online presence without knowing how. Through a template
driven system anyone that knows how to surf the web can build a web site.

Please visit our web sites, or contact Ed Foster, Information Officer for
Roanoke Technology Corp. by phone at 252-537-9222 x224, or by e-mail at
[e-mail].

SOURCE Roanoke Technology Corp.

CONTACT: Ed Foster, Information Officer of Roanoke Technology Corp.,
 [phone], ext. 224, or e-mail, [e-mail]

URL: http://www.top-10.com
 http://www.rfqhosting.com
 http://www.rtcwebsite.com
 http://www.RoanokeTechnology.com

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