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Roanoke Technology Corp. Integrates WebEx Into Its Sales and Support Strategy

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C., Jan 3, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Roanoke Technology Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: RNKE) recently entered into a licensing agreement with WebEx (Nasdaq: WebEx, quote, news, chart), a leader in on-line meeting and collaboration services to use their software to conduct sales demonstrations and product support. "We are very excited about WebEx," commented Jack Webb, RNKE's Executive Vice President. "We are a technology company. We sell business Internet solutions and help our customers' web sites gain visibility in the major search engines used by potential consumers. Now we are using state-of-the-art technology to sell technology (http://rtc.webex.com ). Preliminary results have been encouraging and our customers have been extremely impressed with our new ability to effectively demonstrate our products and services," Webb elaborated.

David Smith, RNKE's President and CEO added, "It is a pleasure to use this new tool. We are proud of the products and services that we offer to our customers and selecting WebEx allows us to continue to add value to our customers by providing them state-of-the-art presentations and superior product support. WebEx's leadership position and professionalism fits in very nicely with our corporate culture. Our closing rate has increased by forty percent since we started using WebEx. The results are outstanding."

Roanoke Technology Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: RNKE) operates 3 core businesses. Top-10 Promotions, Inc. (http://www.top-10.com) is a website promotion business that obtains search engine placements for clients' web sites. RFQHosting (http://www.rfqhosting.com) provides small to medium businesses with access to an online procurement system that allows buyers to place their suppliers in a competitive bidding system. RTCHosting (http://www.rtchosting.com) allows anyone to build an online presence without knowing how. Using 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].

WebEx (Nasdaq: WEBX, quote, news, chart) (www.webex.com) provides Web-based interactive communications services to corporations worldwide. Departments across the enterprise use WebEx conferencing to reduce travel costs, increase sales and improve productivity. WebEx supports the entire range of data, voice and video communications to provide an online environment that simulates the full spontaneity and productivity of face-to-face meetings. All of WebEx's services are built on the WebEx interactive platform and are supported by WebEx's global communication network, a switch-based network that runs parallel to the public network to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and performance. http://rtc.webex.com

SOURCE Roanoke Technology Corp.

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