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EarthLink to Acquire Sky Access Subscriber Base

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sky Financial Group (Nasdaq: SKYF - News) announced today that its subsidiary Sky Access, an Internet service provider, will transition its subscriber base to EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK - News), one of the nation's leading Internet service providers, and its subsidiary PeoplePC, a leading provider of high-quality, value-priced Internet services.

"EarthLink is well known for its outstanding customer service and its suite of online products and services," stated Les Starr, EVP of Operations and Information Technology for Sky. "We are confident that EarthLink will provide our clients with the benefits of its award-winning Internet access. For Sky, the transaction will allow us to devote our full technology and operations resources to our core business, which is providing banking, insurance and wealth management services through our regional market structure."

Sky Access dial-up clients will receive a welcome kit from EarthLink or PeoplePC, based on the customer's current service plan. With EarthLink's premium dial-up service, consumers will receive fast, reliable service with the most access numbers nationwide. They'll also be able to use TotalAccess® 2004, which includes such features as EarthLink spamBlocker, Pop-Up Blocker(SM), Accelerator(TM) and Spyware Blocker -- tools that help keep online interruptions to a minimum.