Thursday, October 05, 2006

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Chooses Broadband National


Company to provision and manage deployment of more than 190 broadband circuits for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.

Broadband National, the leading online marketing company that promotes digital services in the U.S., has announced that Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) has selected them to manage their broadband provisioning and deployment for more than 190 Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental locations throughout the U.S. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group will leverage Broadband National’s IBIS technology to efficiently order and manage this process, saving the company significant time, dollars and resources.

“We were able to significantly reduce Dollar Thrifty Automotive Groups cost of rolling out their broadband network by assigning a dedicated project manager and leveraging our collaborative online order status portal,” said Vinny Olmstead, Broadband National’s President and CEO. “Leveraging our IBIS software and our industry experience will also reduce the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Groups overall total cost of ownership by utilizing the nations best of breed broadband providers.”

About DTG
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 Company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Driven by the mission “Value Every Time,” the Company's brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental, serve value-conscious travelers in approximately 70 countries. Dollar and Thrifty have approximately 800 corporate and franchised locations in the United States and Canada, and they have operations at most major airports. The Company's more than 8,500 employees are located mainly in North America, but global service capabilities exist through an expanding international franchise network. For additional information, visit www.dtag.com.

About Broadband National
Broadband National’s industry leading IBIS 3.0 platform allows for efficient management of multi-site locations. Through our bulk qualification process we are able within a matter of hours to quickly, and efficiently determine what services are available at all customer locations, maximizing coverage and reducing overall costs. IBIS 3.0 compares services from more than 50 local, regional and national service providers such as Comcast, AT&T, Sprint, Qwest, Time Warner, Verizon, Speaskeasy, Sprint Covad, Charter, Nuvox and New Edge.

Formed in 2003, Broadband National is a private company conceived as a solution to a fragmented and confusing broadband marketplace. Millions have used their Web site to compare services, and purchase broadband, VoIP, video, mobile, digital, and similar services.

For Broadband National press or investor relation’s inquiries, please contact Mark Ballard at 772-539-0618 or visit www.broadbandnational.com


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