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PEOPLEPC ONLINE NOW AVAILABLE IN CIRCUIT CITY STORES
First Nationwide Consumer Electronics Retail Offering for Value ISP

SAN FRANCISCO, August 11, 2003 - PeoplePC, a leading provider of high-quality, value-priced Internet services, and Circuit City today announced an agreement to offer PeoplePC Online dial-up Internet service in more than 600 Circuit City stores nationwide. The PeoplePC Online Internet Service, at less than half the cost of other major ISPs, will provide Circuit City customers with high-quality access at a great value.

"Demand for PeoplePC Online is accelerating as consumers increasingly realize they can get high quality, reliable access from a value provider," said Janet West, vice president of channel sales, PeoplePC. "We are therefore delighted that Circuit City's customers will enjoy the convenience of finding PeoplePC Online discs at all of Circuit City's superstores."

"Adding PeoplePC Online expands our ISP selection to include a value-priced provider," said John Rowe, director of new business development for Circuit City. "This addition helps ensure that Circuit City customers can select from a full range of high-quality products with different features and prices."

PeoplePC Online subscribers enjoy unlimited nationwide access with more than 9,000 local dial-up numbers and proprietary Smart Dialer technology that automatically connects them to the highest quality, most available number so they always have the best connection.

About PeoplePC
PeoplePC, an EarthLink company (NASDAQ: ELNK), is a leading provider of high-quality, value-priced Internet service through its PeoplePC Online brand. We are committed to making it easy and affordable for consumers to get online. The PeoplePC platform ensures quality connections and fewer busy signals though the use of proprietary Smart Dialer technology. Visit us at www.peoplepc.com.

About Circuit City Stores, Inc.
With headquarters in Richmond, Va., Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE:CC) puts the customer first with high-quality service and more than 5,000 consumer electronics products available in its stores and online at www.circuitcity.com. Top-quality, low-priced products; detailed product information; and product specialists, who complete extensive online and in-store training programs, are all a part of Circuit City's promise to provide superior consumer electronics solutions to its customers. Circuit City's remodel and relocation program reflects the changing needs of consumer electronics shoppers; the stores are brighter and more open, the aisles are wider and nearly every product Circuit City sells is out on the sales floor. Circuit City is committed to families and is the official sponsor of ImageMakers, the Boys & Girls Club of America's national photography contest. Circuit City operates 612 Circuit City Superstores and 14 mall-based Circuit City Express stores in 159 markets.