As part of its aggressive fourth quarter strategy, RampRate will double fees paid on referrals between now and the end of the year, subject to program details available from RampRate channel managers. Bounties will be paid for referrals that successfully result in new business contracts signed by January 15, 2003, with an eye toward complementary business opportunities.

RampRate will pay up to $125,000 for leads that translate to new business.

RampRate is a technology advisor that assists companies with IT and infrastructure services procurement, using a data-driven methodology. These services include hosting and co-location, content delivery, streaming media, managed services, bandwidth, asset and content management, and quality of service (QoS) tools.

"In the spirit of partnership, we're encouraging our more than 135 partners to work with us in areas that are ancillary or non-core to their business --and we'll reward them accordingly," said Ed Agar, senior vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships, RampRate. " Our partners have been critical to our success -- they're in a real sense an extension of RampRate, and this change in our selling methodology empowers them even more. Because we look to our referral partners to get the message out about the new market dynamics, we have tiered our referral rates according to the partner's level of involvement."