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Note - This turned out to be a bad joke -
nothing came of it.
June 14, 2000
Bandwidth comes to Highland Park
Is the electronic drought coming to an end? Perhaps.
Today, Colin communications Inc. and Highland Park officials
announced that they were putting the finishing touches on an exclusive
agreement that would place the City on the electronic map.
 Rebecca
Justice said, "We expect to have the McGregor Library
wired for public use by September." When asked why it will take so
long, Mrs. Justice responded that considerable infrastructure
improvements had to be made before the institution would be able to go
online.
Colin communications Inc., which has been involved with the City
for over a year is now getting the ball rolling, making broad band
access available to Highland Park's public institutions, as well as it's
private citizens.
"Accounts for private access is available as of now." Says
Mrs. Justice.
As most online Highland park citizens are aware, all the surrounding
Detroit Library branches offer public access to the web leaving the
McGregor Library the outstanding lone example.
 While
Mrs. Justice made her comments, Mr. Colin, head of Colin Communications
Inc., posed for the camera with Highland Park Mayor Lindsey
Porter.
A tent was erected on the lawns of the McGregor Library for the occasion,
complete with libation for the participants.
It will be interesting to see if Colin Communications Inc will offer competitive
prices to the public - and if their timeline for getting the McGregor
Library up and running will succeed. Time will tell.
What follows is the promo sheet offered to the public
and press by Colin Communications:
June 7 4, 2000 A municipal government's commitment to its
citizens and businesses to improve their community begins with
demonstrative support of city services used to improve the overall
"quality of life".
In Highland Park, civic, city and educationally based leaders
have displayed their commitment by combining resources to deliver
a seamless interactive platform for their children to stand on.
The City of Highland Park created an on-going collaborative
venture with Colin Communications, Inc. and SBC / Ameritech,
designed to support basic as well as advanced communications to
and from every classroom, and available to every household in
Highland Park.
 The
Highland Park Public, Governmental & Educational Access
Channels will be powered by GRYPHON™. GRYPHON™ gives each home
and business a high speed connection to the world. When completed,
GRYPHON™ will support both traditional video services like cable
programming, as well as advanced features such as Distance
Learning, Video-On-Demand, Interactive Television, and On-Line
Gaming for students of every age, all in a safe environment.
Highland Park parents will receive professional support for
their children's online Internet use through GRYPHONs active
participation of the best monitoring software available, such as
NET NANNY, SURF WATCH, CYBERPATROL, and others. GRYPHON™
provides each classroom with direct delivery of the Ameritech
HORIZON Library database system from the Detroit Public 1ibrary
and McGregor
Public library. Teaching each student how to use electronic
publishing, on-line cataloging systems and advanced research and
inquiry tools on virtually any subject from the local library, or
from around the world.
Additional media questions, please contact Rebecca
Justice, Colin Communications, Inc. at 248-761-1910 or Reggie
Daniel, SBC / Ameritech at 313-223-5709.
COLIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 100 Oakman Blvd.,
Highland Park, MI 48203 313.867.3215 / FAX 313.867.3244 / www.colincomm.com |
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Revised: March 07, 2006
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