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NorthNet Announces Internet Education Initative for KSCADE Consortium Group

October 8, 1999 Oshkosh, WI. - NorthNet, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), has begun offering a special wholesale Internet rate for high schools, tech colleges, and universities in the KSCADE Consortium, which includes 36 schools from Green Bay to Fond du Lac. The Education Initative is designed to offer affordable Internet connections for all KSCADE members' faculty, staff, and students at their homes. In addition, NorthNet is providing free set-up, free Netscape software, unlimited access, free e-mail account, 24 hour a day/7 day a week technical support, and Internet training classes upon request.

According to Frank Tower, NorthNet's Director of Operations, "the Internet Education Initative offering to the KSCADE Consortium is a logical extension of a program we currently offer to the University Wisconsin-Oshkosh as the University's preferred Internet provider. Now that NorthNet offers local service from Green Bay to Fond du Lac, we wanted to participate with KSCADE in the education revolution being brought on by the Internet." One of the basic advantages for all area faculty, staff, and students is that they will eventually have the ability to telecommute from home through their school's Web site. Their home Internet connection would allow them to pick up e-mail and/or use the schools' technology assets for expanded research, lesson planning, paper writing, and other school activities.

In addition, NorthNet's Internet Education Initative includes participation in several other educational technology projects. They are:

(1) the Boys & Girls Club is currently building basic computers with a quality Internet modem, which is being bundled with Internet services by NorthNet;

(2) with NorthNet's assistance, Rawhide of New London is currently studying the possibility  of assembling computers to be sold to not-for-profit and public organizations;

(3) NorthNet expects to be a sponsor of a ThinkQuest international contest called the Internet Challenge, which is a Web Design contest for 12 to 19 year old students throughout the world; and

(4) NorthNet has an intern program for students through UW-O's Center for Community Partnerships.

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