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Hello Akron Ohio!

Today I received another email regarding how a user from (I want so bad
to mention the name now) a local to Akron Ohio Internet Service Provider
(ISP) could get news from the akr.* newsgroups! This email combined with
another last week from a Department of State of Ohio causes me to write
this article.

It has been suggested that the reason any Akron area ISP would not carry
a local newsgroup is because I authored akr.biz and publish the Akron
Ohio Area Internet Directory and thus view us as competition. It has
also been suggested from past traditional media relationships that a
competition exists for advertising revenue.

We have had many obstacles during our electronic publishing experiences
most of which have been overcome. Our Akron Directory project was
started at a time little electronic information was available about the
Akron Ohio area and we wanted to contribute in a new electronic media we
envisioned early. Now that the Internet has become popular and many
people have started to capitalize the obstacles we face now have become
even greater. Fortunately, so have our opportunities.

Our Mission for the Akron Area Internet Directory has always been to
provide content for the general public. A small group committed to a
period of two years toward the goal of publishing information that
effects everyone i.e.: food, health, education, government, taxes,
death, etc... It was our goal that as the information developed and
created traffic it would be funded by selling commercial advertising and
always remain FREE to the public.

We have NOT attempted to sell advertising since we did not feel the
traffic was quite right to support it. Only as our bandwidth and storage
bills got higher did we place any advertising at all. Ironically, in
trying to do something for the local community we found ourselves
developing several International projects which is where our early
advertisers came from;^) Not one of our primary sponsors is from Ohio!

We have always viewed our company as an information content publisher or
marketing company rather than an ISP. We have been fortunate to have the
opportunity to offer ISP services through Apk.Net in Portage County Ohio
which indeed distracts us from our publishing work. However, Service in
Portage County did NOT exist and we felt it necessary to open our
somewhat rural Southeast Cleveland, Ohio community. This has kept us
very busy and we have NOT placed our first advertisement outside of
Portage County media!

I have been wanting to publish a list of the Akron ISP's and include a
brief review of their services including local newsgroups. Ironically, a
review collection is what my 15 minutes of glory is mostly known for.
Until this should be organized I've decided to write this article for
the archive's of the World including Deja News and Archive.Org.

Easy access to the Worlds Newsgroup servers may be found at:
http://www.zippo.com
http://www.geociti.e.s.com/Hollywood/2513/news.html

USENET Archives
http://www.dejanews.com
http://www.reference.com
http://www.archive.org

USENET FAQ's:
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/

The Akron Ohio Area Internet Directory has indeed expanded to include
International coverage and become one of the most content rich community
directories in the World. 

On May 5th 1997 we will be rolling out the debut of GlobalPeace.Net,
enviroconcepts.com, and begin the integration of all of our publishing
projects which will be promoted under the globaltowne.com community
concept.  Other project domains are in the process of being developed
which include strategic alliances or joint efforts.

These efforts result from several individuals, companies, and
institutions that share a vision of disseminating positive energy and
information for the public's benefit while allowing commerce to support
it. 

We have been asked by a developing publishing partnership of several
respected media companies to redesign our publishing to become more
non-commercial by limiting the number of ads per page to support it. We
are in this process and intend to generate revenue from other resources.

ISP's and many large companies have nothing to fear from this form of
competition. Providing electronic information is much different than
connectivity or other traditional distribution of it. We define
information management as the storage and dissemination of information
technology. Information technology has evolved from the chisel, to the
gutenberg press, wire, telephone, radio, then television to our current
method of transferring electronic pulses through copper and fiber.

International, National, and large communities like Columbus, and
Cleveland Ohio the Internet has become a major influence. It is
certainly occurring on a regional level and is gaining popularity in
many rural or suburban communities. We are very proud to have placed the
World's first advertisement in any computer magazine with an Internet
URL address and to witness the growth of using URL's in traditional
advertising today! Got to love the UPS trucks :^)

On May 5th config.sys Productions, LTD. will start aggressively
marketing commerce regardless of where they store their informational
web pages. Advertising will allow us to expose those that share our
vision of always making it better for life on any social scale with any
ISP. Config.Sys Productions has simply developed the same proven
exchange between the public and commerce as have previous media's. 

We are always available to consult for other companies that share this
vision of a better future! Our record of electronic publishing towards
the pursuit of commerce starts at http://www.config.com . We have never
received any tax dollars or other source of public funding!

Recently our Akron Ohio publishing project was denied a reciprocal link
with a State of Ohio department which is suspect may have been
contracted by traditional publishing company;^) The reason given for
this rejection was that we were not scantioned by a chamber of commerce
or tourism agency. 

My question is when was the last time one of these corporate agencies
paid the printing and distribution costs for any State agency? My
statement is these are nothing more than non-profit corporations
registered with the State of Ohio established to promote their
community!

Let us place on record that we have already proudly published public
information regarding Ohio's Scenic Rivers and all of the Ohio's State
Nature Preserves which was never before available to the World
electronically! Not a single greenback of public money was necessary.

We are also involved with publishing information on Federal and
International levels to be overly concerned about the lack of a single
reciprocal link. We also only select projects that either have not been
done before or we can redefine the presentation in greater detail. When
I use the phrase it's not about money I really mean it in most regards.
It's mostly about sharing something that hasn't been available
previously.

What we are witnessing is a rush greater than the great California gold
rush to capitalize on the Internet. The birth of the greatest media
since the Gutenberg press. We believe that those who first serve the
Internet community will gain if they like it or not whenever the public
determines it's gratitude. Should fortune occur what to do with it is
another question. 

Those that work together will share it and use it for great things like
making their companies larger by employing people and selling even
greater services daily. We look forward to what the future holds for our
company because of what we can give back! The ultimate exchange and
challange;^) 

The future will involve the integration of technologies which will
enhance the possibility of Global peace. Those that choose to pursue the
opportunity solely for economic reasons will eventually fail.

Land Preservation, environment, education, children, and the enhancement
of all life is a good thing. Sure wish we all could use that famous
slogan something to the effect "We Do Good Things for Life" by a large
company with electric in their name. The electric companies must surely
be in their glory being a primary source of energy that powers the
information age!

If you have read this far I thank you for your time and trust I have
expressed positive light on my opinion! Please consider our company for
consulting on your electronic publishing projects.

Best 'net regards,

Joe Rinehart, Web Editor & Project Manager
http://www.config.com/joer.htm
--
config.sys Productions, LTD, 254 W.Main St., Ravenna, Ohio 44266 USA
VOICE: (330) 297.9595   FAX: (330) 296.4005   emailto:joe@config.com
InternetURL:http://www.healthyreferral.com URL:http://www.config.com/
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