The announcment came almost two weeks ago, that
after almost 20 years The Birmingham Web Project will be closing it's virtual doors. The Birmingham
Web Project has provided Free Web Hosting, email and related
services to the Birmingham Community and surrounding areas
for over 10 years. The Web Project grew out of the Matrix BBS
which served Birmingham from August, 1980 through
November, 1999. The founder, Rocky Rawlins, has decided that
it is time to move on.
"My time these
days is spent in my woodworking shop, creating items which
will long outlive me." Rawlins said. High Speed Solutions, a local high speed internet and
web hosting provider is working with Rawlins and the
Birmingham Web Project to keep bham.net going well into the future. Brad
Gutteridge, CEO of High Speed Solutions, said "Rocky is
a pioneer in this field. We look forward to learning from his experience, as
well as understanding his vision for the future of the
project. I hope he will remain an integral part of the process."
The Birmingham Net, has
over the years developed web sites for many Birmingham area
attractions, city agencies, places of historical
interest and various schools, churches and many other
organizations. As knowledge of how to develop web pages began to spread, they
provided hosting free of charge to hundreds of groups and
organizations throughout the area. During the late 80's and early 90's
they provided free Internet Access to dozens of local schools
through the BBS and later the Web Project.
Paul
Rhodes, spokesman for High Speed
Solutions said "We are very
excited about bringing the Web Project many new features and services through our
existing infrastructure. We understand the need for low cost
Internet services in the community, and we can provide this. Of
course with a project of this size there will be some
complication, but we will work with everyone to make this as seamless as
possible."
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