Outlawnet publishes web page

Jim Cornelius | Last updated Mar 26, 1996 12:0pm0

The student-run Sisters Middle/High School Internet access company Outlawnet published the first page in its "web site" -- an electronic location in the computer world of the Internet -- Friday, March 22.

The web site will provide information on the school to users of the international electronic computer network. It will eventually include pictures of the school and a newsletter. According to technology teacher and Outlawnet CEO Jon Renner, the web page will be updated almost daily.

"It's still under construction," Renner said. "We've got one page up with many more pages to follow. The kids have all kinds of ideas on what's going to be on there."

ublication of the web page is only the first step in the company's plan to provide access to residents in Sisters, Black Butte and Camp Sherman.

According to Renner, when the 21-student class gets back from spring break they will begin linking the school's computers to the Internet on a high-speed internal network.

Then students will begin installing "dial-up" software in student's home computers to allow students to link up to Outlawnet -- and the whole of the Internet. Renner said they hope to get that finished in March.

Once the school and its students are hooked up to the Internet, Renner said, students will start selling non-student subscriptions in Sisters, Black Butte and Camp Sherman.

Commercial accounts on Outlawnet will be managed by Informat, a local company that has been working with the school on installation, according to Informat owner Gary Bickford.

Renner said Outlawnet has experienced some of the delays and equipment problems experienced by many start-up business and they have fallen a bit behind schedule.

"We're about a month to a month and a half behind schedule on this," he noted, but "we're actually a bit under budget right now."

Renner said the class that runs Outlawnet is fairly evenly split between grades and he expects a core of students to be with the company for the long term.

To access the new Outlawnet web page:http://www.outlawnet.com

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