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Internet Access for Cuyama Valley


UPDATE 4/12/1999

The RAIN Rural Community Network continues to work on acquiring local dial access to the Internet for the Cuyama Valley, and although this has been a much more cumbersome process than predicted, we have finally been successful in receiving approval for subsidized access from the federal government. We now will go through the process of getting all of the remaining subsidy paperwork filed and approved.

In the interim, we are offering residents of the Valley a means to access RAIN's award-winning online education and health programs, and lower their Internet and long distance phone costs in one package of services :

1. Subscribe to RAIN at our regularly reduced rates of $18 month individual, $25 a month for a family with up to four user accounts, or $25-$35 month for a business with domain.com email and/or web site service.

2. Then subscribe to RAIN's long distance partner, EarthTel, and lower your long distance costs to under six cents a minute for calls anywhere in California ( interstate, continental U.S. $.089 - same rates apply for 800# service too ).

3. As a result, you can now have low cost Internet access and phone service - Internet as low as $16.50 a month if you pay one year in advance ($198) - and your phone calls to RAIN - to 805-690-RAIN - will cost a low $.055 a minute.

A local Cuyama Valley resident, Juan Gonzalez, will be coordinating outreach and training activities for RAIN's Rural Community Project, and if you have questions on how to join RAIN you can reach our headquarters at 1-800-889-2823, or talk to Juan by email at dltjg@rain.org. We are working on building a locally-designed web site for the Valley, and welcome your input about resources you would like to see online that benefit the health, education, and economic opportunities for your community. And thanks to continued USDA Rural Utility Service funding, be assured we are performing Y2K system-wide upgrades. Local training programs are also being coordinated at the health clinic and community sites this year.

Internet sign-up : 1-800-889-2823 Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 12-6 Long distance phone sign-up : 1-800-458-4573 code NC00804

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