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VailNet/ColoradoNet Announces Partership with Alpine Bank For
Immediate Release (Avon,
CO, March 27, 2000)... VailNet/ColoradoNet are pleased to announce
the strategic partnership with Alpine Bank to promote Vailnet’s
wireless T-1 high speed products and Alpine Bank’s Internet
Banking Opportunities. Our
goal over the next 18 months is to provide an opportunity for all
of the residents of Eagle and Summit counties to experience the
Internet utilizing our wireless high speed technology. We have a
large number of dial up users that we would like to migrate to our
high speed platform and we wanted to provide a painless upgrade
path. By
partnering with Alpine Bank, which will provide a finance package
that includes the hardware, installation and monthly recurring costs,
we have identified a resource that can not only provide the financing
necessary but moreover offer our customers more Internet banking
solutions than other banks here in the high country. “It was
important for us to partner with a company who shared the same vision
about the community that we did, and Alpine Bank was the logical
choice. They understand the needs of the folks who call Eagle and
Summit counties home,” said Ed Craft, Sales and Marketing Manager
of VailNet. The
wireless high speed product offered by VailNet provides for connectivity
at speeds some 25 times faster than normal dial up. The high speed
connection to the Internet can be shared by all members of the office
or family. The wireless high speed product and Alpine Bank’s
finance vehicle make total sense for applications where there are
two or more computers that need connectivity to the Internet. “If
you take the average cost of a business telephone line at $50 per
month and add the $20 per month for normal dial up Internet access,
two lines and associated internet service would run about $140 per
month. By taking advantage of Alpine Bank’s finance program
the entire office can have high speed Internet connectivity for
less than $135 per month.” The finance program provides for
a 24-month payment schedule and at maturity the equipment is owned
by the customer. VailNet
is in the process of providing high speed Internet access in selected
branch offices of Alpine Bank to showcase the Internet Banking solutions
offered by Alpine. The strength of VailNet’s high speed products
in conjunction with the banking opportunities offered by Alpine
Bank is a total win for the community. For more information call VailNet/ColoradoNet at 970-949-3318 or Alpine Bank at 970-476-8700.
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