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08/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Solar Power Web Hosting Now Offered!"

Midcoast Internet Solutions of Rockland and Damariscotta has added solar powered web hosting to their roster of services.

A computer designed to draw minimal electricity has been harnessed to a bevy of batteries, and these batteries are recharged through a system of solar panels installed on MIS' data center in Rockland.

"To our knowledge, there is only one other company in the country offering solar powered web hosting, and they're located in Florida," said company spokesperson Bill Batty, Jr. "We've been using solar power to run some of our island location, high speed wireless Internet equipment, so using solar power isn't new to us. When we started to consider offering solar web hosting, we were surprised about the lack of availability. Here in Maine, there are quite a few businesses and individuals who are concerned about our environment, and might be very pleased to know their web service is being powered by the renewable energy of the sun."

For more information about MIS' solar web hosting service, please call Web Hosting manager Jim Thompson at 594-8277 ext. 102, or visit the web at this web page.