How NapaNet Started NapaNet started in the Spring of 1994 by members of the Napa Valley Unified School District's (NVUSD) K-12 Technology Team. Recognizing the educational value of the Internet to their students, the teacher members of this team sent representatives to the Napa County Business Education Partnership (BEP), seeking its support to help hook up schools to the Internet. The BEP agreed wholeheartedly to support the schools with the project. One of its key members, the Napa County Office of Education, worked closely with NVUSD to bring together a group of educators, businesspeople and other volunteers, who began to plan a county-wide community computer network with full connection to the Internet - the much-discussed "information superhighway". Originally known as the Napa County Internet Task Force, the group later incorporated as NapaNet, Inc., a California non-profit corporation. After nearly a year of planning and development, NapaNet, Inc. formed a unique partnership with a new local business--Napa Internet Services, Inc. (NIS), which provided the necessary hardware, technical and financial resources to getup and running." In November of 1995, NapaNet through its partnership with NIS, Inc., began providing free service to local schools and competitive rate services to local residents and businesses. The NapaNet Storefront In November 1995, the NapaNet Store was opened. Located in downtown Napa at 1142 First Street, the store provides a physical reality to an activity, that in those communities fortunate enough to have a local provider, is totally electronic and virtual. Our storefront is our customers' "brick and mortar" portal to our staff and support resources. The staff at the NapaNet store prides itself on providing top-notch customer service and is knowledgeable and ready to answer just about any Internet related question. From basic Internet connection and application trouble-shooting, domain name registration and broadband all the way to router configuration, dynamic web development and database integration, NapaNet truly offers one-stop Internet convenience and expertise. In short, NapaNet staff is ready to help... we even provide house-calls and free business Internet consultations.