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Politician

I] DOWNLOADED Ver-
sion 2.0 of the Netscape
Web browser on
Wednesday night.

By Michael Becker
Cyberhead

The file is about 2.6K and it
took me about 1.5 hours to

‘grab the thing using a 14.4

modem, I was shocked by how
long it took to accomplish the
feat. Apparently I’m not alone.

A ‘co-worker had -a similar

experience. Are we victims of
some sort of digital transfer
speed reduction conspiracy?

‘My eyes were still square by
“the end of Thursday after a
“ night, spent . tweaking and
: adding plug-ins to the thing. I
. ‘think ri be better soon.

“LIBERAL MLA candidate

for’ the provincial ‘riding of
* West. ‘Vancouver-Garibaldi Ted
-Nebbeling: moved his cam-.
paign ‘to the inane! with’ a’

Web op at
hupuvirtadldbe coma

weaves Web

The cyber-politico is the
Mayor of Whistler.

The site he’s at is the cre-
ation of two young West
Vancouver —_ entrepreneurs,
James Faulkner, 24 and Toma
Sojonky, 23. .

AD Advertising, launched
by Faulkner in 1993, maintains
the West Van Web, a directory
of West Vancouver goods and
services. .

Said Sojonky, = “The

response inilially was a little
slow, but we're starting to get
hits from out of town.”
' The company is in the
process of developing a Web
presence for the West Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce.

The existing site enhances
the commercial content with

pointers to groups such as the.
‘West Vancouver school dis-

trict. Contact Faulkner or
Selonky at 922-4975. ;

’ A-North Shore News sur-
vey of 450 North Shore house-
holds conducted in December

reveals that only 14.4% of
_. Fespondents have ever been on

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