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By S.A. Mawhorr e-buzz
Metrocom has expanded access to its high-speed Internet service in Lake County.
Typically customers can't access a digital subscriber line, or DSL, unless they are within 18,000 feet of a switch on the communications grid.
So TDS Metrocom has added IDSL, integrated lines, to its offerings.
The technology runs data over longer distances by repeating the signal so the customer can be anywhere on the grid.
Transmission over an IDSL line is quite a bit slower than the traditional DSL, but still about five times faster than transmissions over a dial up modem, said Joe Kramschuster, manager of data product management at TDS Metrocom.
Perhaps the greatest advantage of an IDSL line for small businesses is that Internet access is always on, making it possible for employees to use e-mail for interoffice communications, Kramschuster said.
The cost of the service is $79.95 per month.
Customers will get a price break during the first three months, paying $49.95 a month.
New alliance: Lake Zurich-based Integrated Web Solutions is offering clients the services of Aurora-based Rick Costello, who is billed as the "Web Site Profit Doctor." He helps clients use their Web sites to make money instead of serving simply as billboards on the Internet.
Integrated Web Services designs and builds Web sites for customers while making sure the site is well coordinated with the business behind the screen.
Costello helps clients apply business strategy to their Web sites, including tracking return on investment.
"It's a one-two power punch," said John Schwarberg, president of Integrated Web Solutions. "By combining these specialties, our customers will receive proven online strategies, faster implementation and immediate return on investment."
Web site open house: A Web site designed to help people with disabilities find work is hosting an open house today through Friday for disabled students and their families who have questions about the transition from school to work. A panel of experts will be answering questions posed on the Web site, www.abilitylinks.org, this week.
The AbilityLinks Consortium -- founded by Wheaton-based Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital to connect people with disabilities, business leaders and employment consultants -- has partnered with the DuPage Transition Planning Committee to host the open house.
Expansion: Schaumburg-based Virtual-Agent Services recently opened a seventh call center in Neguac in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
The company, with 500 employees, has opened all of its call centers in rural Canada because the government there provides financial assistance to the company and because area residents are skilled in the work.
Web site redesign: Elgin-based K40 Electronics, maker of radar detectors and CB antennas, has redesigned its Web site to feature video clips of product tests, operating manuals and installation instructions that can be downloaded, as well as technical articles and product reviews. Check it out at www.k40.com.
• Got news for e-buzz? Send it along to smawhorr@dailyherald.com or call Sarah Mawhorr at (847)427-4569.
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