Our History Spring.net is a privately held corporation based in Austin, Texas, was founded in January of 1994 by Paul Walhus, an Illinois University graduate in Urban Planning with over 20 years of computer, network, and Internet experience. Our Mission To provide a high quality, low cost Virtual Web Hosting Service to promote our customers' businesses on the World Wide Web. Spring's mission is to be the premier WWW Presence Provider as a result of dependable service, technological expertise, and leading-edge network equipment. Facilities The Spring provides connections for thousands of web sites owned world wide.   Our Scientists and Engineers have designed a bulletproof data center.  After years of growth, our network has become a model data center. Today our facilities include the following:   RAID5 Arrays   High speed multiprocessor UNIX and NT servers   Automated daily backup system   Industrial UPS Battery Backup Units   Electric Generators to insure constancy of delivery   Switched 100 Mbps backbone   Cisco Routers using BGP4 protocol for 'best route' connectivity   Multi-homed Internet Connections through MCI and AT&T News, Staff'n Stuff November, 1998 The Introduction of Stealth Reseller Web Hosting Technology pioneered by our Internet Engineers.  Dot Epp, President of Spring claims that "We believe this next-generation technology will change the way resellers interact with their customers.  Our competition will scramble to copy our systems long after we have perfected it." August, 1998 Spring implements a custom automated system that continuously monitors the servers and connections for any failure and repairs the problem immediately or notifies our engineers of a problem. May, 1998 Dot Epp becomes the President of Spring.  Ms. Epp' has been working in the computer industry for the last 16 years.  Her talents and ability to efficiently manage networks is known throughout the industry. January, 1998 The Company moves to a larger facility and Spring Communications becomes Spring, Inc. June, 1996 The Company begins Virtual Web Hosting doing business as Spring Communications. January, 1994 Global Village Computing, Inc. was founded by, Dot Epp, a Vancouver University Electrical Engineer with four years of Internet experience.  The company primarily worked on Corporate Internet Connectivity and Web Site Design. Send Mail to support@spring.net for Web Site Assistance.