Reboot for Community Webhosting Service

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On 30 September 2010, Wellington Community Net Trust officially opens for new business after narrowly escaping closure when Wellington City Council withdrew funding for Wellington Community Net at the end of June 2010.

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[Gerry]

People do not realize the impact of a community based host service suddenly closes its doors, without saying a word about it.

The Dog Training Facility my wife teaches at faced this very thing - the community hosting lost its funding.

There were hundreds of local businesses (that had no idea about website developing or domains) that was part of this community project.

All hosted sites were actually subdomains of the hosting service and URL.

These community nets serve to fill a HUGE void.