What we can do as a community was a topic at the September Master's meeting. Many CPN residents had been discussing what we can do as a community to help in response. There was a suggestion to hold a rummage sale for the relief effort but as of that point, no volunteers were available.

Dear Homeowners,

On Saturday, September 22nd, my children will be setting up a lemonade stand on the corner of Monarch and Castle Pines Pkwy to raise money to go to the Red Cross for the National Relief Fund.

I ask that you send a message to our children that though they may be young they CAN make a difference. In doing so, you too will make a difference and show your support for those families who lost loved ones on September 11th. Please take one minute out of your day and stop by and have a glass of lemonade. Thank you all for helping.

Hello, my name is Jeff Tomczak. I live in Forest Park and my wife, Dora and I, own Show Your Colors Flag Company.

If anyone is looking for U.S. flags, I have them. Granted, I have a limited supply, but I'm getting more each day. Many of you have already contacted me, and I want to thank you. For those of you who haven't, please visit our store at Parker & Yale (Cub Foods shopping center) in Aurora. Please call us for our hours.

If you can't make it, send me an e-mail or leave me a voice mail and I'll bring them home with me and deliver them at night.

We encourage you to lower your U.S. flags to half-staff until futher notice.

Please remove all other flags from flagpoles except for the United States flag. The United States flag should remain at half-staff alone.

Thank You, Jeff Tomczak (303) 745-9035 x 109
Jeff@showyourcolors.org
www.showyourcolors.org

"Having used Qwest dialup Internet on what appeared to be a never-ending queue of problems, I could not wait until Broadband was available in CPN. DSL came too slowly; after months of promises (and frankly, I couldn't give Qwest any more money especially after not trying harder to place the right understructure for CPN) I was ready to make a move soon to something cheap, fast and reliable.

Qwest aside, AT&T; Broadband would rather find customers elsewhere and Direct PC is not a viable product for a power Internet user like me, so when MHO.net came along, I was more than willing to give it a try.

Now I’m paying $59 dollars a month for 1Mbps up and down Internet service ($39 a month buys you 512Kbps up and down). For you non-techno geeks, 1Mbps is nearly 20 times faster than Dialup Internet. Way to go Mile High Online (MHO)! From what I understand the tower is atop the golf club house, and can service much of CP/CPN area. I have a 12 or so square inch receiver/transmitter, sending microwave back and forth from the tower. It’s always online, no ‘dialup time’; just sit down at my PC and go.

So far the service has been great. There have been minor interruptions, but it is nearly as I can tell, always up. In our cul-de-sac 3 homes already have it, and I know of a handful elsewhere in CPN already using it. Want more bandwidth, try up too 11Mbps for some homes, all you do is pay more. Try getting a reliable DSL or Dialup or Cable Modem at these prices, and it’s available now. When MHO does local phone service, I’ll switch."

"We recently moved to Forest Park and the AT&T; installer told us that this area is targeted for Broadband by the end of the year (probably optimistic). I think the more people who call requesting it would make it more appealing for them to bring the service to us.

Secondly I am disgusted with Qwest's distance change! I have 2 phone lines and pay almost $100 with all their BS charges and that is without a single call.

Is there any cell service provider that works well in the Forest Park area? I have Verizon and it is less than perfect. Please let me know - I would love to drop Qwest."

"Lacking DSL or broadband, I was hoping to utilize the Qwest one-number answering promotion so I could be online and still get phone calls. This would be preferable to a second line with another DISTANCE CHARGE (read ripoff) plus taxes, fees, etc. that Qwest told me would double my bill. Their promotion involves a cell phone that when turned on would augment and override the basic line. The "anywhere" minutes would save LD charges.

Sounded great until I found out homes west of Monarch were in a "hole" in their service. I tried several different phones but none could hold onto the antenna, which is near the Monarch - CP Parkway intersection. I tested this out and east of this area the cell phone would register full strength. Apparently the antenna is directional and aimed east for the convenience of the business area and the phone users on I-25. (Also Qwest told me the antenna had a max limit on calls and cell phones coming on with stronger connections will bump the weaker ones, such as mine.)

It was a frustrating experience, including the fact that all this was learned from numerous conversations with about a dozen different Qwest reps. ATT/ATT Cable doesn't serve CPN yet. According to Sprint's website, it has high speed service throughout the south metro area but ending at Highlands Ranch. Distance charges? No cell phone service? No broadband? What must we do to get adequate service?"

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