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Have I ever told you about the Illinois Century Network (ICN)? They are a telecommunications backbone providing high speed access to data, video, and audio communication in schools and libraries, at colleges and universities, to public libraries and museums, and for local government and state agencies.

Man, are they essential. Without them we would not exist. Firefighters would not be able to get cats out of trees, cars would explode, and I could not talk to my fellow beavers over a high-speed connection. ICN is the greatest.
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