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M33 Access’ ‘flying bucks’ during concert worth more than $100,000!
It’s raining money. That blur of light over the concert crowd is M33 Access
owner Glenn Wilson, who used a leaf blower to spread 1,000 specially marked $1
bills over the crowd. Those who collected the dollars can use them to save up to
$100 in start-up Internet and telephone services provided by M33 Access, or
register their serial numbers to become eligible for monthly prizes
Thousands gather for
25th
Annual Ogemaw Hills Bike Week
WEST BRANCH –
Despite cool and overcast weather for much of the week,
thousands of bikers gathered here for the 25th Annual
Ogemaw Hills Bike Week for a series of races, concerts and
memorable parade through this Northern Michigan community.
A highlight of
the week: the Saturday night concert featuring Strawberry Jam, a
renowned band from Detroit, and Live Wire, an AC/DC tribute
band, sponsored by M33 Access, Northern Michigan’s premier
high-speed Internet Service Provider.
“I want to
congratulate the organizers of Bike Week for another great
event,” said Glenn Wilson, president and founder of M33 Access.
“We were proud to be one of the many generous sponsors of an
event that has become a signature event of the summer in our
region.”
Several long-time
attendees of the OHBW described the Saturday night concert as the
best "by far" they had ever seen at the event. And both Bike Week
organizers and M33 officials hailed the partnership as a resounding
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Who’s Got Big Balls?
That’s the title question of a popular AC/DC song. And many
learned the answer when it was performed by Live Wire. As the song
began, M33 Access owners Glenn and Tracie Wilson and
Vice-President
Frank Tschiggfrey tossed out several huge beach balls that bounced
among the
crowd for the remainder of the concert. |
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Thousands gathered at the grandstand of the Ogemaw County Fairgrounds to
enjoy
the Live Wire concert that followed a dazzling fireworks display. |
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M33's Wilson named Citizen
of the Year
M33 Access
founder and President Glenn Wilson accepts the 2009 Citizen of the Year Award
from Kelly Barton (left, Roscommon Rotary president, at the club’s 22nd
Annual Spring Auction Mardi Gras fundraiser. "Glenn and M33 Access have provided
ongoing support of our events and were instrumental in the launching of our new
Web site,” Barton said. “It is through the support of individuals and business
owners like Glenn that allows us to work on such local projects as the Higgins
Lake/Roscommon Non-motorized Trailway.” M33 Access, which provides high-speed
Internet and telephone services to the local school district in Roscommon and
St. Helen as well as nearby Kirtland Community College, underwrote the building
of the club’s new Web site, and Wilson for years has been among the biggest
donors at the club’s fundraisers. “I’m speechless. I had no idea, but I’m
extremely grateful,” Wilson said when he received the award. “These are the
kinds of people in Rotary who do good and important work in their communities,
and we all need to do our best to support them.” This year’s auction was
attended by 300 people.
M33’s Wilson
promises music event of the summer in Northern Michigan at 25th Annual Bike Week
ROSE CITY – M33 Access is joining organizers of the Ogemaw Hills Bike Week in an
effort to bring Northern Michigan the concert event of the summer to commemorate
milestone anniversaries for both organizations.
While Bike Week is celebrating 25 years of bringing a premier biker event to
Ogemaw County, M33 Access, the Rose City-based high-speed Internet and telephone
company, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Bike Week is scheduled for July
12-19 at the Ogemaw County Fairgrounds.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate 10 great years of doing business in
this region than to join forces with the folks who have worked so hard to make
Bike Week such a great success over the years,” said Glenn Wilson, president and
founder of M33 Access.
M33 Access is sponsoring the concert on Saturday, July 18, and Wilson is
promising that those attending will be treated to a musical event unlike any
before seen during Bike Week. Over the years, Wilson and his company have held
such concerts at their annual Customer Appreciation Day festivals, but this year
Wilson is taking his signature entertainment event to Bike Week.
But he isn’t forgetting his customers. Wilson promises to make sure his
customers who want to see the concert and get VIP treatment at the event – with
reduced rates and some other perks. All M33 Access customers can expect further
details about the event directly from the company.
The Bike Week concert from M33 Access will take the place of the annual
festival, which Wilson said is necessary because his company is in the midst of
a massive build-out that is greatly expanding its 10,000 square-mile grid that
delivers myriad Internet and telephone services to the region.
“While nothing gives me more pleasure than inviting the thousands of our
customers, neighbors and friends onto the property for a day or two of
festivities and music, it’s really important right now to put all our efforts
into upgrading and expanding our services to a region that needs it more than
ever,” Wilson said. “I know our customers will understand and appreciate that,
because many have already told me, ‘The parties are great, and we love them, but
we’d rather have you put all that money into more towers that will give us a
stronger signal.’
Meantime, the Bike Week organizers promise an amazing week of fun at the Ogemaw
County Fairgrounds and at special events around the county, culminating with a
great concert.
“Glenn has been an excellent upgrade to the rally. The dude just has so much
energy and great ideas,” said Kerry Klug, one of the driving forces behind the
rejuvenated Bike Week. “I’m looking forward to working with him and Frank (Tschiggfrey,
M33 Access vice president) on the stage and various other projects. He’s a great
guy, and they’re a bunch of pros at M33. Super people to work with.”
To learn more about the event, visit: ogemawhillsbikeweek.com. For information
about M33 Access and its partnership with Bike Week, e-mail
communications@m33access.com.
Founded in 1999 by Wilson, M33 Access provides Internet connectivity to
families, businesses, governmental, law-enforcement agencies and schools using a
combination of wireless broadband and dial-up connections that are connected via
wireless backhaul. Its 10,000-square-mile network is among the largest wireless
ISPs in the world.
 It seems like only
yesterday that we went online and began signing up our neighbors and friends to
dial-up service, bringing to our region for the first time widespread access to
the Internet. Believe it or not, and
frankly it’s hard for us to comprehend, it’s been nine years since M33 Access
was born. Our birthday is March 1.
Would have imagined, all
these years later, we’d have thousands of customers spread over a wireless
network of nearly 60 towers covering more than 10,000 square miles – one of the
largest grids of its kind on the planet.
Besides dial-up, we offer
a variety of high-speed services including wireless, DSL and T-1 lines, as well
as Digital Phone Service (voice over Internet protocol) telephone service. And through our
affiliate, Michigan Access, we’re a fully credentialed telephone company,
offering traditional telephone service statewide.
“We’re very proud
of all we’ve accomplished in the last nine years,” said M33 Access founder
and President Glenn A. Wilson, Sr. “But I promise you this is just the
beginning. We’ve got big plans for upgrading the technological
infrastructure throughout Northern Michigan to better prepare ourselves –
and especially our children – for a challenging future.”
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