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The Haverhill Gazette - December 10 - 16, 1998
by Tom Varabedian
Staff Writer
Innovator of the month - David J. Spaulding wears a look of fatigue on his face. A bottomless
cup of coffee seems to go with his territory.
"I haven't slept in three days," he says, with circles under his eyes.
"I've become a slave to the Internet."
Spaulding owns Merrimack Valley Access Network (MVA.net) with his wife, Cher,
and two silent investors. In two short years, the 40-year-old has turned his operation into a window
for the community.
Now he is helping to turn the Washington Street Historic District into a Cyber District.
For his contributions and valued buisness acumen, Spaulding was named Innovator of the Month
by the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce. He knows the Chamber very will, and set up its Web site a year
ago. Now, he's in the process of expanding that technology to a database of resources about Greater Haverhill.
"Luckily, we have a Chamber that understands our move into the next
century," said Spaulding. "They've been very involved with the Cyber District."
Above the Haverhill Music Center at 2 Washington Street rests his office -
an environment featuring Web Site design plans, computers, catalogs and related paraphernalia.
The telephone rings nonstop, indicating the demand. A conversation ensues with a
radio station in Framingham, one of four who have sought out Spaulding's services for a Web site.
"A lot of what we do is behind the scenes," said Spaulding. "My dream
is to have this district as busy now as it was in its shoe days."
Spaulding's business focuses on regional, business and family matters, customized services,
Web design and high-speed hosting.
It also offers e-mail services, personal and business instruction, and connectivity.
He also offers a filtered dialup system, designed to keep pornographers
out of the homes and businesses of the unwary.
"We're moving fast, real fast," he said, "Soon, you'll have
a computer you can hold in one hand."
With 45 million Americans on the "net" each day, it's not
surprising that much of what's found in cyberspace is pure adulterated trash. And as a growing
chorus of Internet users is objecting to the portnography that's eroding the system, Spaulding's
system can block much of it out.
"There are 20,000 new Web pages cropping up on the scene every day,"he
said, "Of these half are objectionable for children and employees. After checking out all
the net sites our database is updated daily."
At the moment, he has supplied well over 1,000 modems around Eastern Massachusetts
and Southern New Hampshire, and growing every day.
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