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NCTC News-September

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A Word Of Caution From Your Friends at NCTC

If you have a wireless router, you need to password protect it so others cannot use it without your knowledge. If you don’t, not only can someone in the vicinity use your wireless connection to download movies or music without permission, violating copyright laws, it also puts your computer and the financial and other data you have on it at risk when someone accesses the Internet through your wireless connection. Click here to find out how.

We Want To Recognize a Community Service Hero

Send us your nominations of people in our community that deserve to be recognized for their community contributions via the Will Hall Sullivan Community Service Award. Deadline:  September 20, 2011. The award will be presented at our annual meeting in November. Click here for the nomination form. Click here to see the 2010 Will Hall Sullivan Award Winner.

Tailgating Fun

Whether you’re following the Allen County-Scottsville High School Patriots, who went all the way to the state championships last year, or you’re getting into the Macon County High School Tigers’ tailgating tradition, or you’re headed to Nashville for a Titans’ Tailgate, here’s a great Food Network recipe you’ll want to try:  Grilled Potato Skins. For more tailgating fun, including more great Food Network recipes and videos, a football schedule for each of the high schools in our service area and an opportunity to send us your tailgating fun, click here.

NCTC Receives National 50-Year Service Award

North Central Telephone has been an integral part of the national rural independent telecom industry for decades, often leading the industry in new products and service strategies. NCTC’s dedication to the industry was recognized recently at the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association meeting in North Carolina, where we received a 50-year service award. Click here for photos.

NCTC Shares The Broadband Story

Several National, State and Local leaders have visited North Central recently to tour our new central office annex and to hear how our new technology will be an economic advantage to our rural area. NCTC President and CEO and our Board of Directors took these opportunities to stress to our legislators how important broadband is to rural America and its future. For photos of the visits, click here. For more on saving rural broadband, click here.

Fiber to the Home Update

Crews continue to make progress throughout the service area on our fiber to the home project. For photos and a look at our crews at work, click here.

Two New Employees Join NCTC

North Central is proud to welcome two new employees to our team: Chris Carlyle, Senior Business Systems Specialist and Troy Wells, Network Specialist. Click here for more.

Past News Editions:

August 2011
July 2011