INews Newsletter - Mar 21, 2006
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Volume 9, Number 4 March 21, 2006
Welcome to another issue of INews. This newsletter communicates service
bulletins, announcements, and other useful information to our customers.
Please let us know what you think of it. Archives of INews are located
at http://www.inebraska.com/inews
In this issue: Internet Nebraska Broadband
What is VoIP?
Mr. Internet
*** Internet Nebraska Broadband ***
We at Internet Nebraska are in our twelfth year of providing high-speed
connectivity to businesses and individuals across the state. If you're
finding your Web pages come too slowly, or are maybe considering some
exciting new activity on the 'Net that will require faster access, we're
ready to help. We offer LOTS of broadband, and here are a few of the
kinds. With any of these faster access plans you get at least five free
e-mail addresses (excluding IN Speed Dial), a free personal Web site,
unlimited toll-free tech support, and free access to our hotspot network
(including access at the Lincoln Airport) for when you're on the go.
DSL
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We offer DSL everywhere in Alltel or Qwest territories where the phone
company facilities make it possible. From a very affordable 256 kbps
download all the way to 3.0 Mbps and beyond, our DSL is competitively
priced and always offered at an introductory $9.95/month to new customers,
and to existing customers upgrading from dial-up. If you need static
addresses or other special features, we can do that, too. For more
information on our DSL, see http://www.inebraska.com/dsl/ .
Cable
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We also offer cable Internet access to individuals anywhere in the
Time-Warner Nebraska service area. Our introductory rate is only
$29.95/month, and our regular rate is great, too! For more information on
our cable Internet access, see http://www.inebraska.com/cable/ .
Wireless
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If you live in or near Valentine, O'Neill, Tilden, or Norfolk, we can offer
you wireless Internet access. We even have available a free basic
installation package with no equipment to buy! Take a look at
http://www.inebraska.com/wireless/ for a high-speed solution where DSL and
cable may not be available.
TLS / T1s / DS3s / Server Colocation / Web Site Hosting
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If your business needs a more direct, "broaderband" connection to the
Internet, we offer it. Our customer base includes health care
organizations, libraries, phone companies, and manufacturing plants across
the state. If you'd like to visit about what we can do for you, give us a
call at 434-8680 in Lincoln, or 800-438-4638 anywhere else. For
information on our standard Web hosting packages, see
http://www.inebraska.com/webhostpricing.html .
Dial-Up Acceleration
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Perhaps none of these ways to increase your speed looks right for you,
and dial-up is how you expect to continue connecting. For only $2/month,
our Internet Nebraska Speed Dial can make a great difference in how
quickly you surf the 'Net. It's easy to install, too. See
http://www.inebraska.com/speeddial/ for details.
We're proud of these services, but what makes us feel best is taking
friendly, reliable care of the other folks in our state. We're locally
owned and operated, so our business relationships are special to us.
*** What is VoIP? ***
Get ready for a change in the way you look at long-distance phone
calls. VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method of taking
audio signals, like the kind you hear when you talk on the phone, and
turning them into digital data that can be transmitted over the
Internet.
VoIP is completely re-working the world's phone systems. VoIP providers
like Vonage (http://www.vonage.com) and Packet 8 (http://www.packet8.net)
have already been around for awhile, and have packages starting as low as
$20 per month. Even the larger, established communications companies like
AT&T and Time Warner are getting into the VoIP game.
With a broadband Internet connection such as Internet Nebraska DSL, Cable,
or Wireless, you can set up a phone system in your home with unlimited
long distance, and then consider cancelling your analog phone line.
Imagine the freedom of being able to call anyone you want, whenever you
want, and not paying a cent for that long distance call! Or, imagine
being a college student hundreds of miles away from home, but having a
local phone number from home in your dorm room so your family and friends
can call you without paying long distance. All this and more is possible
with VoIP.
*** Mr Internet ***
Q: Mr. Internet, I have trouble reading text on my computer. What can
be done about this?
A: The size of text displayed depends on a couple of different
factors. The font size of the text in the program you are using, the
resolution of your screen and video card, and the size of your monitor
all play a substantial role in determining how large the text is that
you see.
Font size relates to the size of individual letters. So, if the
letters are too small, increase the font size. Most programs have an
option in the Edit or View menu to change Font or Text Size.
If increasing the font size doesn't do the trick, or when icons and
pictures are also too small, you may want to change screen resolution.
Resolution is the number of pixels ("picture elements") that your
screen displays. You may see the resolution listed as something like
1024x768. This means your screen is showing 1024 pixels horizontally
and 768 pixels vertically. The more pixels the screen displays, the
smaller the objects on the screen will appear. To change screen
resolution, you can right-click on a blank area of a Windows desktop,
select Properties, then Settings, and finally use the Screen Resolution
slide bar to adjust the resolution. The lower the resolution, the
larger everything will appear on screen. Beware that if you go too
low, you'll be doing a lot of scrolling because not everything will fit
on the screen at once. You will need to click Apply to finalize the
change.
To change the screen resolution in Mac OS X, click the Apple menu and
select System Preferences. When you click on the Displays icon, a
window will appear with available resolutions. Select one that is
appropriate for you, then close the window.
Adjusting font size and screen resolution should resolve size-related
issues with viewing text and icons. Of course, there's always that
third option, you could always get a bigger monitor... :)
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-- http://www.schaeferstv.com/index2.htm