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IMPORTANT NEWS:
November 1, 2012:
More Fiber and Cable TV Service!
Lighthouse has aquired new Cable TV areas in the EUP! We are now the local cable provider for Curtis, Engadine and Naubinway. We will be investing in improvements to bring Broadband Cable Internet using Fiber Broadband, over 200 Digital TV channels and Digital LightPhone in these areas in 2013! Using fiber technology to connect these systems, Lighthouse is moving forward with more coverage areas and more Fiber Broadband! Triple Play Bundles will be available in more areas soon. Call to get Lighthouse Fiber in your area!
July 25 2012:
EXEDE Broadband for rural areas!
New EXEDE replaces WildBlue with super fast speeds for rural areas. 12Mbps speed for just $49.99 a month!
EXCLUSIVE for Cloverland Members, Lighthouse offers 10G Data for only $49.99 and a $100 discount!
EXEDE customers also get a FREE POLE for pole mount installations, only from Lighthouse!
Don't pay too much, call Lighthouse today!
June 1, 2012:
Cable TV Bundle!
Lighthouse has new Cable TV, Broadband Cable Internet and Digital LightPhone on Mackinac Island! Using fiber technology to connect the Island, Lighthouse is now the local cable provider for Mackinac Island. Triple Play Bundles will be available in more areas soon. Call to get Lighthouse in your area!
The US leads the world in numbers of Windows PCs that are part of botnets, reveals a report.
More than 2.2 million US PCs were found to be part of botnets, networks of hijacked home computers, in the first six months of 2010, it said. Compiled by Microsoft, the research revealed that Brazil had the second highest level of infections at 550,000. Microsoft's research revealed that a botnet called Lethic sent out 56% of all botnet spam sent between March and June even though it was only on 8.3% of all known botnet IP addresses. "It's phenomenal the amount of grip that thing has," said Mr Evans. Evidence of how botnets were growing, he said, could be found in the number of infected machines Microsoft was freeing from the clutches of botnets.In the three months between April and June 2010, Microsoft cleaned up more than 6.5 million infections, he said, which is twice as much as the same period in 2009. He said people should sign up for automatic updates, make sure the applications they use are regularly patched, use anti-virus software and run a firewall. Microsoft has just issued its largest ever list of fixes for flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer and a range of other software.
Quoted from the BBC News
October 13, 2010:
2 Million US PC's Infected with "botnet" versions:
June 2, 2011:
New Wireless in Newberry!
Lighthouse has a new site in the Village of Newberry with High-speed Wireless service. This site will be upgraded and improved this summer to provide more coverage and higher speeds.
October 12, 2010:
Fiber to the Home in the EUP Update:
The ARRA Stimulus funding has ended and unfortunately, the Chippewa County Grant application for the EUP was not funded. Apparently, we are not rural or underserved in the eyes of those who chose where the money was spent. The one bright spot was the cooperation between Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac Counties and Lighthouse to put this grant together. It was a great step towards recognizing how dire the need is to bring improved services for the entire area. Lighthouse will continue to pursue opportunities and expand our network as funds allow. Thank you to everyone who supported this effort and those who support Lighthouse so that we can continue to work for improved services. If you have an area that needs fast internet, let us know and we will do our best to work with you!
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Important Notices:
Offices Closed for Thanksgiving:
Lighthouse will be closed November 22nd and 23rd (Thursday and Friday) for our employees to enjoy family time during Thanksgiving. Afterhours support will be available for technical issues. Happy Thanksgiving to all our valued customers!
Who Else Is Watching You Shop Online?
You might not mind if your kids try and see what you're doing as you Christmas shop online, but you may not want to share your shopping and surfing history with every big online ad company.
Current browsers offer tools to send out a strong instruction: Do Not Track Me! But ad companies don't have to respect your wishes.
Ad companies argue that tracking helps them serve you better. That’s fine – if it is your decision. As millions of Americans get ready to do their holiday shopping online, we want to send a loud and clear message from those who want to be respected when they say NO to online tracking.
Congress has the power to make the online ad companies listen to you – tell your elected officials to act now to protect your family's online activities.
Write or email your congress representatives and tell them "Do Not Track Me! Stop Online Tracking!!!"
Exede Satellite Broadband Maintenance:
Exede will perform network maintenance early on Sept. 6, 2012, which may cause a brief outage of Exede Broadband Internet access. Although Exede does not any anticipate any outages, any service interruption is expected to last less than 30 minutes. Maintenance begins at 2:01 a.m. and should conclude by 9 a.m. (all times Eastern).
Update to stop botnets:
Botnets operate in the background without any warning. They affect your computers operation and steal your personal information. Keep your OS up to date, run anti-virus, anti-malware and have a firewall on your system. If you have any questions we offer free support to our subscribers and our service depatment has discounted rates for subscribers. We can clean up your PC and get it up to date for you. Be smart and secure, keep your system updated!
Email Scams Continue:
Fake emails saying "delivery failure", change or update your infomation, warning of credit card, paypal, ebay and other account problems as well as those asking for information and requesting you click on links are a continuing problem for Internet users.
These emails are scams so please do not follow any of these links or pass along any information. As always please do not give information out over the net and if you have any questions, call us. We are here to help.
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