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Published: 09 June 2021

Thanks to all who came out for this year's Annual Meeting!

Over 250 members attended the brief annual meeting with an estimated 320+ in attendance as a whole.

The meeting's business portion was conducted like in years past with an adjournment not long after calling the meeting to order, then on to giving out the great door prizes!

Attendees were in and out in little over an hour so they could attend the Russell County Fair for the evening if they wanted to do so.

Here are this year's winners:

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Published: 28 May 2021

Smart home (or IoT) devices are becoming more popular and easier to use than ever before. If you’re using any of these devices in your home, or are thinking about adding one or more to your home, you should give some thought to how you’re connecting these devices to your WiFi network.

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Published: 07 May 2021

Virtual Assistants (VAs) are artificial intelligent software agents that perform services or tasks based on voice commands. VAs can work through computers, smartphones, car dashboards, or stand-alone devices like Amazon’s Echo.

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Published: 24 March 2021

How often do you have guests at your home ask for your WiFi password? Many of us think nothing of giving the password to our friends and family, or our kids’ friends. But you may not realize that you’re putting your own network security at risk. How? Guests could unknowingly download malware or connect to your network with already-infected devices, which could then infect everything else within the network. But that’s not the only reason to use a guest network.

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Published: 26 February 2021

What do they actually measure?

Many of us have used a website to test our Internet speed. And you may have noticed that the results of these speed tests vary and often do not match what you see on your bill. Why is this? It comes down to the difference between bandwidth and speed. (Yes there’s a difference!)

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Published: 01 February 2021

Johnna Popplewell (left) and Rhonda Wilkerson (right) celebrate their retirement. 

We recently celebrated the careers of two long-term DUO Broadband employees. We wish Johnna Popplewell and Rhonda Wilkerson all the best in their retirement! Thank you Johnna for 28 years of service. And thank you Rhonda for 27 years! Here are some photos from the celebration:

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