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Semo.net Disputes USDA Rules Preventing Rural Broadband Grant

March 3, 2010 in Announcements, Business, Features, General Articles, Goverment, Human Interest by Semo.net Management | 9 comments

Below is a press release describing semo.net’s attempts to secure USDA broadband stimulus funding to make high-speed access available in our area; an area which the USDA has decided is not remote enough to qualify.

USDA TILTING AT WINDMILLS: LITTLE GUY EXPOSES USDA STIMULUS BLUNDER

Brian Becker owns a small Internet Service in Southeast Missouri started in 1995. Becker has documents to show that the USDA, responsible for doling out billions for Rural Broadband, has contradicted both itself and Congress. Most are skeptical at first, but a few minutes with him and you realize that $7.2B stimulus dollars hinge on one word.
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Media Roundtable Date Postponed to Feb. 5th

January 20, 2010 in Archived Announcement, Business by Semo.net Management | Comments closed

DUE TO THE WINTER-WARNING FORECAST: The event date has moved to February 5th.
Locally-based advertising agency All Media Services will be hosting a Media Round Table on Friday, February 5th. Get answers to your marketing questions, and solutions to your advertising issues from the market’s leading professionals.

The event will be held from 8:30 to Noon at the Holiday Inn in Poplar Bluff. For more information, visit All Media Services or email allmediaservices@tcmax.net.

New Year’s Concert at the Wine Rack

December 31, 2009 in Archived Announcement by Semo.net Management | Comments closed

The Wine Rack Market & Java Stop Café are ecstatic to present SNIT’S DOG & PONY SHOW from Houston, TX! You’ve unknowingly tapped your foot to their music while in the store during the past year & possibly recognized greatness. American Roots at its finest (with a few ounces Alt-Rock) travel north for our party! This Dog Show is mostly a one-trick pony: It rocks. Band leader Snit Fitzpatrick says “To me, rock & roll will never die. As long as people want to come out & shake their thing & have a good time, this is what it’s all about. Nothing profound.”

$10 per person door cover. Reservations recommended.

Brian and Rick Carl’s Christmas Gadget List

December 2, 2009 in General Articles, Rick Carl & Company by Semo.net Management | Comments closed

Tiger Direct has 100 Gifts for Under $100, including:

Want a super-portable computer? Why not a Netbook?

Even more portable? Perhaps an Apple iPhone (AT&T Wireless) or a Verizon Droid.

If you want to take your music with you, take a look at Apple’s line of iPods or Microsoft’s new Zune HD.

Need to catch up on reading, but don’t need more books to clutter up the house? Check out the Amazon Kindle.

For gamers, the Playstation 3 “slim” model is now $299, and includes a high-definition Blu-Ray player.

Emails Claiming to be from Semo.net Support

September 2, 2009 in Announcements by Semo.net Management | Comments closed

We want to remind users that Semo.net’s Support department will never email you asking for your username and password, or asking you to download a file to update settings. We’ve seen another incident of a scammer trying to steal users’ accounts by emailing them claiming to be Semo.net Support. If you receive such an email, do not reply to it or any address contained within, and do not click any links asking you to update or verify settings. Please simply delete the email.

We have blocked all email going to the address specified in the spam so if someone does send their information it should not make it to the sender. We have also contacted the originating ISP about the spam and they have identified the sender and turned off that account.

If you’re ever in doubt about if an email came from us, please do not hesitate to call our office.

New Problem for Your Computer

May 13, 2009 in Archived Announcement, Business, Entertainment, Security/Virus Alerts, Technical or Geeky by Semo.net Management | 1 comment

There’s a new piece of malware (defined in Wikipedia as a portmanteau from the words malicious and software, is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner’s informed consent.) out there that poses as a friendly site, but in reality, it will attack your PC.

It creates an entry in the registry and prevents you from updating your antivirus programs. It also prevents you from making changes in the registry itself, and can even redirect you to more bad sites on the internet.

Semo.net’s repair team can fix this for you, and make sure your PC leaves protected and updated with the latest security fixes.

Local Health & Medical Providers Meet to Discuss Swine Flu Situation

April 27, 2009 in Features, General Articles, Human Interest, Medical by Semo.net Management | 3 comments

As of 1:00 p.m. April 27, 2009, there have been no reported cases of swine flu in Missouri. Local health officials, first responders, community representatives and the Emergency Management Director met today to discuss the evolving swine flu situation. Butler County has increased its disease surveillance, and remains in constant contact with state health department officials. The Butler County Health Department is providing information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), related to swine flu, to local media outlets, community leaders and the public. Additionally, the health department has notified healthcare providers, child care facilities, restaurants, etc. in Butler County regarding guidelines for the identification and treatment of swine flu.

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Emails claiming to be from Semo.net Support

February 15, 2009 in Archived Announcement by Semo.net Management

Some users have reported receiving suspicious emails which claim to be from Semo.net support, asking for information about their account. These are not from our staff, and should not be replied to. Semo.net staff will never ask for your password over email. If you are ever unsure about whether an email is from us, please do not hesitate to call our office at 1-877-686-9114.

PB Chamber of Commerce Banquet Postponed

January 29, 2009 in Archived Announcement, Business by Semo.net Management | Comments closed

In order to help the Black River Coliseum shelter area residents who are still without power, the Chamber of Commerce banquet which was scheduled for this weekend has been postponed. The new date will be February 27th.

Semo.net Discontinuing Usenet Service

January 12, 2009 in Archived Announcement by Semo.net Management

After internal discussion, we have decided to no longer offer Usenet “newsgroup” access with our Internet service. This only affects users who were accessing newsgroups using the “news.semo.net” address; not our semo.net weblog or the news headlines on our homepage. The small number of users who were making use of the service, as well as the general shift of most Internet users away from that network over the last decade, mean that it has been a losing proposition for us for several years now.

We know that some people are very fond of Usenet access, though. For those users, we want to recommend that they move to an individual newsgroup service from a provider like GigaNews, who run the servers that we have been providing access to for the past eight years. They offer service for as low as $2.99 per month, and can provide specialized plans depending on your individual downloading requirements. You can also find most Usenet discussion groups on the web at Google Groups for free.

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