#076, June 17, 2004

…ost is…free! Lunch is available for $7. To register, please visit http://www.cruzio.com/brownbags Note that DSL 3.0 is only available to those within 9,500 feet of the phone company’s equipment; if you’d like to know before you come to the Brown Bag, Cruzio is able to check whether your location qualifies. Just fill out the qualification form at http://www.cruzio.com/services/highspeed_access/qualify.html 4. Zombies Spam isn’t just sent from “sp…

#077, July 20, 2004

…his work. All are welcome, and it’s free. To register, please go to http://www.cruzio.com/brownbag/ or call us at 459-6301. Register early, this is a popular event! 2. New Billing System: Settling Down There is always someone working hard over here at Cruzio upgrading this or improving that. Lately our attention has been taken up with our new billing system, and a year’s worth of preparation has given way to months of adapting, learning, auditing,…

#078, August 20, 2004

…d Internet technologies. For more information, and to register, see http://www.cruzio.com/brownbag 4. High-Speed Routers for Sale at Cruzio If you want to put more than one computer on your Internet connection, you need a router. Because more and more Cruzio customers are connecting multiple home or office computers, especially on high-speed DSL lines, Cruzio has been investigating equipment options. Our indefatigable Technical Support department…

#068, September 18, 2003

…ow when to give it another try. For more info about Cruzio DSL, see http://www.cruzio.com/services/highspeed_access/ and if you are ready to order: https://quartz.cruzio.com/dslorder/order_dsl.html 2. Please Come to Our Small Business Fair Last four Wednesday evenings in October 4:30-7 p.m., the Museum of Art and History, Downtown Santa Cruz If you run a small business — even if you are just thinking about it — it’s fascinating to hear other loc…

#081, December 7, 2004

…still use a 33.6 bps modem (they’re about 6 years old or more), you’ve got company. Hundreds of Cruzio members are still connecting contentedly at the old speed. To make sure your Internet experience remains optimal at 33.6, Cruzio recently connected the older lines to new modem servers. If you’re having trouble with your connection since last month’s switch, please let us know. We have some spare 33.6 modems on hand and if yours is incompatible w…

#080, November 8, 2004

…ks on the Home Page We’ve added a new feature to Cruzio’s home page http://www.cruzio.com — Cruzio Staff Web picks! First up is our Sales Manager, James, who’s made a list of some favorite Web sites. We’ll switch to another Cruzio staffer in a few months. So if you’re having to find replacements for your baseball- and election-related sites until they are relevant again, here are some new and interesting choices. This new list is in the lower lef…

#079, October 20, 2004

…stions are welcome. For more details, and to register, please visit http://www.cruzio.com/brownbags 2. Cruzio is 15! Cruzio started business 15 years ago, in the spare bedroom of a rented house in Santa Cruz. Our first customers were a handful of local tech-fanatics, the kind of people who knew what email was in 1989. Some of them are still our customers today. We’ve seen a lot of far-out ideas, such as the notion of an “Internet” itself, morph in…

#069, October 6, 2003

…zio Information Center, for online technical and sales information: http://www.cruzio.com/support To dial in to Cruzio, set your software to dial one of the numbers below. 56k: 459-9408 33.6 kbps and under: 459-6230 To call Cruzio: 459-6301…………Use this number to check Cruzio’s system status, pay your Cruzio bill, find out more about our hours and location, or to reach someone in customer service and technical support. To send email to Cruz…