Berdels & Santa Cruz Fiber

…eeds! We talked to Berdels founder, Bubb Rader, who became the star of our latest video. Here’s Bubb himself on how fiber and Cruzio Internet have been helpful for his day to day transactions and interactions with customers, and the value of local businesses working with fellow local businesses: “Your daily life is just so tied up here…. The community and the support that we get from everyone and the support that we try to give back by taking risk…

2014-11-24 7:30am: Wireless network outage in downtown Santa Cruz

There has been a power failure at the site that feeds wireless internet to some of downtown Santa Cruz. Customers fed off of that building will be affected, as will customers fed from the Chaminade Resort and Dream Inn which bridge off of this building. Our techs are currently trying to replace the battery at the site, however PG&E has scheduled the outage to be resolved by 11AM at the latest….

Equal Access & Pajaro Valley Shelter Services

…nnections to local families transitioning out of homelessness. This is the latest community partnership and infrastructure project funded by Equal Access Santa Cruz County, an initiative to close the digital divide in our region. Pajaro Valley Shelter Services is a non-profit with a mission to help families experiencing homelessness transition into self-sufficiency and stable housing. At any given time, PVSS has up to 130 individuals – children an…

Resetting a Joomla, WordPress or Drupal Password

…If you are on host 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, click the DB WebAdmin icon. This will open the phpMyAdmin window.If you are on host 6 or above, click the Webadmin icon under the Tools section. This will open the phpMyAdmin window. In the sidebar on the left, click the link to the users table. (The name of this table varies by program. The prefix tends to change, but the table name will usually end with _user or _users.) In the right hand pane, click the Brow…

Just When We Thought We Were Out of the Woods

…in their suddenly online classes. We were able to extend internet to low income housing and migrant farm camps and, with our community’s help, we’ve made a difference to many families — and more each month. Our Building Has Been Quieter Cruzioworks, our coworking space, protected members and staff by keeping occupancy to a minimum, putting strong HEPA filters on our air conditioning units, and sanitizing obsessively. We put tables and chairs outsi…

Net Neutrality: Time for Action

…e to load before you click away? The effect could be devastating for media competition and especially for smaller companies that can’t afford to pay. Of course, the ISP’s customers have already paid for internet. We think ISPs should not be charging both the customer (you) and the vendor (Netflix, or YouTube, or little startup company X). Cruzio’s view is, if you’re paying for a connection, you should get to watch whatever you choose. Where We’re…

The City of Santa Cruz Cares About Net Neutrality

…an at least make sure that our public dollars don’t support the loss of an open internet. Cities like Santa Cruz, under the leadership of Mayor David Terrazas, are leaning towards a meaningful commitment to only do business with ISPs who are net neutral. (More about the pledge here.) Mayor Terrazas has signed the pledge (yay!). The Santa Cruz City Council today approved a declaration supporting Net Neutrality in general terms. We hope the Council…

The Sentinel Missed the Mark: Santa Cruz Fiber Project Still Very Much On Track

…mitted to working with the City in providing broadband access to the whole community and the City remains committed to working with a trusted local partner to achieve this shared goal. Our first neighborhood is scheduled to be completed by this fall and then we will come back to the City with a larger plan for success. Our hope is that they will be receptive, and we can move forward with gigabit fiber to the rest of the city. Now that’ll be someth…