Email Setup Assistant

…ep instructions below to set up other email readers. Looking for Coastside.net email settings for your email program? Click here! Cruzio Mail Instructions for a Wide Variety of Email Programs: Mail program not listed? Get the server settings for updating any mail program here. How to update Thunderbird for Windows to use the new Cruzio email settings How to update your Windows 10 Mail for new Cruzio email settings How to update your Samsung Mail o…

Cruzio Jingle Contest

…er •We’ll give extra consideration to entries that include the words: internet, fiber, fiber-optics, home or business, friendly, fast, local, net neutral, privacy, or other positive attributes of Cruzio •Extra consideration also is given to contestants who perform on November 1, 2019, at Cruzio headquarters in downtown Santa Cruz. In-person performance is preferred, but video or audio files are also acceptable •There must be a family-friendly vers…

Note from Cruzio’s CEO

…hallenging for advertising because people tended to think we provided internet just in the City. They didn’t realize Cruzio reaches a lot of odd places where you wouldn’t expect great internet to be. We get around. Now we’ve got even more territory to name. We all have a lot in common. The stretch of mountains-to-sea running from Pacifica all the way down and around Monterey Bay is an area of great natural beauty dotted with charming towns. Yes, i…

Our Local Employees are Creating Equal Access

…go-go-go. Our infrastructure and system administration teams laid out the network plans — with networks, that means keeping track of hundreds of numbers and paths, both physical and logical. Then Adia Schamber and her Field Operations crew took over. Construction started January 18th. Children would connect to their Zoom classes as soon as they moved in — if we finished in time. The schedule was tight. And then it rained. Remember the epic downpo…

The Best-Connected Mobile Home Park in the Country – and the Woman Who Made it Happen

…nless our service is purchased -No contracts. No data caps. No throttling -Net Neutral, open internet -Unlike major carriers, we don’t collect and sell customers’ private information Now we’re seeing those scorching speeds inside the mobile homes. Residents are going to be able to do everything a high-powered tech worker can do at a desk in downtown San Francisco or LA. But they can do it sitting in their home. That’s So Santa Cruz It’s a pretty S…

Cruzio Newsletter #211

…eat internet to be. We get around. More… 11. Help Us Expand, Get Free Internet Want free Internet? Have a tall building or sweeping view? Cruzio is always looking for well-situated buildings to join our broadband network. If we use your location we’ll give you free high-speed service. We’ve had some great success lately, not only with taller buildings like offices and apartments, but with houses that just happen to see lots of other houses and bui…

The Great Cruzio Internet Jingle Competition

…ink “Man, I could go for some locally owned, net neutral, fiber-optic internet right now.” Well, we asked and you responded. So here we present our nominees for the new Cruzio Internet Jingle! We invite you to take a listen below and vote for your favorites. And be sure to come by the Open House Extravaganza on Friday November 1st to see who won (and also just to have a great time at another excellent party.) Here are the nominees:   And please, l…

Do You Want to Screw Over Your ISP?

…ished TechCrunch article charmingly titled 13 Ways to Screw Over Your Internet Provider As you can imagine, since Cruzio is an internet provider, that raised an eyebrow over here and we figured we’d take a look. Wow. Amazing what some folks have to go through — it’s like they’re at war with the company who supposedly serves them! A lot of the measures suggested by the deeply disgruntled author aren’t necessary when you have an independent, Net-Neu…

Spotting Spam: Harder Than it Looks!

…what you expect. In this case, the return address is someone at “wildblue.net,” not Cruzio.   Roll Your Mouse Over the Links The best indication of all is to roll your mouse over the links in the email. This is where the sender wants you to go to enter your password or other information. Don’t click on the link. Just put your mouse over the link and wait until the destination is revealed. (If you do click, just back out. Unless you enter informat…

The Santa Cruz Fiber Project

…and see if it made sense to explore further. The City then engaged an Internet network engineering firm to do a high level design for a fiber optic network, and to report on the financial feasibility of such a network. Over the summer, Cruzio will be surveying the residents and businesses of the City of Santa Cruz, and if the results are favorable, the engineering and construction will begin! What’s So Big About a Gig? A gigabit capable digital ne…