All-Inclusive Office Space is Available at Cruzio!

…is a coworking facility in a nearby part of the building, with a wonderful community of local professional people — great for conversations over coffee and networking. We were sad to see our last long-term tenants go and are looking for a minimum commitment of 24 months, with lower pricing options available depending on the length of the lease. Some amenities included in the price: Gigabit (1000 Mbps) lightning fast internet, both wifi and wired,…

Santa Cruz Fiber Project on Track to Break Ground in Early 2017

…Cruz’s team, all headed out for a week in Austin, Texas for the Broadband Communities Summit 2016. Everyone who is anyone in community broadband was there. We all learned a ton, met some great people and got lots and lots of encouragement from folks building the same kinds of community-owned broadband networks all over the country. It was pretty inspiring to hear from all those community leaders and it felt great to get some props for the way we’…

10/31 @ 4pm Weston West – Outage UPDATE

…This is a belated update, the issues affecting the Weston West service region have been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused. For any further issues please open up a ticket by going to http://cruzio.com/member-tools/ and we will be happy to assist you if connections issues are persisting….

Congratulations to Cruzio’s Chris Frost, The New President of CISPA

…hoping to unify these companies even further with the goal of creating an open, and secure internet for everyone in the state. “We’re looking forward to a strong year for CISPA,” Frost says, “We’ll be growing the organization, and building even stronger ISPs throughout California.” “Cruzio is very proud of Chris Frost, an acknowledged expert and mentor to other internet providers,” says our CEO Peggy Dolgenos. “This position gives him an opportun…

Email Setup Assistant

…settings How to update Outlook for Mac to use the new Cruzio email settings Trying to set up a new email address or have your own domain name? Use our Email Setup Assistant If you do need any additional assistance, go ahead and open a support ticket at cruzio.com/contact and we’ll respond as quickly as we can in the order tickets are received. As we have a lot of email users to help, it may take a little while to get back to you, but don’t worry,…

Cruzio on Martin Luther King Day

…to defeat you we are not talking about eros or philia. The Greek language comes out with another word and it is agape. Agape is understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men. Biblical theologians would say it is the love of God working in the minds of men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. And when you come to love on this level you begin to love men not because they are likeable, not because they do things that…

Ribbon Cutting at 877 Cedar

…On Friday, February 11th, Cruzio and Ecology Action got together to celebrate the opening of our newly renovated building at 877 Cedar Street. Cruzio will be holding another celebration — open to the public, yes, you are invited — when we light up the gigabit fiber we’ve brought into downtown Santa Cruz. The date isn’t set yet, but we expect it in late March. But here are some pics from the first one: This slideshow requires JavaScript….

Using SSH with your domain

…nd Administration logins and passwords. When logging in, use the following command: ssh adminlogin@domain.com …replacing adminlogin with your administration login and domain.com with your domain name. When the server asks for a password, enter your FTP password. Recommended SSH clients: Windows: Putty Mac OS X: Terminal (included in Mac OS X, in the Utilities folder) What commands can I run? If you would like to use a command that’s not listed her…

Changing the Wireless Password on a Netgear WGT624v3 Router

…y of the 4 ports grouped in the back. Make sure the Netgear is powered on. Open your Web browser. In the address bar, enter 192.168.1.1 and press the Enter or Return key. A window will appear asking for a login and password.The default login name is: admin The default password is : password Enter this info and click OK. Once logged in, click the Wireless Settings link on the left. Underneath Security Options, select the third option: WPA-PSK [TKIP…

CPUC meeting notes

…e. This alone is a big project and it’s only one part of serving the whole community. True broadband coverage requires building infrastructure to every neighborhood, sometimes to every home and office. Even residential neighborhoods in the area house start-up companies that are often highly technical in nature and could use an infrastructure with the capabilities found in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Many of those homes are in hilly or otherw…