Upcoming Events

NATCO will attend the Baxter County Fair next month. During the fair, from September 12th through the 16th, NATCO will have a booth set up. Feel free to stop by and say "hello" to our NATCO staff or to ask about any technology we provide. We look forward to seeing you there.

$25 Credit from NATCO!

Many of the new DSL customers we sign up each month have been referred to NATCO Technologies from existing customers. We are proud that our customers speak highly of our service and we're now rewarding that loyalty.

For each new person you refer to NATCO Technologies for high speed Internet service, NATCO will send you a $25 check or credit your bill $25 (when your friend signs up for service). This is our way of thanking you for referring your friends and neighbors to NATCO Technologies.

This special offer applies only if your friend tells us your name and phone number during sign-up. To take advantage of this offer, call NATCO in Flippin at 1-800-775-6682.

Free Online Translation Services

With the popularity of the Internet encompassing most nations, people from different countries are finding the need to translate foreign languages into their native language. Some translators, like Yahoo's Babbelfish, have been progressively getting better. A new service in this area, Polly Glotto, offers text translations as well as audio output. This new technology may enable users to communicate with people who speak different languages.

Source: Writing that Works Vol. 17 No.7-8 August 2006

Newer Viruses Tend to Disable Anti-Virus Software

As seen in a recent virus outbreak in Australia, one of the emerging properties of viruses is that they disable any anti-virus software running on a computer. Be sure and check your anti-virus software to make sure it is still running. Most modern anti-virus packages (Norton Anti-Virus, McAfee Anti-Virus, etc.) alert the user via a small pop-up box in the lower-right side of the screen when they are disabled.

If you ever notice your anti-virus conspicuously disable itself, it is usually good practice to re-enable the anti-virus, update it to the newest virus definitions, and scan your whole system.

Advantages of DSL over Dial-up

Some of the advantages of DSL over dial-up include an exponential increase of speed as well as the capability to talk on the phone while surfing the Web. No more missed calls. No more waiting for e-mail attachments to download. No more dropped connections. Starting at just $29.95 per month, DSL may be the best investment in technology you can make. Sign an 18 month contract now, and we'll give you a DSL modem free ($60 value)!

For more information on DSL, call our friendly staff at 1-800-775-6682 or check out our site at: www.natcotech.com/dsl.htm.

Save Money with Online Bill Pay from NATCO

When you sign up for online bill pay, you'll receive a $5 credit from NATCO. Receive e-mail reminders when bills are due, save money on stamps, and other advantages make online bill pay safe, secure, and simple. For more information, see NATCO's Web site or call NATCO's staff at 453-8800 or 1-800-775-6682.

Win a South Shore Gift

When you visit the South Shore Web site at www.southshore.com, you’ll have a chance to win a South Shore souvenir, like a T-shirt, a cap, chiller cups, and other necessities for the great South Shore outdoors. The South Shore Web site is an electronic community for the towns on and near the south shore of Bull Shoals Lake and it’s packed with information for you and for our tourist visitors.

Steve Horensky is this month’s winner of a South Shore T-shirt. Congratulations, Steve.

Introducing NATCO Technologies' Dial-up Accelerator

Interested in speeding up your dial-up connection? NATCO Technologies is now offering an improved dial-up acceleration software to dial-up users. By compressing images, the software can reduce the amount of data you need to download (speeding up Web page load time). NATCO Technologies' Internet Accelerator even allows users to adjust the level of compression to fine-tune the speed/compression ratio in accordance with their preferences. For more information on this software package, contact the NATCO staff at 453-8800 or 1-800-775-6682.

If you are interested in drastically speeding up your entire Internet experience, take a look at our DSL service. For more information about DSL, checkout our Web site at: www.natcotech.com/dsl.htm, or call us at 453-8800 or 1-800-775-6682.

Winning E-Story Submitted by: Wilma Snyder

My husband spent 6 years in the United States Air Force. We got to travel to many places, including Europe. While we were in Germany we made many friends. Friends that we thought we would keep a lifetime. But as life goes, everyone went his or her separate ways and we lost touch! As the years passed from time to time we would remember our old friends and wonder where they were, and if they were ok. After I got connected to the Internet I made it my mission to track down as many of our old friends as possible. And so far we've had two reunions. We started out as young adults serving our country, traveling together and having a good time, and now we're all grandparents! If it wasn't for the Internet, I would never had been able to find any of our dear friends!

Wilma just earned two free months of NATCO Internet service! Submit your E-Story today and you could be our next winner! Remember that you can enter more than once. So, if you didn’t win this time, try again! Just go to www.natcotech.com/estories.php and tell us how using NATCO's Internet or e-mail service has made your life easier, helped you promote or manage your business, or simply how much you enjoy using the Internet and e-mail. If your E-Story is chosen, you'll win two months of free NATCO dialup Internet service ($19.95 X 2 = $39.90) or an equivalent credit on your DSL or ISDN account.

Weekly Maintenance on Wednesday

Each Wednesday morning from 12:01 A.M. until 5 A.M., NATCO Technologies performs regular maintenance on Internet equipment. Your Internet service should not be affected. But, if you do experience an interruption in service during this time, please try again a few moments later. We try to minimize any "down time" by doing our maintenance at a regular time each week.

All users agree to terms and guidelines published at www.natcotech.com/guideline.htm.

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NATCO Technologies does not endorse or recommend any software or program. The purpose of the articles included in this newsletter is to keep our customers informed. We do not provide free technical support for software or programs such as Norton, McAfee, AVG Anti-Virus, Instant Messenger Services, etc. Please see the NATCO Internet brochure for full details on what is and is not covered by our free Internet Technical Support.