• Thanks for Stopping by our Fair Booths and Open House!
  We were happy to see so many of our customers during four events in August and September: NATCO's High Speed Challenge on August 26 at the North Central Arkansas Speedway, the Baxter County Fair September 14-17 in Mountain Home, the Northwest Arkansas District Fair in Harrison September 19-24 and our own Open House on September 29 in Flippin. We enjoyed visiting with all of you and we were happy to learn how we can enhance our services to better serve you. As a locally owned telecommunications company, NATCO is committed to supporting our community through participation in events that bring our community together. We appreciate your taking the time to provide us with your comments and suggestions. E-mail us anytime at: custserv@natconet.com.
  

• Contest Winners to Celebrate October 27
  Each year, NATCO sponsors coloring and essay contests for elementary and middle school students in South Shore area schools (grades K - 8). Cash prizes, certificates and ribbons will be given to contest winners during an Awards Presentation at NATCO on Thursday, October 27. Families of winners will be notified by telephone and invited to the Awards Presentation.
  
  

• How Much Need for Speed?
  If you don't have a great need for speed, NATCO offers reliable, economical dialup service for only $19.95 per month. Our 56K modem dialup service is available to all residents and businesses within the South Shore region as well as Baxter County and throughout Boone County. It's still one of the best bargains around for reliable Internet access.
  
  

• It's New and All About WildBlue
  Ten new Web pages devoted to WildBlue, NATCO's newest high speed Internet access, are now available at www.natcotech.com/wildblue. The information includes an online sign-up form, service area information, packages and specs, Q & A and more.
  
  For a limited time, professional installation of the WildBlue equipment at your home or business is free ($179.95 value). To place your name on the waiting list for WildBlue service, please call us today at 1-800-775-6682.
  
  The satellite Internet service is about 30 times faster than dialup Internet, comparable to the NATCO Tech DSL Internet service which is available to customers who live within a certain distance from telephone switching equipment. With WildBlue Internet service, a remote location does not limit the high speed service. This service is ideal for those who need high speed Internet service but are not accessible to DSL.
  

• Lake Levels Online @ SouthShore.com
  Curious about the water level in Bull Shoals Lake or Lake Norfork? Visit the South Shore Web site at www.southshore.com/levels.htm to review an hourly recap of the day's readings. Published from the Corps of Engineers information, the recap includes top (lake) flood pool, top (river) power pool, turbine elevation, tailwater release and generation information.

• 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.

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

• Winning E-Story Submitted by: Sarah Toblesky
  My Internet service has helped me in hundreds of ways, from keeping in touch with a soldier in Afghanistan to just keeping up with pictures of my grandchildren. But recently I was involved in the latest hurricane, Rita. My daughter and granddaughters live in Katy, Texas. They had decided to evacuate to San Antonio. I used the Internet to keep up with weather warnings, etc., relative to Rita's path. I checked weather in Katy, highway conditions, etc. When my children decided to return to Katy, Texas, I knew they would be okay. My computer has become a very important part of my life, and to think I originally only used it to play games and work on my genealogy. Thank you NATCO, I've come a long way!

  Sarah Toblesky 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.

• Contributions to Gulf Coast Relief Funds
  Many Twin Lakes area residents have helped the survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund at www.redcross.org. The Red Cross and many other worthy organizations have received a tremendous response from around the world. The Red Cross and other legitimate organizations do not typically solicit donations via e-mail. In fact, we suggest that if you are interested in contributing to a relief fund, do so through the organization's Web site, not in response to an unsolicited e-mail.
  
  Recently, NATCO received a report from a customer who received an e-mail request for funds for hurricane victims - the request was not legitimate. As always, we at NATCO suggest that you should not open, much less respond, to e-mail messages from unfamiliar or suspicious sources.
  

• Weekly Maintenance on Wednesday
  Each Wednesday morning from 12:01 until 5, 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/guidline.htm.

Feedback: NATCO invites readers' comments about the e-newsletter and suggestions for future articles. Let us know what information in the e-newsletter is most useful or what Internet issues are important to you. Readers may send suggestions for future e-newsletter articles, questions or comments to: custserv@natconet.com.

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.