Winning E-Story Submitted by: Diane Burch

I must confess, I am for the most part computer illiterate. Oh, I can manage E-mail and E-shopping, but when something goes awry I'm stopped dead in my tracks! The fact that I'm 64 is no excuse but sometimes I tell myself it is, you know...teaching old dogs new tricks...etc...etc. Recently my hard drive crashed. I had to dig out my old laptop to get by until they sent me a new hard drive. I called NATCO Tech. The girl walked me through the procedure and I was on line in no time. When the new hard drive arrived I had to call NATCO Tech once again. The people in that office are friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and of the utmost importance for me, patient! Even if I don't "get it" right away they guide me through until I'm up and running. They make me fell like I'm talking to a friend or neighbor. NATCO has made my internet experience an everyday pleasure.

Diane Burch 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.htm 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 High-Speed Internet account.

Cuil Claims to be Biggest Search Engine Now

A brand new search engine called Cuil (pronounced: cool) made its debut July 28, 2008, boasting of an index of 120 billion Web pages, "three times bigger than any other search engine."

Founders are Tom Costello, a Stanford University researcher, and Anna Patterson, his wife and an ex-Google search engine researcher.

Patterson says Cuil ranks pages by content analysis rather than popularity, building a more efficient yet richer search engine from the ground up. "The Internet has grown, and we think it’s time search did, too," Patterson told Information Week.

Cuil founders also promise privacy of personally identifiable information, pledging not to keep any names, IP addresses, or cookies.

Customer Survey Online Now - Enter to Win!

As a NATCO customer, you may complete the NATCO Tech Customer Survey and become eligible for a free month of Internet Service or a $25 El Chico gift card. By submitting the survey, you help us improve our service to all NATCO Tech customers. Just use this link to take the Customer Survey online. Deadline to submit your survey is September 30.

Note: You may complete the survey anonymously, or, provide your name and contact information to be entered in the drawing for the free NATCO Tech services. If you have had technical problems, let us know by calling the tech support number, 1-888-276-8059.

Submit your survey today and enter to win!

Update Underway on South Shore Electronic Community

NATCO Communications has undertaken an update and redesign of the South Shore Foundation website at www.southshore.com, an electronic community for the NATCO service territory in Marion and Boone Counties and nearby towns. The name of NATCO's charitable foundation describes the location of the towns in the NATCO service area – the south shore of Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas. Towns featured on the website include: Flippin, Bull Shoals, Cotter, Diamond City, Gassville, Lakeview, Lead Hill, Midway, Norfork, Omaha, Pyatt, Summit, and Yellville.

If you have suggestions or information regarding content that needs to be updated on the existing website, please send us an e-mail.

Use NATCO Tech Portal Page for News of Your Area

Whether you reside in the eastern or western part of the NATCO Tech region, you have a direct link to your local news from the NATCO Tech portal page. You can customize the local news link to the websites of either the Harrison Daily Times or The Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home area). We're glad to help you keep up with what’s going on in your area! Of course, many other portal page features bring information you want to your desktop when you choose the NATCO Tech portal page for your home page. To do so, go to http://my.natcotech.com and click on Register My Account. You will receive a link to your new portal page by email.

Enjoy Wi-Fi with a Charbroiled Thickburger or Authentic, Homemade Mexican Food

Two Mountain Home restaurants invite computer users by offering free wireless Internet. Stop by Hardee's on Hwy. 62 B or El Chico Café off the Hwy. 62/412 bypass at Charles Blackburn St. NATCO Tech is proud to be the provider of this service to these restaurants.

What Can We Do for You?

We value your business and we want to know your likes and dislikes about NATCO Tech Internet Services.

Please complete this years brief Customer Survey. Complete it anonymously or add your contact info & enter to win prizes!

See You at the Baxter County Fair

It’s nearly time for county fairs which provide the public with an additional way to meet your local businesses and organizations as they set up booths at the fairs. NATCO Tech will take our booth to the Baxter County Fair this year, and we hope to see you there Sept. 9-13.

Looking for a Green Idea?

Internet users can certainly go "green" concerning natural resource conservation every time you send an e-mail instead of a letter, make a to-do list, a calendar, etc. You'll save a lot of paper, and its source – trees, when you send e-mail messages.

Some Computer Games Get Kids (and others) Moving

Some computer games may get gamers off the couch if they – or their schools – have exercise games! Nintendo's new Wii Fit was recently tested by the Miami Herald newspaper on a group of middle school students as well as a personal trainer and a hospital patient taking physical therapy.

Here's what the Miami – Dade schools physical education director Jayne Greenberg said. "With the games systems we already have, kids are exercising for an hour and a half and not even realizing it. They are drenched when finished. These kids are brought up with technology and the same systems we complain can make kids overweight can be the ones we use to help them exercise."

Wii Fit comes bundled with a balance board to be used in aerobic exercises, strength training, and even yoga. Games using a pad, treadmill, or other electronic accessories have been on the market for a couple of years and are used at gyms and physical rehabilitation centers.

Learning Tips for Parents

Because it’s "back to school" time again, parents may want to take a look at the U.S. Department of Education website for ideas on how to help their kids. Find "Simple Strategies for Creating Strong Readers" and tips relating to other subject matter at the site - http://www.ed.gov/parents.

Acceptable Use Policy Online

NATCO Technologies has an Acceptable Use Policy for our Internet services customers. It outlines your responsibilities as a user and the company's expectations and requirements as a provider.

From time to time, NATCO Technologies may make changes to the policy and revise the policy online. We encourage you to take a few minutes to read the Acceptable Use Policy.

Win a South Shore Gift

When you visit the South Shore website 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 website 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.

Lyle Wooley is this month's winner of a Travel Cup. Congratulations, Lyle Wooley!

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.

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.

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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 call a NATCO Tech Customer Service rep for full details on what is and is not covered by our free Internet Technical Support.