COLI is proud to announce the full release of its Digital Telephone Service. No longer do you need to keep an expensive telephone line from the telephone company if you have a broadband connection. Simply sign up for the COLI Digital Telephone Service and free yourself from the phone company forever. Many can even keep their same telephone number.

With the COLI Digital Telephone service you get all the same great features of your regular telephone but much, much more. All of the same standard features still apply to the COLI Digital Telephone but we give you more flexibility. An online control panel allows you to take further control over your telephone service and at prices that shatter traditional land-based telephone service; it’s an absolute no brainer to switch over to the COLI Digital Telephone service.

Pricing is as follows: (Incoming minutes are FREE!!!!)

• Bronze 200 Nationwide outgoing minutes: $20/month
• Silver 500 Nationwide outgoing minutes: $24/month
• Gold 1000 Nationwide outgoing minutes: $27/month
• Platinum Unlimited Nationwide Minutes: $30/month

With all of these plans, incoming calls are all FREE (meaning they don’t take off of your minutes-per-month) whereas outgoing calls take out of your allotted pool. There is a one-time charge for the COLI Digital Telephone box that interfaces with your broadband connection in order to provide you telephone service.

Give us a call today to find out more information about the new COLI Digital Telephone service!

The following article was originally posted by tech writer Denise Richardson, but reiterates a very real and scary threat that many people run into when using file sharing programs. There are legitimate and safe reasons to use file sharing programs, but people need to properly educate themselves to protect their virtual property. I strongly urge you to read on and watch the following movie clip courtesy of NBC:

“There are some 200+ popular file sharing programs on the internet, that may be providing access to your computer and your personal information to thieves across the world -without your knowledge. Thieves love to use file sharing programs, such as the ones many, including kids, use to download music. Many of these file sharing programs have little to no security to keep criminals away from personal files stored on your computer. Thieves have figured out that finding access to your life, including, tax returns, resumes, and bank account information is as simple as doing a Google search.”

“Watch the below NBC news video for more info on the dangers of using certain file sharing programs. When NBC did their own search, they easily found access to over 150,000 tax returns, nearly 26,000 student loan applications and more than 600,000 credit reports stored on unsuspecting consumer computers. NBC also noted that sites such as YouTube, iTunes and personal photo sharing websites are not file sharing programs. But, the most popular file sharing program, Lime Wire is and now urges consumers to download their latest 5.0 program, that now restricts access to personal files. Identity theft protection expert and CEO of LifeLock Todd Davis likened having those file sharing software programs on your computer to leaving the keys in an unlocked car ... with the windows down.”

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"As for the programs kids use download and share music, you might want to consider deleting them -or at the least, make sure they are not using file sharing programs on a computer that contains your family's personal identifying information.”

Ever thought about a website to promote a product or service? In today’s day and age, online computing is the newspaper of yesteryear and likened to having a business card by daily standards. Given the economy and opportunities of today, it is even more important to be able to spread your product, service or even your message and what a better way to do it besides digitally?

COLI Communications primarily does Web Hosting services, meaning we can ‘house’ your website virtually on our server for the world to see. We work very closely with a web design company that does a fantastic job of taking your dream to reality and with competitive rates for both, there simply is no reason to join the digital age and spread your name.

Continuously expanding our wireless coverage, we are pleased to announce new expanded service in the South Boardman / Lodi area as well as some new overlapping coverage along Central Lake and Ellsworth areas. We are very excited about the prospect of expansion in these areas because it will help us to close the gap of expansion of our existing dial-up base.

Once again, testing for our high-speed wireless service always has been and will continue to be a free service so long as your criteria matches that on our coverage maps (http://www.torchlake.com/default.aspx?pagemain=wireless&Wireless=wirelessmaps/Totalcoverage). Give us a call today and we would happily be able to check eligibility for you.

If you feel like we are not expanding to your area fast enough, it is not because we are ignoring you, it is because we need a line of sight location to one of our existing towers, either from your location, or from a nearby location where a repeater could be placed. If you know of a good location for a repeater, that is high and free of trees, contact us and we will be happy to take a look to see if it fits our criteria for a repeater. We do want to serve everyone, but constructing new towers under today’s zoning rules, is not feasible, for the most part, due to the extra cost the zoning rules force upon us. To avoid this, we try to use existing structures, houses, tv antenna towers, silos, or just a high hill with a good view whenever possible.

Current Active Access Points: 68
Planned New Avcess Points: 5