New Roku Users Beware: Old Roku Scam Resurfaces

Illustration showing a computer browser open to roku.com/link to activate a Roku device.

Over the years, scammers have tried to convince Roku owners that they had to pay to activate their Roku device. If you are new to Roku, just remember Roku does not charge an activation fee, or offer you anything else (like free Hulu for life) for a price when activating your Roku device. You do…

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Safety Precautions: Utility Line Vulnerability during Hunting Season

Recently, residents in the West Settlement, Town of Roxbury area suffered an extended MTC Telecommunications outage that was the result of a gunshot to our Fiber Optic cable that services that area. The birdshot penetrated the cable and caused catastrophic damage to the glass fiber strands that carry the telecommunications signals to those residents and…

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New Areas now available for MTC’s Services

A service area map for MTC.

MTC is continuing to work in various areas adding to our Broadband expansion efforts. Areas that are now available for service include: Town of Roxbury Ferris Hill area Town of Gilboa Shew Hollow area Bailey Road Charcoal Road Town of Middletown Tower Lane (off Searles Road) Town of Colchester Campbell Brook Road Line Drive Hood…

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Sun Outages: Fall 2019

A graphic depicting the earth and sun at equal parallel that will cause temporary outages in service.

It’s time, once again, for a technical phenomenon called “sun outages,” “solar outage” or “solar satellite interference”. Sun outages occur twice a year, where you may experience some degree of television interference during this time that no television programming provider has control over. What are Sun Outages? When the sun is aligned with a satellite,…

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What’s a Sunday afternoon without Football?

Love watching football? Want to watch your favorite teams, but there never seems to be a way to catch all the action? That’s why the National Football League (NFL) created the NFL RedZone! The NFL RedZone makes it possible to enjoy Sunday afternoon football from your TV or mobile device. You can follow your favorite…

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Alerts, Education and More with MTC

First, “Thank You” to our awesome subscribers from all of us at MTC. Our goal is to give you a great customer experience and to keep you informed while providing you with the area’s best high-speed internet, cable television and phone services. That’s why we are now offering multiple ways for you to stay connected…

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Let’s Talk 5G …

Graphic comparing 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi to explain the difference in wireless speeds.

When you hear “5G”, you think about your cellular device, right? Well when MTC talks about 5Ghz Wi-Fi, that has nothing to do with your mobile network but everything to do with making your wireless Internet connection better and faster. When you get Wi-Fi from MTC, you get both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. So, what does…

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Saturday Hours Just for You!

MTC is now open on Saturdays to make it more convenient for customers. The 579 Main Street building will be open to the public every Saturday from 8:00am to 3:30pm. MTC is making these changes to improve the customer experience. “We know our customers lead busy lives and need flexibility to stop in and see…

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