Happenings Around the Shop

I am happy to announce that all SPITwSPOTS customers are now eligible to receive a 25% discount on all Pizzas at Spices located next to Kachemak wholesale! Just tell them your user name and you will receive a discount on any regularly priced pizza! (Pleas note that this does not include the 2 for $20 one topping special) We are very happy to be doing business with Spices and encourage everybody to try their pizza. I personally had a small meat lovers pizza their this afternoon and have to say it was great. (They even made it without cheese just for me .) (In case your wondering…James and Justin had a large supreme pizza with extra cheese and also said it was great… )

I am happy to announce the successful setup of our newest customer in Barabara subdivision (about 4.5 outside of Seldovia)! They live on “Dirty hippy/hairy feminist way” (which they assured us was just a joke )

This was our very first setup across the bay and the first time we had to mount our equipment to a tree! It was also the first time we ever had to “fly in” to do a set up. We went over with the assumption that it would be difficult to get a good signal. However we were pleasantly surprised to find that we had at least half a dozen different SPITwSPOTS signals to choose from. We were easily able to select the strongest signal and completed the set-up in record time. We boarded the plane to seldovia at 10am and finished the set-up at about 12:30! Making it one of our fastest setups to date. But you can’t measure the success of a set-up by how quickly you finish. When we finished we had an SNR of 11 db (that’s good ) and raw data rate of 11Mpbs. Meaning that this customer can take full advantage of our lightning fast 3Mb subscription!

Due to popular demand we are reinstating our discounts on one year subscriptions. Any one buying a full years subscription for either Standard 2Mb or Super 3Mb will now have the choice of either paying for 10 months and getting 2 months free or paying the full 12 months and receiving a free autoaccess account (that’s 2 accounts for the price of one). So if you need to use your SPITwSPOTS account in two different locations (i.e. at home and at the office) you can’t beat our 2 for 1 offer. If on the other hand you only use SPITwSPOTS at one location and want to keep down your yearly expense you can save $100-$180 per year by taking advantage of our one year discount.

Here is a list of our new one year subscriptions.

Basic 400k is $240 per year and comes with a free second autoaccess account.
Standard 2Mb is $500 per year OR $600 per year with a free second autoaccess account.
Super 3Mb is $900 per year OR $1,080 per year with a free second autoaccess account.

SPITwSPOTS is committed to offering the highest quality and most affordable internet in Homer. If you have an idea as to how we might better serve you or the community please feel free to call me at (907)399-3379 or e-mail me at administrator@spitwspots.com

After recent discussions with clients I have come to the realization that
I have not adequately communicated the details of our recent speed and price changes.

Essentially we have lowered our prices and increased our speeds. This is
how it works. Due to technical limitations we can only provide 3
different speeds. We need to offer significantly higher speeds that are optimized for streaming video. Since we can only offer 3
speeds altogether we have essentially dropped the lowest speed.

Here is a break down of our old speeds and prices. Basic was 256k @
$15/month, Standard was 512k @ $40.25/month, and Super was 1Mb @
$75/month.

The new speeds and prices are as follows. Basic is 400k @ $20/month,
Standard is 2Mb @ $50/month, and Super is 3Mb @ $90/month.

There is very little real world difference between 400k and 512k. If you
were at Standard 512k and were satisfied with your speed then you will
most likely be satisfied with 400k AND your monthly bill will be cut in
half. If on the other hand you always wished that it would be faster you
can more than double your speed for a mere $10 more per month. (2Mb offers
a nearly flawless streaming video experience

Again I apologize for not explaining this better before hand. I did not
properly anticipate how this change would appear to some of our customers.

We are constantly trying to improve our service and are committed to
offering the best internet at the lowest price anywhere in Homer. I feel
that this new structure offers a greatly improved value for your dollar as
well as improving the speeds available to the cost conscious consumer.

Feel free to e-mail me at administrator@spitwspots.com or call me at
399-3379 if you have any questions or comments.

We are raising the bar for ISPs in Homer by raising the bandwidth of all accounts. We are now offering 400k for FREE, and for $20 a month you won’t have to log in each hour. That’s fast enough to watch YouTube or your favorite video viewing site. The 2Mb accounts are perfect for flawless video streaming from anywhere on the internet, and finally we have 3Mb accounts for you businesses and power users.

Please bear with me as I update the website with the new numbers as well as the new spring theme.

Have a wonderful day!

Here is a radio ad Mike over at 4:19 Gotta Minute Records cooked up for us. It’s a bit dated already, and it never did hit the airwaves, untill now that is.

SPITwSPOTS wireless network proudly presents our never aired radio ad.

Tired of hearing busy signals?? Paying for an extra phone line for internet?? Are you STILL waiting for that page to load?? Wish you could do something about it??

SPITwSPOTS, Homer’s premier wireless internet provider has the answer!

“DITCH YOUR DIAL-UP!” and switch to SPITwSPOTS premier wireless network.

Call 299-4052, and tell us you want to “ditch your dial-up”, and we’ll credit the amount of your last dial-up bill! Show us your canceled dial-up subscription, and we’ll match in credit whatever your last bill was.

We will also show you how you can ditch your setup fee! With our “PICK YOUR PLAN” Payment System it’s easy!

Our premium subscriptions with no setup fee start at speeds up to eight times faster than your dial-up for only $26.08/mo!

Call 299.4052 today and “DITCH YOUR DIAL-UP!”

SPITwSPOTS, Homer’s internet future is here.

We now offer what we believe to be the MOST flexible billing plan possible.

Thanks to our investors, we have secured funds to bring people off of their archaic dial up and and into the wireless future with SPITwSPOTS premier wireless network.

We are now able to offer one, two and three year contracts.

It will work like this:

No Contract.

$350 one time setup fee.
• 256k Service - $15 a month.
• 512k Service - $40.25 a month.
• 1024k Service - $75.00 a month.

Three year contract.

No setup fee.
• 256k Service - $26.08 a month.
• 512k Service - $51.33 a month.
• 1024k Service - $86.08 a month.

Two Year Contract.

No setup fee.
• 256k Service - $31.62 a month.
• 512k Service - $56.87 a month.
• 1024k Service - $91.62 a month.

$133 setup fee.
• 256k Service - $26.08 a month.
• 512k Service - $51.33 a month.
• 1024k Service - $86.08 a month.

One Year Contract.

No setup fee.
• 256k Service - $48.25 a month.
• 512k Service - $73.50 a month.
• 1024k Service - $108.25 a month.

$266 setup fee.
• 256k Service - $26.08 a month.
• 512k Service - $51.33 a month.
• 1024k Service - $86.08 a month.

We believe that this effectively eliminates the barrier to entry for dial up customers.

Tell your friends and family that SPITwSPOTS has done it again! We are making wireless Simple, Convenient, and Secure. And as locals, it is important to us to be both reliable and flexible.

Homer’s internet future is here.

Ever since the early days of SPITwSPOTS there has been a problem.  It has affected a large number of our customers at one time or another. It was first notice during one of our earliest residential setups.  Or network has been shaped in part by attempts to minimize this problem.  He have endeavored to educate new customers on what to do if the problem occurs.  And we have tested a variety of different client devices to try and find solutions. None of these things brought us acceptable results.

Recently we have been getting reports from other ISPs that someone has been sending SPAM from our network. Most likely this is being caused by an infected machine without the knowledge of its owner. However if we do not stop this unwanted SPAM we could be blacklisted from certain parts of the internet or loose our internet connection all together.

In order to stop outgoing SPAM we have instituted new firewall rules to block ALL outgoing e-mail unless that mail is going to an approved e-mail server.

If you are using “web-based” e-mail (like yahoo and hotmail) this will not affect you at all. If you are using Outlook Express, Outlook, or another e-mail client AND use ACS, SPITwSPOTS, Bluehost, or Gmail. You will also not notice any change. However if you are using a mail client and are currently using another e-mail provider your e-mails will not be able to be sent. You will need to call me at 399-3379 or leave a message at 299-4052 so that we can add your provider to the list of approved networks.

I apologize for this inconvenience but we must all to our part to stop the worldwide epidemic of spam. (and we need to protect the SPITwSPOTS Network so that we can continue to provide quality internet services)