How to Protect Yourself on the Internet Today is National Safer Internet Day! At SkyLine/SkyBest, safety is one of our top priorities. Check out these five tips you can start implementing today to help make yourself safer while using the internet. Beware of Connecting to Public Wi-Fi Sure, free Wi-Fi at the coffee shops and restaurants you often visit can be very tempting to connect to, but they can also be very dangerous...
We’ve all been there – stuck on the phone, waiting to speak to a real life Customer Service Representative while a recording tells us, “please hold, your call is very important to us”. It’s frustrating, time-consuming and often leaves us with even more questions...
Happy New Year! Like many of you, as 2021 comes to an end, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year. For starters, it was our 70th year! To help us celebrate, we had monthly giveaways that honored you and the beautiful landscape we get to call home! You also helped us give back to our communities through SkyChange, we won awards and so much more! In short, it was a busy and notable year...
In a world where so many things can be accessed online, we must be very careful to protect our personal information just as we would protect our bank accounts. But where do we start? Check out these four tips on how to protect yourself online: Four steps to help you protect your sensitive information: Create Strong Passwords Using at least 12 characters, you should combine letters, numbers, and symbols to create strong passwords...
What is “My Vacation Program”? We understand that some people don’t want to spend winters in the mountains and would rather travel to warmer parts of the country during the winter months. That’s why we offer a seasonal plan called “My Vacation Program.” With an active seasonal agreement you won’t have to pay the $50 reconnect or disconnect fees for TV and Internet...
In 1950, a group of residents came together to discuss forming a cooperative that would bring telephone service to approximately 3,725 member-subscribers in parts of Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties. Now 70 years later, we hear echoes of our history playing out once more. As one of the largest rural telecommunications companies in the state and nation, SkyLine serves five counties, and with the help of its subsidiary (SkyBest), is hard at work continuing to bring modern technology to our neighbors outside of our co-op defined territory to provide vital, much-needed connectivity...
Are you a concerned parent wondering how you can protect your child online? SkyBest Internet Guardian is the easy-to-implement answer to your problem. As a parent, with SkyBest Internet Guardian you will get parental control and computer monitoring! With parental controls you can block websites based on content and set time-of-day restrictions for your child’s internet use...
