Cornerstone Group © 2025 Gig Internet Greatly Enhances Online Activities Spread Joy This Season 2025 Holiday Coloring Contest Children 9 years old or younger are invited to enter. Pick up an entry form, then color or decorate it to your liking. Return your entry to thalenz@wcta.net or by mail to Coloring Contest, West Central Telephone, PO Box 304, Sebeka, MN 56477. Deadline for entries is November 28. Winners will be announced the following week. Family-Friendly Holiday Activity You don’t want to miss the Christmas in Wadena lights display at 414 3rd St. SW! It begins on Thanksgiving Day from 5:30-9:00pm. Help Spread Holiday Cheer! It’s the season of giving, and we’re collecting new toys, games, gifts, and cash donations to support local families through the Wadena County Empty Stocking Fund and Toys for Tots of Wadena County. Please bring donations for the Empty Stocking Fund to our Sebeka office and donations for Toys for Tots to our Menahga office by December 5. We’re also holding our annual Winter Coat Drive. Drop off new or clean, gently used coats at either location to help keep our neighbors warm this winter. Let’s make this holiday season a little brighter for everyone Gig internet is equivalent to about 1,000 Mbps, making it 10 times faster than the 100 Mbps internet found in many U.S. households. Why so fast? Because Gig internet runs on a fiber-optic line, making it capable of much higher bandwidth than the traditional copper lines of most DSL and cable connections. Lucky households with Gig internet experience dramatic benefits while enjoying online activities like these: • Streaming Video – All that bandwidth means lag-free streaming on Netflix (and other streaming services) even when family members are watching different shows on different devices simultaneously. But the real advantage with Gig internet is that 4K streaming, which uses four to five times as much data as a 1080p stream, will be free from the frustrating loading and buffer times often experienced with standard internet. • Online Gaming – Anybody who’s ever lost a match due to a laggy internet connection will love the upgrade to Gig speeds. Since Gig internet is symmetrical, meaning its upload and download speeds are the same, gamers don’t ever need to worry about slow ping rates and spotty connections. Faster upload speeds are also a boon for activities such as streaming gameplay with services like Twitch. • Immersive Media – The super-fast upload and download speeds of Gig internet make more immersive media, such as 360-degree video and virtual reality applications, more accessible. As higher data capacity goes mainstream in the years ahead, you can expect new media formats to take advantage of this opportunity, just as streaming video exploded when broadband became mainstream. Another major reason for busy households to choose Gig internet is to provide an excellent online experience for many users and devices. For example, a family of six can each be doing their own thing— from watching 4K movies to streaming music to attending virtual classes or meetings —without an internet hiccup. West Central offers a range of internet speeds including 1 Gig and 5 Gig plans. Call 218-837-5151 for help selecting the right speed for your household.
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