Wheat State’s Hello Central Winter 2015

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Is Your Internet Plan Sized to Support
Multiple Users and Multiple Devices?
Wheat State
Telephone Celebrates
65 Successful Years
This is a special year at Wheat State
Telephone, as we celebrate our 65th
anniversary! Though there have been
many changes in the last 65 years,
one thing that has remained con-
stant is our company’s commitment to
provide up-to-date communications
solutions to our customers.
Just like the company founders, Pat
and Martha Hurd, who wanted to
provide quality telephone service,
we continue to strive to stay ahead
of the technology curve so our cus-
tomers can enjoy the very best in
broadband and entertainment ser-
vices. Pat and Martha instilled this
dedication in their daughters, and
now third-generation owners, Greg
Reed and Randy Hoffman, continue
the tradition of helping to keep fam-
ilies connected. Today, Wheat State
Telephone provides many options
—not only Telephone service—
but also Internet and Digital TV.
While the methods may have
changed over the years, the goal
is still the same for Wheat State
Telephone: providing cutting-edge
products and services to meet our
customers’ needs, along with friendly,
local customer care—families serv-
ing families. We thank you for your
business and look forward to more
progress and new products in the
years to come.
Does your family do a lot of gaming and streaming movies through Netflix? Are there
multiple devices in your household including laptops, tablets, and smart- phones?
Have you noticed your Internet speeds seem to be going down as your usage goes up? If
you answered “Yes” to these questions, you’ll want to consider getting more bandwidth
(and corresponding Internet speeds) to meet your growing needs.
Many Wheat State Telephone customers are saturating their bandwidth because multiple
devices in their homes are connected wirelessly to the Internet. This makes it seem as
though their Internet service is running slow when it’s actually being maxed out.
Households with several family members accessing the Internet simultaneously will be hap-
piest with one of our higher-level plans that provide greater bandwidth and faster speeds.
What exactly is bandwidth? The term refers to how much data you can send through a
network or modem connection. Bandwidth is usually measured in bits per second, such as
10 Mbps (10 million bits per second). You can think of bandwidth as a highway with cars
traveling on it; the highway is the network connection and the cars are the data. The wider
the highway, the more cars can travel on it at one time and the faster they get to their desti-
nations. The same principle applies to data—the more bandwidth, the more information
that can be transferred within a given amount of time.
As you use more Web-connected devices, and use them for more data-intensive applica-
tions, it’s important to make sure your bandwidth increases as well. For help determining
which Internet plan is right for your household, call us today at 1/800 442-6835.
Learn more and get a visual at by
watching the “Wheat State Internet Freeway” video!
Wheat State Telephone • 1/800 442-6835 •