Gateway Gabbings
Apr 15, 2024
Home TechnologyHow to Set Up a Guest Wi-Fi in Your Home
In the era of connected homes and smart devices, setting up a guest Wi-Fi network is not just about providing internet access; it’s also about ensuring security and managing bandwidth efficiently.
December 21, 2021
Home Technology
What Factors Affect Internet Speed?
While your internet connection is certainly a critical component of how fast you can browse, stream, game, and meet with colleagues, it’s not the only part of your overall system that affects speeds. There are several factors along the way that contribute to how fast you can do things online.
December 14, 2021
8 Benefits of Fiber in Your Small Business
Fiber optic internet isn’t just about gaming, video conferences, and streaming at home (although those are great reasons to get it). The benefits of fiber extend to your small business, too. Here are 8 reasons your business is better with fiber.
December 7, 2021
What’s the Difference Between FTTN, FTTC, FTTH, & FTTD?
If your internet signal transfers from fiber to copper or vice versa, it can cause bumps and slowdowns in your connectivity. But a completely fiber-optic network, with no medium transfers, ensures the best, most reliable connectivity.
November 30, 2021
How to Painlessly Change Your Email Address
Changing email addresses can seem daunting. It’s easy to get discouraged between moving all your messages, importing contacts, fear of losing all your downloads, and updating everyone with your new address. But it’s less painful than you might think.
November 26, 2021
Have Yourself a Happy Online Holiday
To get us into the gift-giving mood, we’re offering these simple holiday gift facts…for folks from one to 92.
November 23, 2021
Home Technology
Improve the Value of Your Home with Fiber Optics
Adding fiber-optic internet can increase a home’s value by over 3%. While that might not sound like much, it’s an additional $9,000 tacked onto a $300,000 home. And you get better internet while you still live there.
November 8, 2021
Online Gaming
Better Online Gaming with Less Jitter & Lag
Online gamers will tell you fiber is the way to go. You might think that’s just because techy geeks tend to gravitate to the latest gadget with all the bells and whistles, but it’s far more than that. They’ve done their homework. Fiber is faster and smoother.
November 1, 2021
Best Snickerdoodle Protein Bites Ever
Our idea of fiber typically has nothing to do with food, but we love to eat and therefore love a good recipe when we find it. In honor of National Cinnamon Day (yep, it's a thing), we'd like to share our take on the most amazing snickerdoodle protein bites we've ever tasted.
November 1, 2021
Home Technology
5 Major Milestones in Telecommunications
It’s easy to take for granted today that we can pick up our smartphone, tap a few soft keys, either call someone or send them a message, and slide the phone back into our pocket. And we can pull off this simple function practically anywhere in the world. But it hasn’t always been that way. Modern communication took centuries to get here.
October 26, 2021
Home Technology
Jitter and Latency and Ping, Oh My! How These Techy Terms Affect Your Internet Experience
While most people look at download and upload speeds as the sole determining factor when choosing an internet provider and plan, the overall speed is only part of the story. Ping, latency, jitter, and lag play into your internet experience, too, especially when it comes to graphic-intense video conferencing, streaming, or gaming.
October 19, 2021
Home Technology
How Does Fiber Service Get to Your HOA Neighborhood?
Before we click the fiber optic line into the back of your modem, it takes a long journey through many steps on its way to your home. Like any journey, a lot of planning goes into ensuring every step along the way.
October 12, 2021
Home Technology
How Fiber Optic Cable is Made
While it may seem like magic or science fiction, fiber optic technology is very scientific and has been around for over half a century. But how does it work? How does glass become fiber optics? How can light transmit through a cable and reach its destination? (Hint: It’s not pixie dust and elves.)
October 5, 2021
Helpful Tips
15 Fascinating Internet Facts
Here are some facts about our online world that might surprise you.
September 28, 2021
Helpful Tips
Get the Most Out of Your Gateway Fiber
How do you get the most out of your amazing new 100% fiber-optic Gateway Fiber service?
September 14, 2021
Home Technology
The Benefits of Streaming
Cable is quickly being replaced by streaming services that give subscribers even more options than ever imagined. How has streaming changed the viewer experience?
