Winthrop, MN – In preparation for the new 924 area code, all customers located within the 507 area code region of Minnesota should prepare for 10-digit dialing. Beginning July 30, 2024, all local calls made within the 507 area code region must be placed using 10 digits (area code [...]
Your Essential Cyber Safety Lesson October is Cybersecurity Awareness month, making it the perfect time to brush up on best practices for protecting your devices, data, and privacy online. You can protect yourself online by utilizing ProtectIQ through the HBC GigaHome app and by following a few simple [...]
How to Avoid the Bait Watch out for phishy emails and links! Phishing scams try to hook you into giving out personal information by impersonating trusted sources like banks, companies, or contacts. In this blog, we'll teach you how to recognize phishing attempts so you can avoid getting [...]
World Telecommunications Day, May 17th, celebrates the constant evolution of one of the most important factors of our lives: Communication. The main goal of World Telecommunications Day is to highlight the importance of communication and how information travels across the world. It also aims to increase awareness of [...]
Earth Day is here! It's always encouraged to do your part on the daily by reducing the use of single-use plastic, picking up litter, enabling paperless billing on your various accounts (including your RS Fiber bill!), and more. But, this year, let's focus on all our electronics. Strive [...]
Back it up. March 31st is World Backup Day—a day that reminds us to protect our digital lives. As we become more and more reliant on technology, preventing losing our data is more important than ever. After all, it's much easier to prevent losing data than trying to [...]
Slam the Scam. Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails and other messages pretending to be from familiar companies—they may even include official-looking logos or even employee credentials. These emails often mention a problem or some sort of prize in an attempt to acquire your sensitive data [...]
Keep your passwords protected. We want to ensure you get the most out of your online experience because, these days, we spend tons of time online. Whether it’s for entertainment, telehealth, banking, shopping, paying bills, etc., the accessibility and convenience of everything online is unmatched. However, that means [...]
You have the power to manage your data. Data is collected everyday through your computer, smartphone, and other Internet-connected devices by using websites and apps that keep data on your behaviors, interests, purchases, and more. While you can't control every bit of data that is shared and processed, you [...]
