Preparing for the Transition: What to Know About the End of @mwt.net Email VernonCom has announced that it will discontinue all @mwt.net email services, with a final shutoff date of December 31, 2026. While this change may feel inconvenient, it will offer a more secure and feature-rich alternative for email services. After the deadline, users…
Upgrading Business Networks: Moving Beyond Residential Internet If you’re still running a business on a residential internet plan, you’re not alone. Many local entrepreneurs, shop owners, and home-based businesses started that way because it worked. But as your business grows, and the demands of your internet connection grow with it, you might be missing out…
Getting to Know Calix: Building the Future of Connected Communities At VernonCom, we are always looking ahead to invest in technology that keeps our members connected today and prepared for tomorrow. That’s why we’re excited to share that we are in the process of converting all 10,000 members to new Calix equipment. This is a…
The History of VernonCom: Connecting Rural Communities for 75 Years For more than seven decades, VernonCom has been dedicated to one mission: connecting members with exceptional communication solutions with ease and integrity. What began as a small, member-driven effort to bring telephone service to rural Wisconsin has grown into a modern, fiber-powered communications cooperative. Humble…
Making Sense of VernonCom’s New TV Pricing Structure: What It Means To You Television plays a big part in how we stay connected. Whether it’s catching up on local news, following community events, or tuning in for Friday night lights and your favorite family show. What’s changed is how we deliver that content and how…
Optimizing Your Home Network: Ensuring Fast, Stable Internet, for Every Corner of Your Home In today’s connected world where streaming, video calls, online learning, and smart devices all demand bandwidth, slow or spotty Wi-Fi can be incredibly frustrating. The good news is that many internet problems aren’t caused by your service provider, but by how…
Staying Safe In Our Connected World: Simple Steps For Internet Safety It’s amazing how much of our daily life happens online these days. From paying bills and chatting with loved ones, to watching our favorite shows and managing smart home gadgets, the internet keeps us connected in ways we couldn’t have imagined decades ago. But…
Television in Rural Wisconsin: Why Streaming Services Are a Game-Changer For decades, television in Wisconsin’s countryside was dominated by satellite dishes and basic cable packages. These services filled a gap in communities where over-the-air signals struggled to reach, and local stations were sparse. Providers like Dish Network and DirecTV became household names, not because they…
Lifesaving Connections: How Fiber Internet Strengthens Rural Emergency Services Connecting our community isn’t just about faster downloads or better streaming. It’s also about supporting the dedicated individuals who keep us safe: our local emergency services. From paramedics and firefighters to dispatchers and law enforcement, in moments of crisis, reliable communication is non-negotiable. That’s where fiber-optic…
Upload vs Download: The Truth About Speeds and Equipment Changes When most people think about internet speed, they picture a high megabit-per-second rating attached to their service. Something like “1 Gig” or “500 Mbps”. That number almost always refers to download speed, or how fast your devices can pull information from the internet. It impacts…