2014 | FTC-I

Dec

2014

How To Protect Yourself From Fraud This Holiday Season

While the holiday season is often referred to as the “Most wonderful time of the year,” it is also one of the most active times for criminals and crooks to take advantage of you. Whether they are poking around for your personal information over the phone or keeping an eye on your home to see if you’ll be traveling to grandma’s house, it is important to equip yourself with some helpful tips to keep you, your home, your identity and your family safe during the holidays. 1. Avoid New Age Scammers “Scammers use many techniques to defraud consumers by offering...

Nov

2014

Businesses Offering Wi-Fi Can Increase Store Traffic, Sales and Customer Loyalty

Whether it’s a working lunch at a local restaurant, catching up on e-mails and Facebook at Starbucks, or streaming a movie for little ones while waiting at the doctor’s office, a strong Wi-Fi connection is a great offering for your customers. Today, most customers expect businesses to have a working and accessible Wi-Fi connection. In fact, retailers and offices without Wi-Fi risk losing customers because they would rather go to a competitor that offers it. Stores that provide Wi-Fi, whether free or paid, can increase their store traffic, sales and customer loyalty. Here’s how: Providing an Extra Perk for Customers: Offering...

Sep

2014

Playing with Fire – Amazon’s Smart Phone

You’ve probably seen the funny commercials on TV about Amazon’s new, and very first smart phone, the Amazon Fire.Basically, if you like to shop, watch TV, listen to music, read books, get instant access to information when you need it, all from your phone, listen up.You’ve probably seen the funny commercials on TV about Amazon’s new, and very first smart phone, the Amazon Fire. “Been on this Earth nine years, never seen anything like it,” said the tween boy actor in one of the ads. Well, it’s not just a great ad campaign; the phone, which is available...

Aug

2014

Get Speeds Up to 100 Times Faster with FTC’s New Gigabit Internet

KINGSTREE, SC — If you live in Williamsburg, Lee, Sumter, Clarendon or Lower Florence counties in South Carolina, your Internet access just got better. FTC is now offering Gigabit Internet in its Fiber to the Home market, a connection that is up to 100 times faster than regular broadband Internet. With Gigabit Internet, online users and web surfers can download videos and online television shows without buffering, stream songs in seconds and connect with friends and family on social media in a blink. The faster Internet service also allows customers to connect more devices to the network without congestion. FTC Gigabit Internet...