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Atlantic.Net Offices Closed on Labor
Day
Atlantic.Net's offices and Member Services call
center will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in observance of
Labor Day. The call center will reopen at 12 a.m. on Tuesday, September
3rd. The Network Operations Center will continue to be monitored
during this time. Have a safe and happy holiday!
Simplify Your Busy
Life with Online Tools
Whether it's classes, jobs, or children,
we all have commitments that constantly demand our time and attention,
but a busy schedule doesn't have to wear you down. Just have a seat
at your computer, and point and click your way to a simpler life
with these online tools.
• Looking for new meal ideas? Visit Food
Network to find easy-to-follow recipes from your favorite chefs,
and get ready to eat out in your own kitchen.
• Don't have time to shop for bargains? Stop clipping coupons,
and logon to dealcatcher.com
for the best prices on groceries, shoes, pet supplies, and more.
• Students can get extra homework help at tutor.com
or aplusmath.com.
• Skip the trip to the library, and visit bigchalk.com
to learn more about virtually any research topic at any time.
• Budget your extra time instead of your money. Let xpensetracker.com
keep up with your personal expenses, event funds, or group finances.
Written by Felicia Thomas
Surfin' Safari
The American pastime is no longer just baseball;
the American pastime has become sports in general. Here are a few
sites to feed your hunger for anything sports-related.
• Jeff
Sagarin Sports Ratings Jeff Sagarin has been providing USA
Today with sports ratings since 1985, and he keeps these ratings
up-to-date with statistics from even yesterday's games. Get ratings
for this year and years past for professional and collegiate sports.
• Sports Illustrated
for Kids SI for Kids has a slightly less complicated site that
children can navigate with ease. Find a link to fantasy sports,
where kids from all over the world can draft any player to their
fantasy team and compete online. Cartoons, e-cards, and games make
this site the perfect place for youngsters to surf the sporting
Web.
• American
Statistical Association's List of Sports Sites The ASA has saved
you a lot of time and listed nearly every major sport's official
Web site from the NBA site to the online home of Women's Professional
Fastpitch Softball, including each professional team's site as well.
Also find links to each state's major newspaper and check out their
sports pages.
• Sports
Almanac Want to know how your favorite team got its name? Do
you want to find out a little bit more about your favorite football
player? Infoplease.com's Sports Almanac has everything from biographies
to a list of sports venues around the world.
• Fogdog
Sports Fogdog Sports makes shopping for sport equipment easier
by organizing merchandise by sport, company, or department (accessories,
her Fogdog, memorabilia). Buy gift certificates for the hard-to-shop-for
brother, daughter, or husband.
• Eurosport.com
Keep up-to-date on what's happening in the sporting world outside
the U.S. Eurosport features sports ranging from rugby to cricket
and includes information about world championship sports as well.
Find audio and video clips, a game zone, and headlines from all
over the world.
Written by
Alexis Garcia
Find the Perfect
Gift at the Surf
Shop
 Choosing
a present for any special occasion (or for no reason at all) is
easy at The
Surf Shop. With stores like Uncommon Goods, Spencer Gifts, Discovery
Store, and FTD, you'll find something for everyone on your list.
Simplify your search further at Amazon.com's Gift
Explorer, or search
for ideas by price, recipient, occasion, or top sellers.
Tech Tip: Keep Windows Up-to-Date
Protect your computer and keep it running smoothly
with the latest tools from Windows
Update, a Microsoft site that scans your computer and provides
a list of the most recent updates for
your computer's operating system. After the scan, you can choose
to download and install new service packs, critical updates, and
driver upgrades. These updates are designed to improve your computer's
performance and enhance security. Click
here to get started or to learn more about how Windows Update
works.
For more information, visit http://support.atlantic.net.
Got a question for Atlantic.Net's Technical Support team? E-mail
us at faq@atlantic.net.
Connect Branch
Offices and Secure Your Data
Now, exchanging sensitive data between remote offices is secure
and cost-effective. With a True Private Network (TPN) from Atlantic.Net,
employees can share internal documents and customer information
between locations over a fully-managed, private network.
• More secure than virtual private networks
With VPN, your data must be encrypted, because it travels along
the same path as public data on the Internet. Conversely, data
on a True Private Network passes through a totally private segment
on the Atlantic.Net "pipe," much like a tunnel built
alongside a busy interstate.
• More cost-effective than VPN
Unlike VPN, True Private Networks are network-based and require
no additional hardware and no upgrades. TPN also is fully managed
by Atlantic.Net, so you can lower the cost of maintaining your
network.
• More reliable than VPN
True Private Networks are centrally managed by Atlantic.Net around
the clock, so problems can be isolated and resolved quickly. Plus,
since TPNs are network-based, you'll decrease the odds of equipment
failure.
• Better quality of service
Because all the endpoints on your private network are on Atlantic.Net,
you have a single point of contact, and qualified engineers can
resolve potential problems before they affect you.
• Flexible and scalable
Atlantic.Net's TPN technology works with a variety of dedicated
access methods, from DSL to point-to-point T-1/T-3. Also, because
True Private Networks are not equipment-based like VPNs, they
have no limitations on the number of sites that are connected
and require no additional configuration changes as your network
expands.
To find out more about True Private Networks, call
Atlantic.Net Sales at 1-800-521-5881 or e-mail sales@atlantic.net.
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