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DECEMBER GVTC continues to invest in fiber to be your PROMOTIONS 21st century communications provider $ 99.95 This coming holiday season many of Our fiber network enables our company to develop value- TALK, you are likely going to be giving or oriented products that serve our residential customer needs and STREAM, receiving some type of device that expand our sales opportunities. In 2016, GVTC established relies on a broadband connection. This our first-ever Wholesale Division to generate sales to carriers SURF & SAVE! could be a new smartphone, tablet, needing Ethernet access, transport and Fiber-to-the-Tower n TV gaming console or internet ready TV. services. To support this venture, our company expanded our A growing number of these gifts fall fiber optic network across south and central Texas enabling n INTERNET into the, “Internet of Things” category network connectivity to San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and n PHONE and include items like wearable fitness even Mexico. Leveraging all the capabilities of our fiber assets devices, smart home devices, such as diversifies our income from declining telephone revenue, which Call 800-367-4882 voice-activated hubs, and wireless puts GVTC in a stronger position to fulfill our mission of for details on this speakers. ensuring our long-term viability and providing the best value limited time offer and Ritchie Sorrells President and CEO in communication #0000000-724-001-3 services. other great bundles! Research from the NDP Group finds that consumers currently have an Another part of GVTC’s mission is to enhance the quality of average of 5.7 internet connected devices in their residences. life in our communities. In 2016, The GVTC Foundation REMOTE That amount will increase significantly as the Organization for celebrated 10 years of doing this through philanthropic service. CONTROL Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that, by We are proud that The GVTC Foundation is the only nonprofit YOUR 2022, the average household, with two teenage children, will established by a traditional telephone cooperative in the United own roughly 50 internet devices. States. Over the past decade, The GVTC Foundation has HOME contributed more than $2 million to local nonprofits. By the Be on the go and Access to fast, reliable broadband is important now and will end of the year, our Foundation will have donated and in the know with be even more so in the future. GVTC has long been a leader in additional $320,000 to causes throughout our communities. ® GVTC connectHome . providing customers the fastest internet speeds. We are the only Security monitoring, company in our service area that offers residential customers To meet the increasing need in our communities, we need your and choice of one a 1 gigabit connection and a symmetrical broadband product. support to grow our Foundation. I’m inviting you to camera or thermostat, SpeedSync™ is proving to be very popular with customers who participate in our annual Partnership Campaign. Through the plus free installation. upload large files, have online gamers in the family or have end of the year, GVTC will match your tax deductible Call 800-367-4882 other needs for equally fast upload and download speeds. contribution 100 percent, up to a total of $15,000. Your for details and dollars will stay in the Hill Country and Gonzales areas to help restrictions. More than two-thirds of our 2,000 square mile service territory our communities. Supporting The GVTC Foundation is a great $49.95/month is now connected to our state-of-the-art fiber-to-the-home way to maximize your charitable giving this holiday season. I License # B-03287 technology and we’re committed to expanding to more encourage you to visit GVTCFoundation.com and participate customers, where financially feasible. An example is our Boerne in the Partnership Campaign today. fiber project supporting the GVTC GigaRegion®, which continues to grow and prosper for the benefit our communities. Fast internet and an array of broadband connected devices SPRUCE UP have brought many conveniences to our daily lives. Many of YOUR Our company is also committed to increasing internet speeds us have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, so let’s be COMPUTER for our non-fiber patrons. In 2016, we rolled out 100 Mbps mindful for those who are less fortunate this time of year.

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GVTC is once again selected The GVTC Foundation gives big as Top Workplace to local food pantries

GVTC finished tenth among midsized companies in the 2016 San Antonio Express-News Top Workplaces Survey. This is GVTC’s highest ever placement and sixth time to receive the prestigious award.

According to the Express-News, only 16 midsized companies were named a Top Workplace out of 1,143 San Antonio area companies that participated in the #00000-34384-001-3 survey.

All Top Workplaces companies selected were featured in a special section of a Sunday edition of the Express-News.

As a winner, GVTC gets special use of the 2016 Top Workplaces logo when recruiting talented employees to work for our company.

More features coming to the GVTC Start App Area food pantries are getting a gift from The GVTC Foundation to help feed families in need this holiday season. Nine nonprofits GVTC’s popular Start app is getting received $5,000 each, for a total of $45,000, to support their food even better. Many customers prefer bank operations. using the Start app to review their statement and pay their bill via their Thanks to Hill Country Family Services, Hill Country Daily Bread, smartphone. The upgraded user The Kitchen Table, Helping Hands Food Pantry, Provisions Food interface makes it even easier to pay Pantry, CRRC, Habitat for Safe Seniors, Blanco Good Samaritan your bill with your smartphone or Center and Gonzales Christian Assistance Ministries, for their service tablet. The GVTC Start app pro - to our community helping to ensure there are few hungry families vides the latest news in either clip this holiday season. (videos) or news (articles) featuring top stories, U.S., World, Politics, December also marks the stretch run of The GVTC’s Annual Partner - Technology, Sports, Entertainment ship Campaign. From through December 31, 2016, every dollar and more. donated to our Foundation is matched by GVTC 100 percent up to $15,000. Your contribution will stay in our community to help GVTC is excited about a new video organizations such as food banks, health and human services, youth app that will launch in December services, education, volunteer emergency services and cultural called GVTC Watch. It’s the easy programs. Go to GVTCfoundation.com and double your way to watch video content on contribution today. your smartphone or tablet device. Stream TV shows, movies, and videos from every genre.

GVTC Watch also features state of Keep up with GVTC on social media the art search and the discovery Get the latest on GVTC news, product offerings capability making it easy to find and our community by liking us on Facebook and your favorite movie or television show across the most popular content following us on Twitter. It’s easy to do. Just go to providers. Best of all, GVTC Cable TV customers can access TV Facebook, search for GVTC and select, ‘Like.’ Be Everywhere content anywhere in one convenient app. sure to set your Facebook newsfeed to include GVTC. For Twitter, look up @GVTC_Com and follow. Go to GVTC.com to learn about the latest cable package deals for your area. The GVTC Start and Watch apps are available through the Apple We want to hear from you. Connect with GVTC through Facebook or Google app stores. and Twitter today!

FIND YOUR LUCKY NUMBER! Two lucky statement numbers are hidden in this issue of LINK. Find YOUR statement number after a # sign in the text of this newsletter and you're a winner! The number must match your statement number (from your GVTC statement). This month GVTC is giving each of the two winners a $20.00 GVTC Gift Certificate, to be applied to your phone bill. If you are a winner in this newsletter call Maria Claudia Redd at GVTC: (830) 885-4411 or toll-free (800) 367-4882.