As Your Kids GROW UP, Be Sure Your Speeds GO UP

September 2018 • Volume 24, Issue 3 A quarterly newsletter from your friends at KMTelecom

We Hope the Coming School Days Add Up to Great Experiences KMTelecom is a big supporter of our community’s schools and the important work happening inside their classrooms — from solving problems to inspiring creativity. As another new school year begins, we wish good luck to all the students, parents, and teachers in our service area.

Do you have an internet or Wi-Fi prob- lem to solve? Contact KMTelecom for the solution. Business Office Closed Monday, September 3rd Labor Day Thursday, November 22nd As your kIds , Thanksgiving Day GROW UP be sure your speeds GO UP KMTelecom 18 Second Avenue NW It’s the start of another school year, which means taking Kasson, MN 55944-1491 634-2511 stock of your kids’ growth. Do they need bigger clothes? Local call for KMTelecom customers in Bigger backpacks? Bigger internet speeds? Internet usage Kasson, Mantorville, Rock Dell and expands from grade to grade. Help equip them for success Dodge Center with the speed they need. Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm For help with service problems during CALL 507-634-2511 non-business hours, please call 634-2505. 24/7 Internet Help Desk FOR A FREE Kasson, Mantorville Area 634-2575 Rock Dell Area 634-2575 (FREE call) SPEED UPGRADE* Dodge Center Area 633-2575 Don’t have our internet yet? Sign up by September 30th, 2018 Visit Us Online and receive your first month FREE plus FREE installation. www.kmtel.com *Service availability and internet speed will depend on location. Must sign up by September 30th, 2018 to get one month of our next-faster internet plan at your current plan’s price. Some restrictions apply. Contact us for details. Cornerstone Group © 2018 Where technology comes with a human touch Insert #: 137004 Have a Ball Anywhere Beginner’s Guide to Streaming With the Free WatchESPN App Movies and TV Shows Calling all sports fans (and sports fanatics): There’s an easy way to catch all the action If you haven’t yet jumped on the streaming bandwagon, this article no matter where you happen to be during is for you! It covers the basics to help you get started enjoying this your busy week. entertainment technology.

WatchESPN has you covered with live What is streaming? streaming access to ESPN networks, live Streaming is content sent in compressed form events, and shows. You can catch 24/7 live in a continuous stream over the internet and programming from your favorite ESPN networks on your favorite devices — played as it arrives. The user does not have to computer, smartphone, tablet, Xbox 360, wait to download a file to play it. Xbox One, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, or Roku. What devices are needed? You can watch streaming movies and TV shows on your smartphone, tablet, laptop, The WatchESPN app is free to download desktop computer, HDTV, or “smart TV.” For example, you could connect your for KMTV subscribers from the App Store, laptop to your HDTV with an HDMI cable and stream on your laptop and watch Google Play Store, Roku Channel Store, on the TV screen. If you have a “smart TV,” it has built-in apps (and app stores) Windows Store, Amazon App Store, Xbox One, Xbox 360, or WatchESPN.com. and networking to get on the internet. You can use them to download most of the Simply select KMTelecom when prompted streaming apps you’d want. and enter your TV subscription username and password. What streaming apps are available? You have many options here, too. Here are a few of the most popular ones: If you don’t have our TV service • Netflix – You can watch past seasons of TV shows and recent movies at a low yet, call 507-634-2511 today to get in the game. We offer a strong monthly cost. Netflix also offers original shows such as Orange is the New Black lineup of channels supported by and House of Cards. our local team for customer service. • Amazon – This streaming service is available to Amazon Prime members. Like Subscribing is a winning move, and Netflix, it offers many TV shows and movies to choose from as well as its own we guarantee you’ll have a ball! original content. • Hulu Plus – You can get next-day access to shows from ABC, NBC, Fox, and CW, along with some cable channels. Hulu Plus also offers some movies and original TV shows. • Dish’s Sling TV – Sling TV offers about 20 channels in its basic package including ESPN, ABC Family, AMC, and Food Network but no broadcast channels like CBS or NBC. Add-on packages for sports, movies, kids, lifestyles, and world news are also available. • HBO Now – New episodes are available through apps about the same time they are shown on TV. Current and past seasons of most HBO shows are available on demand, as well as hundreds of movies.

What are the internet requirements? For a good streaming experience, you’ll probably want internet download speeds of 20 Mbps or more.

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