Dig Line
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Many of the utilities that provide service to our homes and businesses are now installed underground. These services include telephone, power, cable TV, fiber optic cables and many others. You do have a legal and financial responsibility for damage to these facilities.
Dig Line is a one call center that will notify the member utilities in your area prior to working near these underground utilities. The member utilities, in turn, will mark their lines for your convenience. Remember, this is a free service provided by the utility providers in your area.
Please call Dig Line at 1-800-342-1585 two working days prior to digging near these underground services. Lets work together to keep these services working and safe. |
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April Newsletter |
The April issue of the ATC Newsletter is online now. Some of the articles that you may find interesting are: |
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Update From Syringa Wireless |
2007 Highlights: - 6,000 new phone activations since opening our first store in Twin Falls in mid-January 2007!
- 14 retail locations to serve you. (Albion, Arco, Malad, Buhl, Filer, Twin Falls (2), Burley, Rupert, Albion, Rockland, Aberdeen, Pocatello (2), Idaho Falls).
- We have doubled the size of our network and cellular sites. In addition we have roaming agreements so our customers have the best coverage available outside of our network.
- We have activated over 250 business lines, and we would like to thank them for their support: DDC Architects, Mutual Insurance, Litho Printing, Axiom Properties, Roche Electric, Air Exchange Technologies, Pocatello; Locally Owned Radio, The Car Store, Star Falls Farms, Twin Falls; Your Other Mothers Taxi, Idaho Falls; Cobblestone Landscape, Chubbuck; Circle G Trucking, Paul; Minidoka School District, RJ's RV, Rupert; Les Schwab Tire, American Falls; Evans Grain, Heyburn; and the D.L. Evans Bank branches in Twin Falls, Burley, Rupert, Jerome, Pocatello and Idaho Falls and the D.L. Evans Bank headquarters in Burley.
What's New: - A product called "Pay Go Plus." Pay Go Plus combines the affordability of measured-use billing (You pay only for the services you use) and the convenience of Unlimited Local Calling, and No Contract. Pay Go Plus also allows you to Roam and make Long Distance calls, but you only pay for the calls you make.
- New extended calling area. Customers using our unlimited Pay Go plans can now call toll free to other areas, including the Jackpot, Sun Valley, Salmon and Challis areas, while in the Syringa Wireless network.
Coming in 2008: - Computer & Mobile phone integration (Blackberry Service). With your Syringa phone, you can make calls, access e-mail, listen and download music, sync your Outlook calendar, and surf the internet.
- Location based services.
- Request the nearest business or service, such as an ATM or restaurant
- Receive alerts, such as notification of a sale on gas or warning of a traffic jam
- Locate a friend, family or co worker
- Local Information Services Assistant ("Get Lisa"). This product allows us to deliver local information tailored for southeastern Idaho. For example, we can integrate with any web site to offer music, games, ring tones, news, weather, sports, iTV and more.
- Push to Talk Service (PTT). Allows two-way radio-like conversations.
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Congratulations To Stocking Winners! |
| Congratulations to Carol Southwick and family of Arco, who won the 8-foot Christmas Stocking drawing from ATC Communications (a partner of Syringa Wireless) Arco Office. Jenny McClain was the winner in the Malad Area. Winners in the Albion Office were Linda Hull and her son Nicolas. Thanks to all who participated in the drawings. Happy new year to everyone! |
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A Former Employee of ATC Communications |
| ATC Communications lost a former employee on December 23, 2007. Tom Asher began working for ATC Communications (Albion Telephone Company) on January 20, 1963 and retired in December of 1998. His life centered around ATC for 35 years. Tom was instrumental in the transition from multi-party telephone service to the present modern digital single party service we have today. He worked his way up in the company from Technician to Outside Plant Manager. He was a devoted and dedicated employee and will be missed by his friends and co-workers. |
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Tommy “Tom” Preston Asher, a 67-year-old resident of Albion, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007, at the St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical in Twin Falls.
He was born April 1, 1940, in Albion the son of Preston and Nellie Cook Asher. He received his education in Albion and Declo, graduating from Declo High School. He worked as a technician at the Albion Telephone Company retiring after 35 years of service.
He loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting and especially liked steel-head fishing. Tom was known and loved by the Albion community for his $2 tours that you could set your clock by. Tom loved his family and especially enjoyed the close relationship he had with his nieces and nephews.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine Bullock Asher, whom he married on Dec. 9, 2001; her children, Shirley R. (Ken) Clark of Albion, Angie (Dar) Glaesemann of Burley, and Doug Barron of Albion; six grandchildren, Charley (Ryal), Kacie, Katey, Austyn Mae and Jackson; two great-grandchildren, Rylee Jan and Stetson; two brothers, Dale (Lois) Asher of Malta, and Jim “Freck” (Janet) Asher of Declo; and four sisters, Carma (Dan) Adams and Shannadene (Tom) Batterton all of Albion, Marla (Gayle) Anderson of Salmon, and Georgene Peterson of Rupert.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and one sister. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, at the Albion LDS Church, 889 S. Main St., with Pastor Jay Greenwalt officiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley. |
December Newsletter |
The December issue of the ATC Newsletter is online now. Some of the articles that you may find interesting are: - Warnings on a recent virus, e-mail hoax, or security issue that may affect you
- An update on new services and other local interests
- An answer to a frequently asked Internet related question
- Some fun, seasonal websites to check out
- A short, step-by-step tutorial on an e-mail or browser related task
Click here to read these and other articles about ATC and the internet. |
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New Cell Sites |
Syringa Wireless is excited to announce that new cell sites will soon be completed in Declo and Howe. These new sites will dramatically improve the coverage to our valued customers in those areas. Syringa Wireless is committed to offer the best cellular coverage at the lowest possible price and will be installing many more cell sites in the coming months. |
Grand Opening |
The new Arco Office was officially opened on June 15, 2007. The office is located at 205 Era Ave. in Arco. There were many door prizes, free gifts and lots of great food. We're proud to be part of the community, so come in, say "hello" and see all the great services we provide. Pictures of the opening and prize winners can be viewed here! |
DSL Rates Have Been Reduced! |
ATC DSL rates were reduced effective June 1, 2007. Two great speeds, two low prices. We now offer two new plans....1.5 MB for $44.95 and 256kb for $34.95. Our monthly prices include both the internet and DSL charges, FREE junk email filtering, FREE virus protection and 5 email addresses. New services include FREE set up and installation, a $120 value. Call now to sign up! |
ATC Announces....New Offices |
ATC Communications is proud to announce the opening of its two new offices in the Arco and Malad exchanges. The new offices have been remodeled and staffed and will soon be ready to serve the local patrons.
The office in Arco is located at 205 Era Ave. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can reach them at 527-3249. If you can't find the address, look for the new cell tower on top of the building. We at ATC Communications are excited to welcome to our ATC family two new local employees. Colette Atwood and Tana Bruderer will be handling all of your needs for the Arco, Mackay, Howe and Moore areas. They will be taking the information for all new installs for telephone and cable TV, troubles and outages, billing questions and DSL orders as well as our newest feature, Syringa Wireless cell service. We are thrilled to be a part of the community and look forward to serving all of your telecommunications needs. Look for the notice announcing the open house for our Arco office during the month of May.
The office in Malad will be opening soon. The new office is located at 97 N. Main, next to the Malad Aqua Plunge. We are thrilled to welcome Polly Hoyt and Sherrie Evans to be a part of our ATC family and look forward to working with them. They can be reached at this office by calling 766-2882. Polly and Sherrie will be taking care of all the telephone and cable TV needs in the Malad exchange as well as Internet, DSL and telephone outage troubles. The office will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday to help with all of your communications needs. We are also looking forward to bringing Syringa Wireless services to the Malad area sometime towards the end of summer. |