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Jim Beaugez is a C Spire communications strategist with 15 years of professional writing experience.

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Three ways fiber internet gives us back more of what matters

By: Jim Beaugez on Jan 10, 2024 2:52:22 PM

Let’s start with a riddle. Out of all the precious and natural resources on Earth, only one of them is both abundant and scarce at the same time. It’s non-renewable, so you can’t make more of it. And no matter how far you dig, you’ll never find any to spare.

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Discover your TV match with our streaming tool

By: Jim Beaugez on Dec 13, 2023 4:55:00 PM

More television viewers than ever are getting their news, sports and entertainment through streaming apps over their home internet connection instead of from traditional cable or satellite TV.

What makes all this streaming possible is broadband internet delivered by lightning-fast fiber optic cables, like the gigabit C Spire Fiber that keeps your home connected. But figuring out how to choose among all the streaming services can be a hassle.

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How to manage your child’s profile on three gaming platforms

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 26, 2023 3:25:31 PM

One of the biggest issues parents have with gaming platforms and online games is the time their kids spend staring at a screen. The other big one is the ability for kids to engage in conversations with strangers. Both of those concerns—as well as content restrictions—are addressed in parental controls for the three most popular gaming platforms, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Xbox.

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Topics: Connect & Protect

Why ‘sun outages’ may cause TV blackouts

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 25, 2023 1:06:24 PM

No matter what you’ve heard, the sun doesn’t always shine on TV. In fact, the sun can cause your TV to go dark.

Twice a year, during the spring and fall, the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the sun places the satellites that receive TV signals directly in line with the sun.

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Mental health experts address the online dangers facing kids and teens

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 15, 2023 3:49:43 PM

Every parent is responsible for steering their children to a successful adulthood. And every parent today has to confront the reality of an online world and how it can impact the growth and development of their kids.

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Topics: Connect & Protect

Setting up Hulu’s parental control feature is easy, if your family fits these two categories

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 8, 2023 6:11:16 AM

For parents of kids and teens, streaming media services offer a broad range of convenient content for on-demand viewing. And while there’s no doubt the availability of high-speed, broadband fiber internet has brought a plethora of quality TV shows, movies, documentaries and more into the family living room, not all of it is family friendly—not even close.

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Topics: Connect & Protect

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