We’re continuing to move forward with projects we launched or expanded in 2012. Like our rural fiber network in Callaway and Boone counties. This past year, we not only made significant progress on constructing this new network, but we also turned up our first residential customers on fiber broadband. Many of them haven’t ever had high-speed before, so it’s rewarding to see them get connected. We’re expanding fiber access to even more Missouri cities in 2013, including Fulton.

A few weeks ago, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon introduced a piece of legislation called the “Data Cap Integrity Act,” a move he elaborated on at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

As we’ve mentioned before, Socket doesn’t implement data caps for a variety of reasons. Senator Wyden’s legislation points out a few more things that consumers should know about the purpose of data caps, and what effect they actually have on Internet usage.

Congratulations to Nathan Lichty, Socket's You-Make-the-Difference Winner for January

It’s not often that anybody receives over two whole pages of praise in their nomination for the YMTD award. But with half a dozen people contributing personal stories and evidence of his dedication, it was easy to see who the favored nomination this month was going to be.