[Disclaimer: the following is solely the opinion and perspective of Brian Becker] On May 14th, I was sent a letter from Bill Bach, General Manager of City Cable. The letter stated that my company was exceeding the 8meg bandwidth allotment per the 2001 city ordinance. For that reason, semo.net could not sign up new customers until a new rate was negotiated. Within hours I made a reasonable and fair offer for the overage so that our company could continue doing business and simultaneously work with the City Council to update the old ordinance. My offer was ignored.

The office of semo.net will be closed Monday, May 31st in observance of Memorial Day. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, June 1st.

Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Tio's on May 5th. They will have live music, great food, wonderful specials and amazing drinks including their famous Margarita! Turn you hump day into a fiesta!!!! Tio's is located on Three Rivers Blvd just off of Kanell Blvd (PP Hwy) in Poplar Bluff. Party starts when you walk in!

We are proud to inform you that we will be are moving our semo.net and sheltonbbs.com email to a new mail platform as of Tuesday, April 27. This new system offers many advancements and upgrades for our users, including: * state-of-the-art webmail * free spam/virus filtering for all mailboxes * filtered spam will be held in a "Spam" folder in your webmail * optional SSL encryption * optional IMAP access * 2 gigabyte individual mailbox storage * 25 megabyte maximum email size All this is being added at no additional cost to you. If you have been a user of our Postini spam filtering service, you will not be billed again for the filtering, and your spam will be quarantined

CHANGE: AGE REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO "16 and Under". Ben and Jack Becker, in cooperation with semo.net and the Java Stop Cafe, are planning a Kids’ Music Night at the Java Stop Café. Youth sixteen and under are encouraged to apply for one of the six performance slots by submitting a video link which displays their performance talent. Guidelines: • this is not a cappella or karaoke, all performances must be with live music

The office of semo.net will be closed on Sunday, April 4th, in observance of the Easter holiday. We will reopen on Monday, April 5th.