Is Windstream cutting your cord? We can help. Lately, Windstream Enterprises (aka Windstream Holdings) has been sending notifications to their customers that use their landline service informing them the minimum monthly service charge for their...
By Nicole Courtemanche If anyone follows this blog—and goodness knows, every blogger does wonder if any reader follows their work!—you have read numerous references to songs and movies and television programs that I choose to help...
More people working from home? Your connectivity may need a reset. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a meaningful impact on the workflow of industries and companies across the spectrum and around the globe. Practically overnight, many businesses were...
Overview Connectivity Point (CPDI) designed and installed new network cabling, audio/visual equipment, sound masking, and security systems for the new BerryDunn Congress Street building in Portland, Maine. Throughout the project, CPDI had 30...
By Nicole Courtemanche Psycho shower scene circa 1960 There are very few sounds over the course of 131 years of cinema history that managed to linger in the minds of movie goers like Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. In the...
Connectivity Pointers: Wireless Connectivity – How Cardi B inadvertently ruined a perfectly acceptable technology equipment acronym ... 4EVA.
By Nicole Courtemanche What really is acceptable anyways? Before last summer, there was a term that was widely used and accepted across all technology industries and disciplines for a specific networking hardware that...
The office environment is changing. Whether adapting to remote or hybrid work styles, installing socially-distanced work stations, integrating access control systems or expanding into new buildings, all affect the systems and services that support...
PROVIDENCE — Connectivity Point Design & Installation was recently named to the 2021 list of Best Places to Work in Rhode Island in the Small Employer Category (15–49 regional employees). The company’s ranking will be...
Auburn, Maine – Connectivity Point President, Doug Watt, has announced that the company will be offering a $250 bonus to all employees that get a COVID-19 vaccine. They will also receive 4 hours paid time off to receive the shot, 8...
Connectivity Pointers: Security Cameras – I always feel like somebody’s watching me! And I have no privacy!
By Nicole Courtemanche Scopophobia: The Fear of Always Being Seen The year was 1984 when the anxious words of singer Kennedy Gordy aka Rockwell cried out that he was merely, " ... an average man with an average life. I work nine to...
AUBURN, Maine—Connectivity Point Design & Installation (CPDI) announced today that it has acquired Sweet Wiring, Inc., based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. For more than 250 years, Sweet Wiring, has provided rope licorice wiring...
By Nicole Courtemanche Introducing creepy guy: This picture is worth a thousand words. Hopefully, this blog will be less. In December 2020, I wrote and presented a webinar called, "Standards Matter: Optimizing your IT, voice, and data...
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more available and administered to more of the population, temporary pop-up clinics are a practical way to get more shots in more arms. And we can help. Connectivity Point is ready and equipped to help assemble these...
By Nicole Courtemanche The A-Team In honor of one of my favorite television shows growing up [note to self: you are aging yourself by revealing this] I am going to quote one of the best lines EVER to begin this blog,...
Learning that your telephone system has been discontinued is always disconcerting. Hear from our experts on what an end-of-life notification actually means, how quickly (or not) you need to act and what options you have moving forward. This talk is...
Uniview is now on the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) list and is the best choice for new camera systems and replacement for cameras that have been banned. The grid below shows the Uniview U.S.-based products that meet the requirements...
When evaluating your existing system and investing in new or upgrading existing equipment, it is important to know what to take into consideration. Answering the following questions will prepare you to present your A/V needs internally, as...
As the world has shifted into remote environments and become more comfortable with replacing face-to-face communications with video calls, the need for Audio/Visual (A/V) equipment has changed. Older equipment can’t always keep up with new...
Last month, CPDI Account Executive Nicole Courtemanche was unanimously elected to serve in a three-year position on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce of Central South Massachusetts. The Chamber’s service areas...
With the 2021 opening of their new state-of-the-art facility, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, in Portland, will offer innovative exhibits, alongside performances, classes,...