Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better: Recent Episodes
Nate Boettcher
A podcast created for our Members to help them Live Better. Please join us as we dive into issues and topics that are important to Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services and our Members.
Join host, Nate Boettcher, as he reflects upon a week of driving a Ford F-150 Lightning which is one of the first full sized all-electric pickups on the market. Driving an EV, using public charging and learning from some of the challenges was an eye opening experience. Listen in and join us on the Live Better podcast.
On this week's episode of the Live Better Podcast we discussed our not-so-odd winter weather that continues to bring snow and rain. We discuss our new signup process for broadband and what members can do to prepare for their load controller being swapped out.
Join our Live Better podcast as we break down the Super Bowl EV ads, discuss the halftime entertainment and take a few minutes to discuss what's happening with winter fiber construction.
Join us for the weekly episode of Dave, Nate, and Brooke on our weekly Live Better podcast.
This week we tackle the cold weather, data privacy, living in rural America and ways you can electrify your home.
Join us for our morning chat where we discuss Starlink internet service, the Top 10 collectible toys of the 90's, and ChatGPT.
An exciting episode brought to you by Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services and SwiftCurrent Connect.
Join us for Episode Two of our morning coffee chat with Dave, Nate and Brooke. We discuss the recent rain that we received, the banning of gas stoves, electric vehicles and the National Broadband Map.
Join us for a new episode of the Live Better podcast with a new format. We are going to tryout a new podcast format, informative but without the script. Join us weekly as we publish relevant news, stories and updates.
Join us for an episode announcing our big news! We connected customer number 1,000 on our fast, reliable broadband service.
We provide an update on our broadband progress and give a sneak preview into Phase 3 which will kickoff this spring.
In this episode we discuss Phishing attacks. After a recent issue that was discussed in the Pioneer Press, it got us to thinking we should probably spend a little time discussing Phishing and how hackers use this method to gain information to compromise your accounts or use it to collect personal information.
On August 10, the FCC made a big announcement concerning the RDOF auction regarding Starlink and LTD Broadband. We dive into the details and discuss the impact of this decision. RDOF was touted as the FCC's way to solve the digital divide for broadband. Over the past two years, there has been a lot of speculation and discussion around many of the big winners in the RDOF auction. We hope you enjoy.
It's been a while! We've missed you, but we are back and ready to get behind the mic again. We have a lot to discuss. In episode 1 of Season 3 we provide a short recap of SwiftCurrent Connect, discuss rates and the forecast for energy rates. Don't forget to join us at the fair August 11 - 14,2022!
Join us as we interview Will Tuchtenhagen who joined our staff for the 2nd summer as an intern. Will is entering his junior year at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and recently won a $10,000 NRECA scholarship.
Join us for this episode recorded on July 14th when PPCS launched its new subsidiary SwiftCurrent Connect. This episode will dive into the drivers for bringing fiber access to the PPCS members.
PPCS Director Brian Berg takes us on a tour of his EV test drives. Consider this the Car and Driver episode of our podcast as Brian provides valuable insight into his experience test driving a number of electric vehicles.
Join us for our 2nd episode this week and our second retirement this week as Rick Sweig, Operations Administrator departs after 31 years of service to the members of PPCS.
After a 20 year career at PPCS, Brent Metcalf took a few minutes to say goodbye to the co-op and reflect upon his many years of service.