Protect Yourself From Phishing Attacks

Phishing websites, emails, and links are all designed to mimic trusted companies to trick you into disclosing your login and password. The latest scheme uses domain names that appear identical to legitimate web addresses. In the past, fraudsters have duped internet users into visiting knock-off or misspelled domains; the new…

Understanding the Benefits of VoIP Phone Systems for Business

A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system can help your business reduce costs and deliver state-of-the-art communication options to your team and customers. More than just a system to make and receive calls, VoIP phone systems run on affordable cloud technology and offer advanced features at a fraction of…

Utility Telecom: How We Started

At age 14, Jason Mills was a young entrepreneur. Inspired by the personal computer revolution of the 1980’s, he started his own business selling and installing business telephone systems. Mills ran Livermore Telephone Company out of his parents’ ranch and installed telephone sets, control equipment, and key service units at…

Copper Theft

To Our Valued Customers, The communications networks that we all depend upon daily for conducting business and summoning public aid such as law enforcement, ambulances and fire departments, are being assaulted daily in our hometowns by two different groups: copper thieves and terrorists or vandals, depending on FBI classification. The…

CA Sales Tax decrease/Local Gov Budgets/ AB103 Enterprise Zone

Fortunately for California residents and businesses, the emergency 1% sales tax increase passed by the State Legislature will expire on June 30, meaning that in July we will pay less for everything that we buy at the register. In addition, Utility Telephone will be able to be a little more…

Recent Copper Cuts

The communications networks that we all depend upon daily for conducting business and summoning public aid such as law enforcement, ambulances and fire departments, are being assaulted daily in our hometowns by two different groups: copper thieves and terrorists or vandals, depending on FBI classification. The copper thieves operate late…

Taking Extraordinary Precautions Against International Fraud

Here is an interesting article highlighting a very important problem in the industry today. Utility Telephone takes extraordinary precautions to safeguard your network and your pocketbook. If you are a Utility Telephone customer, we automatically offer call-barring features to block access to all international numbers. We’ve taken the initiative to…