Meet Tom, a Clear Laker who thinks his Internet plan is “good enough.”
On paper, his lower-tier plan looks like a bargain. In real life, it’s a daily grind of frustration.
Morning: Tom works from home, dialing into video meetings. “Hey Tom, you’re frozen again,” his coworkers say. He smiles, blames “Zoom being Zoom,” and doesn’t notice the quiet eye rolls.
Afternoon: The kids come home from Clear Lake High School. They log into Google Classroom, but homework uploads crawl so slowly that what should be five minutes turns into thirty. The family has accepted this as normal.
Evening: Family movie night becomes family waiting night. Netflix buffering causes shows to feel longer than the line at Starboard Market during the Harvest Festival.
Weekend: Tom fancies himself a “tech guy.” He’s even trying to mine Bitcoin on his setup. But with his Internet tier, he’s not mining coins so much as mining patience.
The wild thing? Tom doesn’t realize there’s a better way. He’s suffering in silence, chalking up every frozen call, every buffering bar, every failed upload to “that’s just how the Internet works in North Iowa.”
But it’s not.
With CLtel, it’s different. Fiber Internet with reliable, symmetrical speeds means uploads fly as fast as downloads. Homework gets submitted in seconds. Work calls stay smooth. Movie night is actually about the movie.
And if you were mining Bitcoin (we won’t judge), our stable, low-latency, and fast connection will give you a chance.
Maybe you’ve seen a little of yourself in Tom’s story… minus the bitcoin mining. If so, you don’t have to keep suffering in silence. Faster, reliable Internet is here. Built for families in North Iowa.
CLtel calls it Digital Harmony.
You’ll just call it better.
