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Computing Resources in Milpitas and Nearby

Where to go in Milpitas when you need computer resources such as data recovery or to recycle an old computer or perhaps buy a used computer. Many also repair cell phones and tablets.

Data Recovery

Apto Solutions
A global ITAD Leader that gives its clients everything they need to manage the risks and complexities of IT asset disposition with ease, confidence and maximum value recovery.
92 Railroad Ave
855-275-2786

Geek Squad
Geek Squad Agents in Milpitas are your technology experts, ready to help with any issue you can throw at us. From major appliances to TVs, computers, networking and more, we make your tech work.
Best Buy, 63 Ranch Dr.
408-942-0201

IntelliRecovery
San Francisco based data recovery services company specializing in hard disk & hard. Drive recovery. No Data, No Charge Policy. Free Evaluations.
1-888-995 DATA

Recovery Tips from Drive Savers
Selecting a good drive utility program. What to do if your drive makes odd clicking or scraping noises.

Seagate Data Recovery Services
One lab located in Santa Clara, but recovery teams available to travel all over or you may send drives to their lab.

WeRecoverData Data Recovery
We’ve developed the most advanced tools and have the highest level of expertise, so that we can recover data from any storage media, worldwide. As a result, we have the highest success rate of full recovery in the industry.
2880 Zanker Rd #203, San Jose, CA 95134
408-582-7300

Help

User Groups in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley user groups for hardware platforms, internet and web, professionals and hobbyists.

Manufacturers

Harmon.ie
Known for its development-related interop software.
698 Tasman Drive
408-907-1339

Recycling

Goodwill, Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul Society will also accept some computer products.

HP’s Planet Partners
An easy way to recycle any brand of computer equipment or HP printing supplies. HP ‘s state-of-the-art processes ensure that your unwanted hardware or HP printing supply is recycled in a way that conserves resources.

How or where can I go to recycle (electronics, CDs, toner, etc) responsibly?
Computer Recycling Centers in the California and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Tech Exchange (formerly OTX)
For over 20 years, we have provided free refurbished computers and digital literacy training to low-income families and supported schools’ and community centers’ technology needs.
1228 36th Avenue Oakland, CA 94601
510-345-1910

Internet Access in Milpitas

Find an internet service provider or website designer. Visit companies making Internet appliances & software.

Advice

DSL Reports – Speed Test
This is the page that the DSL support people at SBC use to test internet download and upload speeds. It is heavily used, so be patient.

Fastest Broadband ISPs for 95035
The data recorded in this table represents speeds recorded by users to test servers located around the USA, at the time the test done.

Internet Service Providers in Milpitas, CA
The average download speed in Milpitas is 40.48 Mbps. This is 34.5% faster than the average in California and 13.0% faster than the national average. There are 23 internet providers in Milpitas with 8 of those offering residential service. Milpitas is the 42nd most connected city in California ahead of Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and San Jose, but behind Campbell and Alviso.

Internet Related Services

CoreSite
An 80,000 square-foot data center facility centrally located in the Bay Area. The former MCI data center is now under CRG West management.
1656 McCarthy Blvd.
408-262-9909

FireEye
Protecting enterprises, service providers, and consumers from botnets. To keep up to date on threat research, analysis, and mitigation, visit the FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab.
601 McCarthy Blvd.
408-321-6300

Milpitas Hosting
Milpitas Hosting™ can register your domain and host your site for you. We offer generous plans at extremely competitive rates.
408-942-0424.

Free Internet Service Providers

The following provide free or very-reduced-in-price internet access, usually paid for by advertisements which you must view.

California Community Networks
There are a good number of free and low cost community networks in California.

Silicon Valley Public Access Link
A Non-profit Internet Service Provider serving Individuals and Non-profit Organizations since 1994 – Dialup Access – E-mail – Mailing Lists – Web Sites

Internet Businesses

Adaptrum
We are developing wireless systems that can sense spectrum that is not occupied, can determine whether use of the spectrum would cause interference to other spectrum users entitled to protection and then confirm with applicable national spectrum regulations whether that spectrum can be legally used.

noHold
When your company embeds noHold Instant Support™ on its Web site, your customers get response instantly in a chat-like interface.
225 South Milpitas Blvd.
408-946-9200 ext. 356

Major Non-Retail Websites

Gaia Online
Community roleplaying site with anime, manga, and video game discussions as well as a links database and a fan-art gallery. Located on Serra Way, Milpitas.

GoMilpitas.com
You are on it now. Founded in 1997 and still going strong as a resource for all.

News

Fiber Optic Cable
December 19th we watched as the Utilities Construction Company strung fiber optic cable on top of (turned off) power towers. Photos.

Telephone Service in Milpitas

Telephone Area Codes in Milpitas, CA, are 408 and 669

Emergency
408-263-1212 – Program this number in your cell phones. Goes to our local dispatch.
911 goes to Vallejo where calling number linked to an address, so use from home or business phones.
For all other non-emergency questions about police or fire services, call their business numbers:
408-586-2400 for Milpitas Police
408-586-2800 for Milpitas Fire

What I do to avoid telemarketers

For my land line, I have bought this phone system at Staples for about $100: AT&T CL84207 DECT 6.0 Expandable Corded/Cordless Phone with Answering System & Smart Call Blocker, Silver/Black with 2 Handsets. Its built-in software blocks telemarketing calls, but also allows you to whitelist friends by asking them their name and to hit #.

On our cell phones we did two things. First I downloaded the free ringtone: Silence. I then made it my default ringtone. I gave all people and businesses I don’t mind hearing from a sounding ringtone. Look on YouTube on how to install a new ringtone on your cell phone. So that telemarketers can’t even get that far, I got the app from AT&T to protect my phone from fraudulent calls. Their software selection here works on both iPhones and Android system cell phones.

Directory Assistance
Locate People and Businesses based on name or by telephone number. (Reverse directory). Smart Pages.

Calling Bargains
A comprehensive telecom resource, providing industry news, consumer info and advice, as well as reviews for a broad array of telecom products and services with an emphasis on low cost calling solutions including 1+ long distance, Internet phone service, cell phone plans, conference call and more.

Do Not Call Registry
Most telemarketers cannot call your telephone number if it is in the National Do Not Call Registry. You can register your home and mobile phone numbers for free. Your registration will be effective for five years. File a complaint here.

What’s up with the National Do Not Call Registry?
The Do Not Call Data Book also shows that many of the calls reported at donotcall.gov are robocalls. Just keep in mind that pre-recorded sales calls are illegal whether you’re on the Registry or not unless a company has your written permission to call you that way.

Companies

AT&T
Local phone service is provided by AT&T. At this site you can get an overview of the products and services offered to businesses and residents in Milpitas.

AT&T Retail Locations
185 Ranch Dr., 408-942-7570
447 Great Mall Road, 408-809-2816
308 Barber Court, 408-456-2888

Infinitel Communcations
Pagers, cellular phones for the Asian community. 380 Barber Lane, (Milpitas Square), 408-943-1688

Directory Assistance

Milpitas Phone Directory
Online address and phone book for Milpitas.

Area Code Listing, by Number
Have an area code and need to know where it is located? This page will help. Use your browser’s Find command to search fo a city to find its area code.

City of Milpitas Telephone Directory
Telephone numbers for City of Milpitas services and information.

Commissions

Milpitas Science, Technology, and Innovation Commission
The Commission considers and recommends information technology services to benefit the Milpitas community.

California Public Utilities Commission – Telecommunications Industry
Since the transition from monopoly to competition began in the telecommunications industry, the California Public Utilities’ Commission’s focus is in developing and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate competition in all telecommunications markets, and to address regulatory changes required by state and federal legislation.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

Issues

California net neutrality bill bends to telco, cable wishes
Senate bill 822 was approved by the senate energy, utilities and communications committee mid-April, 2018, on a party line vote, with the condition that undisclosed changes, negotiated behind closed doors, would be made. Those amendments were finally released, and the result is fewer net neutrality enforcement options.

Be on the lookout for phone fraud
From slamming to cramming and everything in between, con artists and companies have tapped into telephone bills as a place to bilk consumers out of money they shouldn’t owe. Learn to spot the most common phone frauds.

Rate Comparison

Fastest Mobile Networks in Bay Area 2017
We tested data speeds on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless in 30 US cities. Find out which network is the fastest where you live.

Recycle Cell Phones

Cash for Trash Fundraising Program
A new approach which enables your organization to generate significant revenue. Simply collect old unused cell phones that many people have just lying around.

FundingFactory
Helps schools and nonprofit organizations Unlock the Power to fundraising success. The nation’s largest free recycling fundraising program, FundingFactory offers free technology, sports & recreation equipment, playground systems and even cash in exchange for empty inkjet & laser cartridges and used cell phones.

Give to Charity Without Spending a Dime: Donate your Old Cell Phone
Rather than letting old cell phones and tablets sit in your junk drawer, or worse–in a landfill–here’s your chance to put your old cell phones to good work. Check out these phone recycling programs that use your donated devices to help those in need.

Green Ewaste Recycling Center
We provide FREE pickup and disposal services to customers recycling at least 5 larger items including Computers, LCD Monitors, Notebooks, Networking Equipment, Test Equipment, Servers. Please visit our our pick-up page for detailed information.
1664 Watson Ct, Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 898-8640

Recycle Wireless Phones
Most cell phone companies will now take back and recycle most cell phones and their accessories, such as battery chargers. Check here for how and where to recycle.

The Support Network for Battered Women
Sunnyvale. Collects old cell phones, reprograms them and distributes them to victims of domestic violence, allowing women to call the police in a domestic emergency. Cell phones with or without batteries and chargers can be dropped off on-site, Monday through Friday, 10 AM – 5 PM. Our address is: 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. 408-541-6100 x 117

Milpitas Chamber of Commerce Invitation Form

Not yet a Milpitas Chamber of Commerce member? Haven’t been a member for 3 years or longer?

Let me invite you to join the Milpitas Chamber of Commerce and share the benefits the GoMilpitas.com already enjoys.

Have you heard that Gaye Morando is back, and selling memberships? She will get back to you once you have sent in this form.

You will get tools to grow your business (See list in image below.), and I get credited $20 toward my membership dues, which would really help, since this site doesn’t make very much money for “extras” like membership dues.

Print out this image, and fill out the top of the form below where it asks for your business name (Referred business), the contact name of the person doing the joining, their phone number and email address.

**Chamber Referral Form from Ann Zeise, GoMilpitas.com**

Mail to:

Milpitas Chamber of Commerce
828 N. Hillview Dr.
Milpitas CA 95035

or fax to 408-262-2823

or scan and send file to info@milpitaschamber.com

If you decide to call or drop by, be sure to tell them you were referred by GoMilpitas.com.

Silicon Valley Singles Center

In a nutshell: Milpitas is not a good city for singles. Out of about 19,000 homes in Milpitas, nearly 16,000 are family-led. Few homes are owned by single people (705), and young adults tend to live with their parents, or other willing relative willing to take them in as they get started. So when looking for someone to date, singles need to look outside into the wider population of Silicon Valley. There is virtually no night life here, unless you count Dave & Busters.

They’ve got money, power and huge hard drives so why aren’t Silicon Valley’s finest getting any? In Silicon Valley the biggest immigration problem may be sex. People come from all over to work in the valley — from other states and other countries. It’s hard to make connections. Foreign nationals may have been schooled in the universal language of mathematics, but they may also be caught in a neuterland. That is, the rules of attraction and courtship they grew up with in Pakistan and Turkey don’t apply here; dating, West Coast style, can be confounding even for the natives. From No Sex please, we’re geeks

Why Silicon Valley singles are giving up on the algorithms of love
Maybe the human mysteries of chemistry and attraction aren’t problems big data can solve.

Bay Area Singles
We have a diverse, local community of quality single adults who share common goals and interests. Intelligent individuals who want to find great dates, make new friends, form romantic relationships or meet life partners.

California Singles
Are you single in California? Let Singles CA make it easy to meet other singles, find personal ads, and singles’ profiles.

Linx Dating
An offline boutique curated dating and social network located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Founded by Amy Andersen in 2003, Linx has now been matching high caliber, relationship-minded Bay Area professionals for more than a decade. Though dating is our specialty, some of our most unexpected success stories have come from countless platonic social and business connections that can trace their origins to the broader Linx network.

The Party Hotline
888-700-6789, Calendar of singles events for Bay Area single professionals.

Single Mom
A virtual place for single mothers where they can meet, leverage each other’s experiences, get practical advice and build friendships and contacts.

Singles Meetups within 10 miles of Milpitas
Singles MeetUps via interests, ethnicity, ages, gender orientation, profession, and more.

Singles Supper Club
Single Gourmet of the San Francisco Bay Area including Silicon Valley offers cocktail parties, mixers, dinners, dances, cooking classes, hikes and travel for singles of all ages from young professionals to baby boomers and older.

Planning a Company Holiday Party

FROM: Ms. Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
TO: Everyone
RE: Christmas Party
DATE: December 1

I’m happy to inform you that the office Christmas Party will take place on December 23, starting at noon in the banquet room at Luigi’s Open Pit Barbecue. No-host bar, but plenty of eggnog! We’ll have a small band playing traditional carols … feel free to sing along. And don’t be surprised if our General Manager shows up dressed as Santa Claus!

FROM: Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
DATE: December 2
RE: Christmas Party

In no way was yesterday’s memo intended to exclude our Jewish employees. We recognize that Chanukah is an important holiday which often coincides with Christmas, though unfortunately not this year. However, from now on we’re calling it our “Holiday Party.” The same policy applies to employees who are celebrating Kwanzaa at this time. Happy now?

FROM: Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
DATE: December 3
RE: Holiday Party

Regarding the note I received from a member of Alcoholics Anonymous requesting a non-drinking table…you didn’t sign your name. I’m happy to accommodate this request, but if I put a sign on a table that reads, “AA Only,” you wouldn’t be anonymous anymore. How am I supposed to handle this? Somebody?

FROM: Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
DATE: December 7
RE: Holiday Party

What a diverse company we are! I had no idea that December 20 begins the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which forbids eating, drinking and intimacy during daylight hours. There goes the party! Seriously, we can appreciate how a luncheon this time of year does not accommodate our Muslim employees beliefs.

Perhaps Luigi’s can hold off on serving your meal until the end of the party, or else package everything for take-home in little foil swans. Will that work? Meanwhile, I’ve arranged for members of Overeaters Anonymous to sit farthest from the dessert buffet and pregnant women will get the table closest to the restrooms. Did I miss anything?

FROM: Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
DATE: December 8
RE: Holiday Party

So December 22 marks the Winter Solstice…what do you expect me to do, a tap-dance on your heads? Fire regulations at Luigi’s prohibit the burning of sage by our “earth-based Goddess worshipping” employees, but we’ll try to accommodate your shamanic drumming circle during the band’s breaks. Okay???

FROM: Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
DATE: December 9
RE: Holiday Party

People, people, nothing sinister was intended by having our CEO dress up like Santa Claus! Even if the anagram of “Santa” does happen to be Satan,” there is no evil connotation to our own “little man in a red suit.”

It’s a tradition, folks, like sugar shock at Halloween or family feuds over the Thanksgiving turkey or broken hearts on Valentine’s Day. Could we lighten up?

FROM: Pat Smith, Human Resources Director
DATE: December 10
RE: Holiday Party

Vegetarians!?!?!? I’ve had it with you people!!! We’re going to keep this party at Luigi’s Open Pit Barbecue whether you like it or not, so you can sit quietly at the table furthest from the “grill of death,” as you so quaintly put it, and you’ll get your #$%^&*! salad bar, including hydroponics tomatoes…but you know, they have feelings, too. Tomatoes scream when you slice them. I’ve heard them scream, I’m hearing them scream right now!

FROM: Karen Jones, Acting Human Resources Director
DATE: December 14
RE: Ms. Pat Smith and Holiday Party

I’m sure I speak for all of us in wishing Pat Smith a speedy recovery from her stress-related illness and I’ll continue to forward your cards to her at the sanitarium. In the meantime, management has decided to cancel our Holiday Party and give everyone the afternoon of the 23rd off with full pay.

Happy Holidays

Milpitas Mom’s Favorite Jokes

User Groups in Silicon Valley

Geeks love to meet up and do coding together or share their knowledge of computing devices. Join one or more users group to learn and share about your area of interest.

Coders, Software Developers

Code for San Jose
Code for San José is a volunteer organization made up of makers, designers, developers, and subject matter experts who come together to use tech to solve civic problems. Location – we are meeting at Action Spot co-working studio space.

IMUG: The Original Multilingual Computing User Group
The International Multilingual User Group has been a forum for GILT* professionals and language technology users since 1987. We meet regularly in Silicon Valley. If you work with or work on computers, smartphones, software, websites or other projects in more than one human language, please join us!

Silicon Valley Java User Group
This Java User Group (JUG) is for anyone interested in learning more about JEE web application development. We meet at Google in Mountain View, California, on the third Wednesday of the month.

Silicon Valley .NET User Group
The Silicon Valley .NET User Group exists to bring together people interested in developing software using the Microsoft Stack. Meets in Mountain View.

Internet

Google Developer Group Silicon Valley
Meets on the first Wednesday of the month at the GooglePlex in Mountain View. Our meetings will always be free and open to the general public.

Linux

East Bay Linux Users Group
EBLUG meets at Hurricane Electric, 760 Mission Court, Fremont. For Linux enthusisasts who live between San Francisco and Silicon Valley who wish to participate once a month with other people who are also Linux and open source enthusiasts. All meetings are free and food and refreshments are provided by our host Hurricane Electric.

Silicon Valley Linux Users Group
Meets at Cisco, just over the Tasman Bridge, first Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Meetup announcement of meetings.

Professions

Society for Technical Communication
The Silicon Valley Chapter of the STC is a dynamic, exciting chapter with much to offer its members and the members of chapters around Northern California.

Graffiti Terminators

Graffiti Terminators
Volunteers Needed
Individuals 16 or older
Teams of an Adult and Youth under 16
Call Chris Challer for information: 408-586-3078

Volunteers called “The Terminators” are available to cover graffiti on private property FREE of charge as long as it is accessible and no more than 6 feet off the ground. Volunteers use neutral colors that may not match existing paint, however, if you already have matching paint, you may supply it for the use of the volunteers on your property. To request volunteer services and obtain a waiver, please call (408) 586-3078. The City also welcomes new volunteers.

Tired of Graffiti in Your Neighborhood? The City of Milpitas needs your HELP! Become a Volunteer Graffiti Terminator today! All paint and equipment will be supplied. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Please call Milpitas Volunteer Services at 408-586-2787

Graffiti Hotline: 408-586-3079

Fiber Optic Cable

Optic Trunk Comes Through Milpitas

Sunday my son and I watched as the Utilities Construction Company strung fiber optic cable on top of (turned off) power towers that run parallel to Milpitas Boulevard, about a half block to the east. We chatted with an inspector for the company, who told us that they were going to be stringing the cable all around the Bay Area. This particular cable started in Hayward, so scenes like this will be common in the Bay Area for the next couple of weeks. Unlike another cable laying construction company that has been getting in trouble for laying cable through Indian burial grounds, this company specializes in high tower work, subcontracting the services of helicopters. The linemen nonchalantly hopped from tower to tower on the skids of the chopper. The chopper also brought up tools, equipment and the heavy rope that was first strung from the towers before the cable was pulled through the large bike wheel-sized pulleys. The capacity of the cable will be leased or sold in part to cities, utilities and internet service companies.

All in a day's work stringing cable. — All in a day’s work stringing cable.

Dateline: December 20, 1999
By Ann Zeise, photos by Scott Zeise

High Tech

Milpitas has a wide range of high tech businessess. The page is a directory fo all the different types of high tech products made here.

Communications
Milpitas companies provide a lot of the equipment for the telecommunications industry.

Computers
From powerful workstations to notebooks, and the controllers that make them all work. We make ’em.

Electronics
Distributions and sales of electronic parts and consumer items.

Games & Toys
Earwig Enterprises has a medical game. Unipak dresses up stuffed toy animals. Places to play or work on networked computers.

Green Businesses
Milpitas has not only businesses that have gone green, we’re also have some that are creating green technology!

Internet
Visit companies making Internet appliances, software, and connectivity services.

Medical Technology
Companies here make medical imagining equipment, devices to combat heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Modems
Arrive here by broadband? Your modem may have been made here.

Multimedia & Video
If you want to see it and see it in motion on your computer, check out the cutting edge being made right here in Milpitas.

Networking
Our companies making the backbone of the internet. Whether you need to connect the whole world or just your business, look in Milpitas first.

PC Boards
Much assembly of boards for computerized products are manufactured in Milpitas. Also, parts that require technical machining.

Semiconductor Businesses
We have companies that make the chips, companies that make the equipment that make the chips, and companies that make programmers to program the chips.

Storage Devices & Parts
Devices for storing your precious data, such as hard drives, tape drives, CD Rom drives, etc. and their component parts are made in Milpitas.