OkieNerd started in Lawton. A Local Nerd comes to your door, gets the thing working, and shows you how to use it.
Pick a time, we come to your door, and you agree to the rate before we start. Remote help works too when that's faster.
In person from $110/hr. $39 books it, and the rest is charged when the work is done. Remote help $39 for 30 minutes. Card only, no cash or checks. You agree to the rate before we start.
Ask anything you like. We'll explain what we're doing while we do it.
If it works in one room and not the next, that's a coverage problem and it's fixable. We start by moving things around, before anybody sells you a bigger bill.
New TV set up, streaming apps sorted out, remotes that work, and one clear explanation of which button does what.
The machine that takes four minutes to start, the file that vanished, the update that won't finish. We sort those out and set up a backup while we're there.
Photos, contacts, passwords and the settings nobody can find. We'll get it set up the way you want to use it.
Wireless printers are badly designed, and it isn't your fault. We'll get it printing and scanning and leave it that way.
Half of smart home gear gets installed by whoever sold it and explained to nobody. We make it work together and make sure the alerts reach you.
We'll slow down or write the steps out for you whenever you ask. Learning it once beats calling somebody every month.
We'll go through what's on there, get rid of what shouldn't be, and show you how to spot the next one.
Lawton is an Army town. Families reporting to Fort Sill set up a whole house in a week and pack it up three years later, so we do first-week Wi-Fi and TV setups and final-week backups. Out around Medicine Park, Cache, Elgin and the Wichita Mountains, the problem is usually distance from the router and thick walls, not the gear.
Southwest Oklahoma has a large retired-military population, people who spent a career being good at something hard and are now being told by a phone that their password is wrong. We sit down, go at your pace, and write things down if you want them written down.
Our service area is measured in miles from downtown Lawton, and the hourly rate steps up the farther we drive. That is 43 towns across Oklahoma and Texas, covering Comanche, Caddo, Cotton, Stephens and Grady counties, plus Wichita and Archer counties in Texas.
| Band | Towns | In-person rate |
|---|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | Lawton, Fort Sill, Geronimo, Medicine Park, Elgin, Faxon, Cache, Sterling, Walters, Fletcher, Meers, Chattanooga, Indiahoma, Apache, Cyril, Duncan, Temple, Loveland, Marlow | $110/hr |
| 25 to 50 miles | Cement, Comanche, Rush Springs, Randlett, Hastings, Devol, Grandfield, Addington, Ninnekah, Anadarko, Waurika, Burkburnett, TX, Byers, TX, Petrolia, TX, Wichita Falls, TX, Sheppard AFB, TX, Iowa Park, TX | $130/hr |
| 50 to 75 miles | Henrietta, TX, Kamay, TX, Holliday, TX | $145/hr |
| Remote today | Bluegrove, TX, Scotland, TX, Windthorst, TX, Archer City, TX | Remote $39 |
Not sure which band you're in? Check your ZIP and you'll see the answer for your address before you book anything. Want to talk it through first? Have a Local Nerd call you first, free and with no obligation.
Somebody two states away is worried that Mom can't get the TV back to normal, or that Dad keeps getting locked out of his email. You can arrange it for them. Book the session or gift a membership and we'll handle it with them directly, at a time that suits.
Send a NerdYes. Tell us when you book that the visit is on post and we'll work out the access details with you ahead of time, so nobody's stuck at the gate.
Yes, you're in range. Our service area is measured in miles from downtown Lawton and it crosses the Red River: Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Sheppard AFB and Iowa Park are all inside the ring we drive from Lawton today. Enter your ZIP when you book and you'll see the exact rate for your address.
Yes, and book earlier than you think. Backing up photos, cleaning up a laptop, canceling the right services and packing electronics so they survive the trip all go better with a week to spare.
Remote help is $39 for a 30-minute session. In-person visits are $110 an hour within 25 miles of downtown Lawton, $130 in the 25 to 50 mile band and $145 from 50 to 75 miles, and the higher rate is how we pay for the drive. Some addresses are served remotely today, or by a drive from a neighboring Local Nerd. Type your ZIP when you book and you'll see the answer for your address. A $39 deposit books an in-person visit and the rest is charged after your Local Nerd finishes and you sign off on the work. Nerd on Call membership is $14.99 a month and includes two remote sessions and an in-person visit a year, plus 20% off anything extra. You always agree to the rate before we start.
Yes. We go at your pace and explain things in everyday words. If you'd like to learn to do it yourself, say so when you book.
Yes, if broken means slow, glitchy, locked out, or won't do what it did last week. We don't open machines up to replace parts, and we don't recover data off a dead drive. When that's the problem, we say so and don't bill you for finding it out.
What opens a market is a Local Nerd who knows the area, likes people, and is good at explaining things. Set your own availability, keep the majority of every booking, and help your neighbors. See what being the Local Nerd in Lawton involves or apply here.