A Local Nerd for Topeka
Topeka, Tecumseh, Silver Lake, Rossville, Auburn and Meriden, out to Holton, Lyndon and Eskridge, then up to Hiawatha and Sabetha. Type your ZIP when you book and the page tells you whether a Local Nerd drives to your address and exactly what the visit costs.
A 30-minute remote session is $39 and handles most computer, phone, email, password and account problems without anybody driving. In-person visits open here as soon as a Local Nerd is based in Topeka. If that could be you, we'd like to hear from you.
Nerd on Call is $14.99/mo and you can join in Topeka today: the two remote sessions and the texting work right now. Your included in-person visit starts when we open Topeka. One-off remote help is $39 for 30 minutes.
If it plugs in and nobody can figure it out, we can help.
Ask anything you like. We'll explain what we're doing while we do it.
Wi-Fi that reaches the whole house
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.
Computers that have gotten slow or strange
Cleanups, updates, printers that stopped printing, files you can't find, and a backup so one bad day doesn't cost you years of photos.
TVs, streaming and “where did my channel go”
Getting a new TV going, tidying up the apps, and making the remote situation sane again. Then we show you the three buttons you need.
Phones and tablets, set up your way
Photos, contacts, passwords and the settings nobody can find. We'll get it set up the way you want to use it.
Learning it at your own pace
If you want to understand it well enough to do it yourself next time, tell us when you book. That's our favorite kind of visit.
Printers that won't print
Wireless printers drop off the network all the time. We'll get yours connected, printing and scanning, and explain why it keeps disappearing.
Scams, pop-ups and “is this email real?”
If something on the screen is trying to scare you into calling a number, that's the scam. We'll clean it up and show you how to recognize it.
Doorbells, cameras and smart home gear
Doorbells, cameras, speakers, thermostats and lights, set up so they notify the right phone and you can find them when you need them.
What tech help looks like around here.
Potwin, College Hill and the older streets around Washburn have houses a century old, with plaster walls and a router on the wrong floor. The neighborhoods out southwest are newer and bigger, and past Silver Lake and Tecumseh it's acreages and farmhouses where the first question is which internet service reaches you at all. Either way the fix usually starts with where the router sits, and we'll say plainly when it's the service and not the house.
Patient, unhurried help, especially for the 55+ crowd.
Topeka is a state-government town, and plenty of people here retired from a state office, Goodyear or the VA hospital and stayed in the same house. We sit down, go at your pace, and write things down if you want them written down.
Towns we reach in Topeka & Shawnee County.
Our service area is measured in miles from downtown Topeka, and the hourly rate steps up the farther we drive. That is 44 towns across Kansas, covering Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Wabaunsee, Pottawatomie, Brown and Nemaha counties.
| Band | Towns | Rate when open |
|---|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | Topeka, Tecumseh, Berryton, Wakarusa, Grantville, Silver Lake, Auburn, Dover, Meriden, Carbondale, Hoyt, Rossville, Scranton, Overbrook, Ozawkie, Maple Hill, Burlingame, Delia and 5 more nearby towns | $110/hr |
| 25 to 50 miles | Eskridge, Emmett, Lyndon, Vassar, Holton, Circleville, Soldier, Muscotah, Effingham, Whiting, Netawaka, Wetmore, Horton, Goff, Powhattan, Everest | $130/hr |
| 50 to 75 miles | Hiawatha, Robinson, Fairview, Sabetha, Morrill | $145/hr |
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.
Help for a parent who lives in Topeka.
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 NerdWhat people in Topeka ask us.
Does somebody come out to Topeka?
The ZIP check when you book answers that for your street: if a Local Nerd comes out to your address, the visit books at the rate shown. The list on this page marks every town a Local Nerd reaches today.
I'm in Holton or Lyndon. Is that too far?
No. Our service area is measured in miles from downtown Topeka: Silver Lake, Rossville, Tecumseh and Auburn are inside the closest band, Holton, Lyndon and Eskridge are in the 25 to 50 mile band, and Hiawatha and Sabetha are in the outer one. This page lists every town by band.
I'm between Topeka and Lawrence. Which page is mine?
Whichever downtown your address is nearer. Tecumseh, Grantville and Meriden fall to Topeka, Lecompton and Perry to Lawrence, and the ZIP check when you book prices your address from the right one.
How much does tech help cost in Topeka?
Remote help is $39 for a 30-minute session, and that's what works in Topeka today. When in-person visits open here, they'll be $110 an hour within 25 miles of downtown Topeka, $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. A $39 deposit will book an in-person visit, with the rest 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.
Do you help older adults in Topeka with technology?
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.
Do you fix broken devices, or just set things up?
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.
Every town is better off with a Local Nerd who lives there.
We look for 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 Topeka involves or apply here.