Posts Tagged ‘ISP’

Bell: Admitting there was a problem is a start…

Posted: 20th March 2010 by tcg in technology
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I was surprised to get an email from Bell my ISP about the problem that occurred with emails not being received. It shows they are trying to be more transparent and informative, rather than just leaving people wondering what the heck was going on. But… instead of giving us a vague generic email with very [...]

Getting and Staying connected

Posted: 17th March 2007 by admin in hardware
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  I was in a hotel in Dallas for a few days recently, and while playing around with the wireless connections available in the hotel it got me thinking about network connections in general, and some of the problems people may experience just trying to get onto the “interweb” (to quote the master of all [...]

Living with a wireless modem… an update

Posted: 11th November 2006 by admin in hardware, technology
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  So, i’ve been living with the wireless modem for about a month now, and it’s been mostly a pain in the keister. The wireless modem is getting it’s signal from the cel-phone towers put up by Inukshuk, which according to info i have read is now a group effort by Bell and Rogers to [...]

Moving and changing my telecommunications provider – rhymes with hell…

Posted: 4th October 2006 by admin in hardware
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  I’ve been going through the horrendous ordeal of moving to a rural location – getting away from the big city, if only by a few miles. It’s been a big change, mostly for good with a few drawbacks, one of which is the change from cable television to satellite TV. I won’t name any [...]