Yes, the title of this month’s post may make you think of that old Monty Python bit about Spam and eggs however, sorry to say, that won’t be the case. I’ve noticed in the last few weeks a huge increase in the amount of Spam showing up in my junk mailbox. By now most people ...
With the onset of summer comes the end of another school year. For working parents this can be a tough time of year. Juggling work and keeping an eye on little ones can be a challenge for any parent. This month I am dedicated my post to all the working parents trying to balance their ...
Starting approximately six months ago Skyway West has been allowed to resell ADSL (DSL) services over 6 Mb to our business customers. At that time we were capped at 15 Mb and then, two months ago 25 Mb came available (location depending). Before these higher speeds opened up to us Telus made some significant changes ...
At the end of 2012 I did a two-part review of Windows 8 where I pretty well gave it an overall thumbs up rating. Since then I have had a few more months to use Microsoft’s latest operating system and I thought I would compare my earlier experiences to those I have now. So here ...
Your company just leased new office space and YOU are in charge of ensuring the internal computer and telephone wiring is in-place and working on move in day. In a nutshell, these are the steps you need to take: choose the right cable test the cable make a detailed floor plan and tag and clearly ...
Last month I spent a good portion of the week cleaning up after one of the worst cases of blacklisting I can remember during my twelve years with Skyway West (read a post of mine from last year on how to prevent your Outgoing Mail being tagged as spam). An employee of one of our ...
I’ve mentioned DNS (Domain Name Services) before (here, here and here), but I have not yet written about what are the best IP addresses for customers to use when configuring a PC or network to access the Internet. There are a few things to consider when setting this up, and while most techs are familiar with ...
I got a call from a Calgary business owner who had recently moved his business. He was looking for Internet options at the new office. The building currently had a 6.0 Mbps ADSL service, but he wanted something faster. High Speed Cable was not available at the new address and there was no Fixed Wireless ...
SpamAssassin is a tool Skyway West provides to help clients minimize the pain and agony of email Spam. Unless you have requested that SpamAssassin is disabled, by default all our customers get a basic SpamAssassin service. Although this version of the product is limited it will help tag a lot of your Spam. Those wanting more ...
The Holiday Season is now behind us and the New Year is waiting to unfold itself to our wondering eyes. I thought, at this junction, I would pause for a look back at my blogs from 2012 and see what kind it year it has been. I may even update a few things along the ...
