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 ...
Before proceeding make sure you have the IP and DNS information provided to you by Skyway West. If you do not have this information please contact support@skywaywest.com to request the information. Please note these instructions are assuming you are connecting your computer directly to the ADSL router provided by Skyway West. If you are connecting to a ...
So here it is as promised, my impressions a month after installing Windows 8.… I went in with a little trepidation, and came out feeling like I just installed Windows 7 without the traditional Start menu. Enough said. On to my review… Installation: Installing wasn’t too bad. There are only a few questions Microsoft asks, ...
While I think about whether to upgrade to Windows 8 these are the things I’ll be looking for in my test installation: Ease of install, “Learn-ability”, Ease of use, Security/Privacy, Networking, Compatibility with older programs. By now pretty well everyone knows that Windows 8 is available for sale. Microsoft is touting this new version of ...
Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, kind of a Digg-lite for those who live where we do (British Columbia, Canada), work like we do (high speed business internet), and think like we do (internet trends, internet privacy, cutting-edge technology, etc.). If you don’t want ...
Unique game-day requirements of a professional football team call for a unique internet solution. Bonding multiple cable services meets their high data (video) upload demands much quicker, and at a much lower cost, than comparable Fibre services. ...
I have some exciting news to share in this month’s blog post. Telus has recently made available new tools that help us manage our clients’ ADSL connections. While the standard ADSL limitations remain we can now reset and play with port settings to achieve best performance possible from your ADSL connection. What used to involve ...
In part one of this series I discussed network congestion inside a private network and in part two, congestion across the Internet. In this month’s installment I will discuss packet loss and the impact this has on network performance. What is “packet loss”? A packet is, to put it simply, an envelope of data. Let’s ...
