Skyway Recommended August 11th to 17th

This week: Ottawa imperils Shaw Wireless Sale; Germany’s Postal Service Now has Encrypted App; Major Internet Routing Problems Experienced August 12th   Globe and Mail | Ottawa puts Shaw’s sale of Wireless Spectrum to Rogers in peril After abandoning its plans to enter the wireless business, Shaw Communications Inc. looked as if it had found a way to soften ...

Skyway Recommended July 28th to August 10th

This week: Yahoo joins Google to Push Email Encryption; HTTPS = higher Search rank?; Telus profits up; Tracking with “Ever” Cookies; The Internet of Things Changing Devices; Russian Hack Yields over a Billion Passwords: Russia wants Apple, SAP cooperation; Remote Access gives Hackers Backdoor; Cdn Telcos explore new markets for Growth.   Wall Street Journal | Yahoo Joins ...

Why are Static IP addresses important?

Static IP addresses provide a stable connection and permit remote users to access corporate firewalls and servers. (e.g., mail, web, ftp, voice over IP). Static IP addresses make it possible to connect branch offices, home users and remote employees to your LAN. Network administrators can connect to the office servers to maintain them. Remote users ...

Skyway Recommended June 30th to July 6th

This week: Canadian Government Tries to Open Competition with Wireless Spectrum Auction; US Supreme Court Rules Phones Can’t be searched Without Warrant; Google Begins Erasing Links for Searches in Europe   Globe and Mail | Spectrum auction to push mergers of small wireless players The federal government will announce Monday that it is offering coveted chunks of ...

Why is My Internet so slow? Blame FIFA?

08. July 2014 Internet Support 0
In today’s world where thousands of Internet ready devices (and demand for content), are being added monthly there is an ever increasing demand on our Internet access  – and ultimately on the providers supplying that demand. What usually ends up happening is congestion resulting in slow Internet speeds. Throw in a major event like the ...