Category Archives for "Wireless and Cables"

Byte Me Article 399 – Review of Internet Connections

I was principally going to write this week’s article as a review of the currently available Internet connections, however I have largely covered this material in previous articles and we also have this information available via our www.kerrsolutions.com.au website.  Today I would rather talk about our NBN challenges. Last week I wrote about a friend’s experience with transitioning from […]

Byte Me Article 398 – Internet & Wet Weather

Today we are looking at a regular scenario of a customer getting into technical strife because of rain.  It so happened to one of my friends just 3 weeks ago when we finally had some rain, that their Internet suddenly slowed.  This was the start of a long-winded saga.  For the purposes of this article let’s […]

Byte Me Article 397 – Eco Laptops

Today we are going to talk about speed, speed and more speed!!!  So why do we care so much about speed?  I have already heard so many customers say, “I don’t care if it is a bit slow – it will be way quicker than me anyway”.  So, what do I say to this?  “Rubbish – […]

Byte Me Article 393 – Christmas Ideas

Christmas is coming upon us quicker than I can ever remember and like myself, I am sure there will be many that are yet to purchase presents.  An IT based present can light up the eyes of the recipient but can also be a flop.  There are an endless number of new gadgets around just […]

Byte Me Article 391 – Email Security 3

Office 365 is Best For Email This article will form the last in a 3-part series about email security.  We have discussed the email accounts that Internet Service Providers give you as part of your connection fees – along with their various pitfalls and limitations.  We have also looked at some of the cloud-based email […]

Byte Me Article 390 – Email Security 2

Secure Your Email Account Following on from last week’s article about email security today we look at the relative security of different email accounts and their setup.  Firstly, lets explain a few things about email accounts.  If you have an Internet connection, then this is through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).  You pay a monthly […]

Byte Me Article 384 – SSD for Warren

Do You Repair or Replace? As often as I can, I like to talk about fresh events that happened at the shop during the last week and this will again form the focus for todays’ article.  On Thursday I greeted a new face to business in the form of Warren – a typical home PC […]

Byte Me Article 383 – Implementing a SSD

Revive Old PC’s With an SSD Following on from last weeks’ article about what a huge step forward solid-state drives (SSD’s) are over their older mechanical hard drive cousins, this week we look at how and when to implement one of these into an existing PC.  We are pushing the sale of these as standard […]

Byte Me Article 382 – Breathe new life into old PC

SSD v’s HDD: Which is Better? Fresh back from 2 weeks off, today’s article will be about breathing new life into old PC’s with the use of a Solid State Drive (SSD).  This is a device that can totally replace the traditional mechanical Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that still powers the majority of laptop and […]