Lincoln Skyline
Today we are working on the roof for a client, right in Lincoln city centre, starting to set up a wifi and a webcam for them.
IT Support
Mobile Data Usage Set to Soar with Release of BBC iPlayer for Mobiles
Mobile Data Usage Set to Soar with Release of BBC iPlayer for Mobiles. If you have a mobile phone and a capped data package (as most of us do!) then you should read this blog – written by Telco-op one of the businesses Octagon work with closely. Keith, from Telco-op has some important things to
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WiFi at Lincoln City Football Club
Just about the last job we did before Christmas was to improve the quality of the wifi internet in the Business and Networking Centre (BANC) that Lincoln City Football Club run. The signal strength of the wifi connection they had, was not very strong and as we use the Centre a lot, we offered to
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Octagon Sets Up a Trans-Atlantic Presentation
Last week Martin set up a link for a trans-atlantic Skype call for Lincoln Short Wave Club. Bob Heil founder of Heil Sound (who has worked with such bands as The Who, Grateful Dead and Peter Frampton to produce their sound) gave a presentation to the club about sound and amateur radio. Bob gives many of
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Graphically challenging
Had an issue installing a graphic card the other day. One screen on a wall facing away from me and the computer screen. When the big screen was plugged in the pc screen just had the wallpaper. So I worked out that the desktop was extended and changed it to clone mode. This was difficult
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BBC News – Essentials: Avoiding mobile roaming charges abroad
BBC News – Essentials: Avoiding mobile roaming charges abroad. The BBC News programme Click has posted a video on how to reduce mobile phone costs whilst travelling abroad.
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Saturday Support
It has been an early start today! A contract client called the office at 7am – their issue was that the the PC that runs the hotel booking and billing system was down. It took a short time to collect up some spares and tools but we turned out and had their system back up
The Dark Side of the Force
Darth Vader is the new customer service trainer for a national computer company. If you want technology support and supply from the “Dark Side of the Force” then you are in luck, if you see that latest TV advert from a national computer shop, that’s what they provide. However if you want good support and
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Server Up!
Our plans worked – we fixed the client’s server – and as a result of the client following our advice, they lost about three hours working time but no data. The staff used this time to catch up with those “non-computer” jobs. We lost most of a nights sleep and the staff were able to just log
