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GoBigWest News http://blog.gobigwest.com ISP news Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:11:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two Easy Modem Settings that Can Improve Your Browsing Speed A large portion of the help our customers seek involves getting the best possible connection for their computer. This week’s letter shows some adjustments that may improve your dial-up connection speed. Slow connection speeds are generally the result of two factors, the physical phone line your computer uses to connect ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/03-23-2006/two-easy-modem-settings-that-can-improve-your-browsing-speed/ Information on E-mail Hoaxes There is an e-mail message circulating out there that we see every so often describing in detail the story of a young aspiring actor in Australia that was badly beaten by a group of thugs and left with a horribly disfigured face. It goes on to describe how the ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/02-17-2006/information-on-e-mail-hoaxes/ Perform Web Searches Directly From Your Browser For many people, search engines such as Google and Yahoo! are the most commonly used tools for finding information online. Search engines allow Internet users to search through millions of web sites for specific topics in a fraction of a second. Without these tools, Internet users would have to remember ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/02-08-2006/perform-web-searches-directly-from-your-browser/ Some Simple Guidelines to E-mail Etiquette In all likelihood, we’ve all been guilty of sending e-mails at some time or another that were hard to read, misunderstood, unwanted or even offensive. E-mail is such a convenient form of communication that we sometimes neglect to consider that we are sending messages to individuals who may have ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/01-13-2006/some-simple-guidelines-to-e-mail-etiquette/ Customizable Holiday Greeting Cards New for this holiday season, GoBigWest is providing you with a simple tool you can use to send professional looking HTML e-mail greeting cards to friends or family. Choose from one of four letter styles, customize the letter with your own personal message, and send it to the e-mail address ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/12-19-2005/customizable-holiday-greeting-cards/ GoBigWest iPod Shuffle Giveaway To show our appreciation to our loyal users, GoBigWest is going to give away 1GB iPod Shuffles this holiday season. The iPod Shuffle holds hundreds of songs, weighs less than an ounce and will play back your collection of songs skip free for up to 12 hours before it needs ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/12-07-2005/gobigwest-ipod-shuffle-giveaway/ Spotting an E-mail Virus Message We recently received the following e-mail in one of our mailboxes and figured it was a perfect way begin a letter about recognizing e-mail virus messages. The e-mail message read as follows: Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/11-30-2005/spotting-an-e-mail-virus-message/ Receiving Multiple Copies of the Same E-mails Perhaps you have had this happen to you. You check your e-mail using a mail program such as Outlook Express or Eudora and a few messages download okay, but then you don’t receive any more messages, your mail program never says that the download is complete, and you may even ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/11-21-2005/receiving-multiple-copies-of-the-same-e-mails/ Managing the Information Saved in Your Browser When you surf the Net, your browser program works to make it easier and faster for you to use the Internet by saving information about the pages you visit. As you surf, your browser is storing images, Web page addresses and other assorted information that it can use again in ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/11-21-2005/managing-the-information-saved-in-your-browser/ Problematic Mail Program Settings In this week’s letter we want to look at two problems people have with their mail programs and how to resolve them. We have received multiple letters from customers that describe in various ways and in varying levels of enthusiasm that some of you are not able to open e-mail ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/11-21-2005/problematic-mail-program-settings/ Phishing and other Fraudulent Sites According to a recent study by the APWG, the type of online fraud known as phishing continues to grow and the number of recorded phishing sites has increased by almost 5 times in the past year. Also of concern is the fact that nearly 1 in 10 phishing attacks are ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/11-21-2005/phishing-and-other-fraudulent-sites/ Information About Adware and Spyware Adware and spyware programs are currently a hot topic in the media and for good reason. The prevalence of these often deceptive programs on the Internet is increasing and the potential harm that they can cause to users is fairly severe. Adware and spyware programs are applications that get installed ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/10-17-2005/information-about-adware-and-spyware/ Keeping Spam Out Of Your GoBigWest Mailbox As you have probably figured out, once a spammer gets your e-mail address, there is little that you can do to get them to stop sending messages to you. It is very unlikely that they will honor any requests you make to be removed from their lists and any such ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/10-07-2005/keeping-spam-out-of-your-gobigwest-mailbox/ Managing Your Browser Cache Typically, when you go to a Web page online, your browser program saves information from the Web page such as text or images on your computer. Your browser does this so the next time you visit the same site, it can use some of the stored, or cached, files instead ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/09-23-2005/managing-your-browser-cache/ Turning Off Images While Browsing When browsing the Net, you have probably noticed that the text portion of Web pages typically loads relatively quickly when compared to the images on a page. The main reason for this is that the image files that are downloaded to your computer are often times larger and more numerous ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/09-15-2005/turn-off-images-while-browsing/ Tips for Making Online Purchases Internet e-commerce has become big business in recent years. Because of the ease in which consumers can research products, the increased number of online options, and the potential cost benefits, 2005 is proving to be a record year for Internet purchasing. In the first three months of the year, online ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/09-07-2005/tips-for-online-purchases/ Basic Internet Definitions for New Internet Users In any type of business, there is an industry lingo of words, acronyms, and phrases that those familiar with the business understand and take for granted. Problems then arise when they assume other people know this lingo and then use the industry specific terms when trying to communicate. If you’ve ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/08-24-2005/basic-internet-definitions/ Customizing Search Engine Results If you have ever become frustrated because your search engine results returned pages in different languages or returned pages with unsavory content, then you could benefit from customizing your search engine. Most major search engines give you the option to adjust a handful of settings. You can choose to search ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/08-15-2005/customizing-search-engine-results/ Keeping Your Operating System Updated A continuing problem for all Internet users is harm caused by those who want to create disruptions by writing viruses and worms. The manufacturers of operating systems and other software continue to battle these virus writers by reviewing their own software for security vulnerabilities and releasing patches for them. These ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/08-03-2005/keeping-your-operating-system-updated/ Identifying Email Viruses Here at GoBigWest, we have received numerous replies to our virus warnings from concerned customers wanting to know about how they can identify e-mail viruses and make sure that their computers do not become infected. Because of this, we would like to provide a simple guide of sorts that you ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/07-28-2005/identifying-email-viruses/ Using Your GoBigWest Account While Traveling In ever increasing numbers, people are using their laptops and other computing devices to connect to the Internet while traveling. In most cases, this requires that they change the phone number that their computer is dialing to make sure that their computer is connecting to a number that is a ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/07-13-2005/dial-up-account-while-traveling/ Google Earth Last week, Google released a new software that lets you explore our planet and view satellite pictures. You can view roads, restaurants, schools, hospitals, crime stats, banks, volcanoes, and much more. Some cities also have 3D buildings! Enter a zip code, address or a land mark and Google Earth take ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/07-08-2005/google-earth-is-fabulous/ Organize Your E-mail Using GoBigWests Webmail Folders In a recent post, we described configuring mail filters in webmail and organizing e-mail using custom folders in your GoBigWest webmail interface located online at http://mail.gobigwest.com. This week we want to point out a couple of additional tricks that you can use with your webmail folders. Trick 1: Automatically direct mail ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/07-06-2005/organize-your-gobigwest-e-mails/ We are still paying a 1898 telecom tax The Spanish-American War may have ended over a century ago, but anyone in the U.S. with a telephone line is paying a 3 percent “luxury” tax created to fund the conflict in 1898. That’s a situation that a number of Republican senators would like to change. This week, they introduced ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/07-06-2005/old-telecom-tax-remain/ Search Engine Tips Search engines such as Google and Yahoo! have become the tools that many people use to navigate through the Internet. They allow users to quickly find information about people, events, products, or other topics of interest. In fact, in the month of May alone, Google, the most popular search engine ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/06-29-2005/search-engine-tips/ Description of E-mail Spoofing In last, we mentioned that it is easy to disguise the true identity of the person who sends you an e-mail message. In this week’s letter, we want to focus more on this topic and describe what it means to you as an Internet user. E-mail spoofing, or the technique of ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/06-23-2005/description-of-e-mail-spoofing/ Tips for Calling in to GoBigWest Technical Support Here at GoBigWest, we pride ourselves on having multiple alternative methods to contact us so you can get the information that you need in a way that is easiest for you. However, while these alternative methods such as e-mail and chat are good for answering questions and getting simple technical ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/06-08-2005/tips-for-calling-in-to-gobigwest-technical-support/ Two Texas-Based ISPs Acquired IKANO Acquires Assets of Two Texas-Based ISPs CookeNET and CompuWise Customers Access Expanded Range of Features Salt Lake City (June 1, 2005) - IKANO Communications, the world’s largest provider of private-label Internet services, has acquired the subscriber bases of two Texas-based Internet Service Providers, CookeNET Internet Services and CompuWise Internet Solutions, ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/06-02-2005/two-texas-based-isps-acquired/ Reminder About Being Careful While Online First there were pop-up messages and then there were pop-up blocking tools. Then there was adware that again displayed pop-up messages by circumventing blockers, which naturally led to adware blocking and removal tools. Now, there are reports of fake anti-adware tools that again display unwanted advertisements and more. The thing to ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/06-01-2005/reminder-about-being-careful-while-online/ Adding Signatures to your E-mail Messages By now you have probably seen quite a few of them. Whether providing information, making a statement about the sender, or just looking good, e-mail signatures are a quick and easy way to add flair to an e-mail message. Using most available e-mail programs such as Outlook Express or Eudora and ... http://blog.gobigwest.com/05-24-2005/adding-signatures-to-your-e-mail-messages/