Category: UncategorizedIt’s been awhile and I feel I have to remind folks to check their internet speed. The cable companies will change their packages and not send you a message to let you know you to “Upgrade” usually at no cost! Sad, but they do it all the time. What you bought 5 years ago is now outdated and the pricing is the same, their packages now have more download speed at the same price! If you don’t call, you won’t know.
Here is how to test your internet speed, then call your internet company and find out if you’re on the best package.
Go to this site… http://www.speedtest.net/
Click on “Begin Test” in the laptop screen, do not click on “Start Now” as that is another tool we are not using.
The test will run and let you know your download speed and upload speed.
My recommendations for home users: You should have over 10 mbps (megabytes per second) download and 1 up. I have 20 mbps download and almost 5 mbps up! That’s fast and I’m wireless upstairs from my router in the basement!
My recommendations for businesses: If you are just one person in an office, then yes…10 mbps down and 1 up should be fine, but if you have a lot of people in your office, then you want to call your internet provider and check your package. You also might have a bad modem or router if the speed is fine. Just this month I have had 2 businesses call me about “slow computers” and their computers were fine, internet speed was bad.
Some businesses are on a dedicated internet service, and your speed might only be 1.5 down. This is common if you are with companies such as TDS or CBeyond. Some clients I have found are just using these companies for internet only and if that’s they case, I would check with Comcast for business class and get the speed you really need.
I can’t seem to say this enough and each blog, I feel a bit silly saying that the ones coming out are worse that then the one before….I said was worse! This one is attacking the UK right now and will be on it’s way over to the states here soon. By the way, this type of virus is already here, just last week we had a client call in, her computer was “held ransom” and while we got the computer back to a running state, her data was encrypted. Luckily, this client was on her corporate computer and all of her work data was in a cloud app, so her IT team can assist with that. But what about you?
What you can do and should do.
How we can help
What we have done at Call That Girl is offer you a 2 part plan to assist with this. We have a good daily computer monitoring plan, that includes a cryptolocker prevention add-on and we have online backup. We sell this at $250 per year, if you happen to download junkware, we remove that at no charge. While we can’t guarantee that no virus will never get through, we do that for free if you get one. Our virus detection tools usually clean up any virus attempts while you are sleeping, it does the work for you!
To read more about our plans and what is covered, what is not https://callthatgirl.biz/monthly-plans-and-agreements
Contact us today for an installation and get safe now! Click here…https://callthatgirl.biz/schedule-an-appointment
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General Outlook Repairs
Office 365
Synchronize your Outlook calendar and contacts to your iPad, iPhone, Android and contacts with the cloud products such as Microsoft Office 365, Hosted Exchange, Outlook.com, 3rd party apps.
Training
Software upgrades and transitions
Migrations
Outside consulting
To book an appointment, please call 612-865-4475 or email info@callthatgirl.biz
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General Outlook Repairs
Office 365
Synchronize your Outlook calendar and contacts to your iPad, iPhone, Android and contacts with the cloud products such as Microsoft Office 365, Hosted Exchange, Outlook.com, 3rd party apps.
Training
Software upgrades and transitions
Migrations
Outside consulting
To book an appointment, please call 612-865-4475 or email info@callthatgirl.biz
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Did you know?
General Outlook Repairs
Office 365
Synchronize your Outlook calendar and contacts to your iPad, iPhone, Android and contacts with the cloud products such as Microsoft Office 365, Hosted Exchange, Outlook.com, 3rd party apps.
Training
Software upgrades and transitions
Migrations
Outside consulting
To book an appointment, please call 612-865-4475 or email info@callthatgirl.biz
