Google will experimentally offer fibre broadband internet access to an estimated 50,000 – 500,000 households in the US.
This service will be upto 1 Gigabit in speed in certain areas.
Here’s a comparison: The average high speed internet connection on Bell is approxmately 5 Mbps and on Rogers 10 Mbps Google’s fibre broadbad service will be offer speeds around 1000 Mbps.
Product managers Minnie Ingersoll and James Kelly said,
“Our goal is to experiment with new ways to help make internet access better and faster for everyone,
Here’s instructions on how to setup e-mail so that you are able to send/receive e-mails using shaw e-mail accounts while on WiFi and/or Telus 3G.
Turn ON and connect to WiFi.
Setup the Shaw e-mail using Shaw’s outgoing mail server as SMTP. (Refer to Shaw’s website )
Test in and out going e-mail using Shaw e-mail account on WiFi.
Add secondary outgoing mail servers.
Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Click on the e-mail account that was setup in step 1.
Click on the Hostname (shawmail.cg.shawcable.net) under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Click on “Add Server…” under Other SMTP Servers Example:
Hostname: shawmail.cg.shawcable.net (Calgary) Username: blank Password: blank SSL: Off Port: 25 Other cities, refer to Shaw’s website There should now be a Primary Server (smtp.telus.net) and an Other SMTP Servers (shawmail.cg.shawcable.net)
Turn OFF WiFi
Add smtp.telus.net as an Other SMTP server (You will have 2 records of shawmail.cg.shawcable.net — Primary and Other)
Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
Click on the e-mail account that was setup in step 1.
Click on the Hostname (smtp.telus.net) under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Click on “Add Server…” under Other SMTP ServersExample: Hostname: smtp.telus.net Username: blank Password: blank SSL: Off
Port: 25
The KEY STEP! Turn the Primary Server — OFF You should now have multiple “Other STMP Servers” with the ON status and the Primary SMTP server status must be OFF!
Test using WiFi ON and OFF and you should be able to send/receive e-mails without problems!
I recently saw a youtube video (attached below) on building a HDTV antenna with coat hangers and a piece of wood. Initially I was skeptical, but after seeing multiple similar videos on Youtube, I decided to try it myself.
There are hundreds of videos on Youtube. This is the video I followed to build my antenna:
The results were phenomenal!
You need a HDTV with an ATSC tuner (if you do not know what it is, refer to your user guide).
In Toronto, near Scarborough Town Centre (Highway 401 / McCowan Road), I am able to pick the following channels in beautiful HD:
ABC (WIVB)
CBC
CBS (WKBW)
CityTV
CTV (CFTO)
CW (WNLO)
Global
NBC (WGRZ)
OMNI 1
OMNI 2
You can pick up a balun (the connector) at a Walmart or The Source for around $6 or less.
The piece of wood can be purchased at Home Depot for under $2.
The screws and washers can be found around the home, if not it shouldn’t cost more than $2.
You should have coat hangers if you recently had your clothes dry cleaned.
Telus released an update to the Blackberry OS for the Tour 9630. Version 5.0.0.419 is available for update via Blackberry App loader at http://www.blackberry.com/update (only available via Internet Explorer).
You can also perform this automatic upgrade if you are running Blackberry Desktop Manager 4.7 or later on your computer. If your Blackberry is plugged into your computer, Blackberry Desktop Manager will prompt you to download and install the update.
TTC launced the beta version of their online trip planner earlier today.
Easy to use and accessible, the TTC Trip Planner helps you plan your trips throughout Toronto using any mode of TTC transit. It can even suggest walking trips for shorter distances.
The Trip Planner uses TTC schedule information to suggest the quickest transit route to wherever you want to go. It also calculates the length of time your trip will take on transit.
