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Server Downtime Problems
4th
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There have been some problems with our servers
and this has made our pages either erratic to download, slow to load or not view
at all. We have been assured by our Web Hosts that the problem will be fixed by
the 5th of October as a new server is being installed. Our apologies to all our
visitors to our and clients for this inconvenience.
John
Duncan HCS |
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Huntly Computer Services Launch new website
28th August 2005 |
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Long overdue as it has been, we have finally managed to launch our new website.
The new site, will offer more functionality, easier navigation, more
information, products and services. In
the long term it is hoped to further add a forum, more in the way of online
shopping and further additions to our software download centre.
An expanded service in web marketing and site
optimisation to all our customers, not just those have previously used our web
services is now on offer due to our huge success in web marketing in the past
and is without doubt becoming one of our specialist fields. - No use having a
website no matter how good it looks if no one can find it! |
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end in Grampian for ADSL and Satellite Broadband on
14/2/04
Grant money
ends on the 14th February for Grampian businesses who wish to install ADSL or
Satellite Broadband. To know if your Business meets the criteria to obtain the
grant you should contact Mark Grant at the Huntly Broadband Centre before this
date.
Huntly Broadband Centre
Huntly Business Centre
Huntly
AB54 8FG
01466 795308
Mark Grant
mark.grant@huntlyldc.co.uk
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DSL
and Satellite Broadband Scotland
With the
price of ADSL (broadband) becoming more cost affective it is important to log
your interest with British Telecom for your community. Home users and businesses
that are interested in the possibility taking up ADSL should register their
interest now to help meet the criteria of BT for enablement of their local
exchange.
To see if
your exchange is enabled and how many people have registered so far please go to
the
BT Broadband Availability and Registration Page.
To check the ‘Trigger Level’ required by BT for
enablement of your exchange) please check out
ADSLGuide.org.uk
Please note: If your town or area is not listed,
this means it has not yet been given a ‘Trigger Level’ by BT as yet. They will
however set one, when enough people have registered their interest for that
particular exchange.
Satellite Broadband Scotland
For information on Satellite Broadband costs and
suppliers in Scotland please follow the links below.
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish
Enterprise has an excellent site on Broadband and is a worthwhile visit for more
in-depth information on ADSL, Satellite Broadband, Midband and ISDN. They also
list various ADSL/Satellite Broadband Demonstration Centres Throughout Scotland,
which are accompanied by Seminars and workshops.
In particular Huntly Computer Services is pleased
to see that the Business Centre in Gordon Street, Huntly will be hosting the
Satellite Broadband Demonstration Centre for Aberdeenshire which, is
Now Open. Scottish Enterprise Grampian and UK
Online Business will be running the Centre.
For further details on Broadband and the
Demonstration Centres please visit
Scottish
Enterprise Broadband Website.
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Information Centre 22 Nov. 2005
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Huntly
Computers new online Technology Resource Information
Centre now contains literally 100's of articles by various authors and will give our customers and visitors to our website the
ability to look through various computer related articles and workshops on PC sales,
PC repairs, Computer Upgrades, problem solving, the internet, website development
and Design, eCommerce
and web optimisation, business solutions, web marketing and finance, legal and a
host of other relevant information that you may find useful.
We hope
this will help our clients and visitors to our web site whether, Home user or
Business with advice and give an insight into other issues
that may be of interest to you. If you think that the Technology Resource
Information Pages would aid your visitors please feel free to link to
Technology Information Resources,
Business & Home Information. |
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Huntly Computer Services enters
the World of Mobile Communications
16/7/05 |
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Due to popular demand, HCS are
now in a position to offer a wide and varied range of New and Reconditioned
laptops and PDA's.
As well as the dial-up access
on their Laptop or PDA an increasing percentage of our clients are now using GMS
and GPRS which, allows them increased versatility to browse the internet or pick
up their email via a mobile network.
For this reason HCS have
expanded their range of products and services to provide laptops and PDA's in
order to give our customers the added versatility they may require for their
Business or home use. Please Contact us for further
details of our Laptop services.
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Onspeed offers an affective
alternative to broadband 3/3/04 |
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How does £1.99 a month or
£24.99 / €34.99 /$39.99 per annum with no connection costs and no
engineer that has to call to install hardware sound? A connection that will
almost increase the speed of your Dial-up modem to that of broadband?
Well
Onspeed gives us an alternative to ADSL (broadband) by increasing your
Dial-up internet connection to that of almost broadband. Not only that, it
significantly increases your speed if you are already a broadband or ISDN user.
However we have seen this
before so, we decided to run a comparison test here at HCS to see if the claims
Onspeed make were true...the answer... it does! On
using a dial-up connection we found it did indeed increase the speed of our
connection by making it almost 5 times faster from 42kbs to 213kbs. On ISDN in
this case 'Bt's Home Highway' it increased the connection from 59kbs to 248kbs
and on ADSL (broadband) form 256kbs to 360kbs. Of coarse this will significantly
vary from user to user and will also depend on your location.
Onspeed
is the first one we have found that actually works and works well and we would
have no hesitation in recommending it to our clients as either an alternative to
broadband or if you need to squeeze that bit more speed on existing ISDN or ADSL
(broadband) this is the answer for you too. For further information, download
and purchase please Click Here
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"Foggie" reaches BT's Broadband
Trigger Level 18/02/04 |
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Due to a few community spirited
people such as Bob Peden, Michael Crammer and Michael Stout, Aberchirder has
managed to exceeded the BT trigger level of 200 to have the exchange enabled for
broadband. They hope this will inspire other villages throughout Aberdeenshire
and the North East of Scotland to follow suit. For more information. >>
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/detail.php?exch=700
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The New Anti-Spam Laws report January the 2nd 2004 |
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New Anti-Spam Laws have now
been introduced the from the 11th December 2003 in the UK, and from the 1st
January 2004 in the US, Other European Countries to follow shortly. Read the
report and laws on Antispam and how it will affect you. Will it make a
difference? Click below to read the report: |
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The UK Anti-Spam Law |
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The US Anti-Spam Law |
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Learn Direct Scotland
October 8th 2003 |
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John Duncan (HCS) |
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Fraserburgh hosted the recent
Learn Direct Scotland event on the 8th October at the Lighthouse Museum along
with Enterprise North East Trust. John Duncan (above) from Huntly Computer
Services was presenting the advice and support in Website Development,
e-Marketing, e-Commerce and General ICT help that the UK Online for Business
team offer throughout Aberdeenshire.
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