Zen Internet, the broadband provider we recommend due to the quality and reliability of their service, have announced a new Fibre Optic Broadband offering, with download speeds of ‘up to 40Mbps’ and upload speeds of ‘up to 10Mbps’.
As stated by Zen Internet, these superfast broadband services will ultimately allow your business to do more – and do it faster. You’ll be able to access critical business applications faster, collaborate quicker with your customers and suppliers and upload web pages in seconds.
Zen Internet's Fibre Optic Broadband service will also enable your business to:
• Collaborate at high-speed; sharing files with regional offices, partners or remote workers
• Move your meetings online with better quality video-conferencing
• Experience higher quality VoIP services
• Benefit from more responsive hosted business applications
Exciting news, huh?
We certainly think so… however we may all have to wait a little while before we can all access this new service.
The rollout of the nationwide fibre optic infrastructure necessary for the provision of the service is being undertaken by BT, who aim to give two-thirds of UK premises the ability to access a fibre-optic broadband service by 2015.
Fingers crossed, our area will be fibred-up sooner rather than later. Suffice to say, we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, with Zen Internet being awarded ‘Which? Recommended Broadband Provider’ for the fifth time in a row, and ‘PC ‘Pro Best ISP’ for the eighth time in a row’ there are many good reasons to switch to their current Business Broadband service.
Simply call 01225 636000 or email us for more details.
Monday, 21 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Beware of phony tech-support phone calls
Sound familiar? Hopefully not, but unfortunately this is the nature of several fraudulent phone calls received recently by a number of people that we know.
‘Phishing’ – the process whereby criminals send you emails purporting to be from your bank in an attempt to get you to enter your account details on a fraudulent website – is now a well known practice.
Most people have received phishing emails, and many receive them on a daily basis. The phone-based equivalent is not new, but has been less prevalent… until now.
A report published by Microsoft in June this year stated that 15% of the 7,000 computer users it surveyed had been targeted by a ‘tech support’ phone scam. On average, the scam cost victims over £500. Half of the victims reported subsequent computer problems, and almost one in five had suffered identity fraud.
As an IT support company that uses phone and internet-based support, we’re keen to ensure that none of our clients fall victim in the same way.
We therefore echo Microsoft’s own advice, and encourage you to:
• Be suspicious of unsolicited calls related to a security problem, even if they claim to represent Priority IT, Microsoft or any other respected company.
• Never provide personal information, such as credit card or bank details, to an unsolicited caller.
• Never go to a website, type anything into a computer, install software or follow any other instruction from someone who calls out of the blue.
If you ever need to verify that a call from Priority IT is genuine, simply call us back on our usual number, 01225 636000. We’ll never be offended… in fact, we’ll be pleased to see you taking your security seriously.
If you’ve already been targeted by a phone scam, we’d be interested to hear the details in order that we can alert our clients to the nature of the call. Simply email us with the details, or post a comment here on our blog.
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