Archive for the ‘Communications’ Category.



An open letter to Bank of America’s “Insurance Svc” at 1-888-665-9900: stop the phone scam

It’s my belief that Bank of America tried to scam me.

I get a call from 1-888-665-9900. The caller ID says “Insurance Svc”.

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Free wireless, hackers, and protecting your communications with encryption

Question:

Today on Fox News web site was an article about vulnerability to hackers of many free wi-fi internet systems that put travelers on vacation at risk when they use their computer on these systems. Since I’ll be doing that to log in to my home computer, I’m wondering if there are any security measures I can implement when using my laptop on vacation when logging in to my office from hotels, etc.?

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How to find the owner of a GMail address – Reverse email lookup

Question:

We have a need for finding the owner of a GMAIL address. Could you help? How much would it cost us?

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BlackBerry phone Internet filtering and monitoring

Question:

I have a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (a BES) or BlackBerry Professional Server (BPS). I need to prevent my users from browsing the web on their BlackBerry phones. How do I set up BlackBerry Internet monitoring and filtering?

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Comcast support experience and problem recovery times after a system outage

Summary

I had been using the AT&T (SBC) services for both phone and Internet. But since the Internet was slow (DSL with no speed upgrades available for my area), I upgraded to Comcast phone/Internet since cable Internet speeds are so much better.

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