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Updated: 6 February 2003
Chebucto Community Net has been offering graphical access dialup service
since November 1998 and text-based access since June 1994.
There have been few members reporting connection problems; out of
approximately 720 Chebucto Plus
accounts in use, there have been reports from a half dozen
Windows 3.1 users unable to upgrade their dialers on their own, five
Macintosh users unable to make good connections to the service and about
twenty Windows 95/98/Me users reporting connection issues. The Chebucto
Technical Committee and Chebucto Office are still actively investigating
solutions to the problems. Of the recent Windows systems examined, new
modem drivers and in a couple of cases new modems solved the problem. Many
PC modems require driver updates, particularly those made more than a year
or two ago. Macintosh connection solutions appear to be based in the
internet connection settings. Some Macintosh users have reported altering
connection settings and resolving the connection problems. The new Chebucto Plus 56 K service requires PAP
(Password Authentication Protocol) to be used. As solutions are found they
will be posted to the Chebucto Plus documentation website.
Look for the next Chebucto Mousepad column in Sunday February
9th's Sunday Herald both in paper
and online editions. It will appear every second Sunday.
Unpatched versions of these Microsoft products are vulnerable to many
viruses, worms, trojan programs and exploits where hostile users can get
access to your computer and files. Users are advised to keep current with
Service Packs and Critical Updates for Microsoft products.
Chebucto Users still tops in *.NS.CA SETI processingSETI, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, has been processing their radio telescope data with home users' computers for years now. Using an innovative screensaver which runs whenever the user computer is not in use, SETI has had more than 1,320,000 years of high quality computer processor time donated to it.
Of all the computer domains ending in the letters NS.CA, denoting Nova
Scotia, chebucto.ns.ca now ranks
number one, beating out both the government of Nova Scotia and the vast
resources of EdNet, the schools network. Current stats here.
Chebucto users have sent in more than 17,900 results, representing more
than 38 years of CPU time that would otherwise have been wasted.
Outlook user email advisoryAfter the continuing wave of viruses specifically targetting users of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express email programs, and the constant stream of user complaints about randomly altered program settings and difficulty using the program, the Chebucto Community Net Office and the Chebucto Technical Committee recommend our users do not use either Outlook or Outlook Express as their email program.Windows Users can find a selection of email programs available for download here and Macintosh users can find a selection of email programs here.
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The new Chebucto Plus 56 K dialup
service operational since January 14 has proven to be a big success
with Chebucto members. Logins to the service have increased and January
saw a record number of new and renewing Sustaining members.
Chebucto now offers the fastest dialup speed possible to our members over
our all new digital phone lines and equipment.