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Updated: 8 December 2002
While some more configuration remains to be done, the majority of the beta
testers are reporting good connections and increased speeds: the average
worst reported speed from the second survey sent out to beta testers was
39.7 K and the average reported best speed was 45.6 K. About a
quarter of the beta testers have reported getting randomly disconnected or
making low speed connections and about ten percent have reported problems
getting a connection. The Technical Committee believes that changing some
more settings on the Chebucto side should take care of most of these
issues.
Advice to users is unchanged: delete the spam and never, ever respond to
it even to "remove yourself from their mailing list" (which is always a
lie), and never, ever buy a spam-advertised product. Supposedly only one
person in a thousand buys the spam-advertised product but that is enough
to keep all the spammers in business.
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 1,244,000 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 16,800 results, representing more
than 35.9 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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