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  1. Antenna Research & Development
    Hi, all! First post here. I've been looking through the posts for a long time, but haven't found anything (yet) that approaches what I'm trying to do... I have an outdoor UHF antenna (it's actually INSIDE my roof; there are reasons for this), which I want to equip with a rotator. I have a...
  2. Rogers High Speed Internet and Home Phone
    For the last several months my iPad had been experiencing issues where it would lose WiFi. It mostly would occur when I would try to use a video app like Ignite TV, Apple TV, Netflix, Amazon, etc. However, I would also notice that it would happen when using Facebook and an RSS Newsreader...
  3. Bell Canada Home Phone and Internet
    Recently, my bell router's 'i' shaped button turned red from white and I noticed that my wifi has gotten severely worse after this case. I moved out to the living room from my room long time ago so that I could get higher frequency for my wifi and it worked, I had much faster wifi and had nearly...
  4. Sasktel
    SaskTel installed an Arris 5268AC gateway as part of my infinet install. I am using it for both 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi. I have noticed, using two different wifi scanners, that in addition to the intended and identified 5GHz RF channel there is a second channel on exactly the same frequency with no...
  5. Home Automation and Security
    Hi, I am trying to install a new MyQ garage door hub. I am able to connect it to my wifi network through my Bell 3000 hub, but the MyQ hub cannot connect to the MyQ server. Documentation says that port 8883 needs to be open, so I opened it (both TCP and UDP and both internal and external) from...
  6. Home Computing
    RE580D Slow when receiving WiFi from Bell HH2000 & HH2000 Crashing on SpeedTests Hello, I'm hoping to get some insight and suggestions on how to boost my Wifi in my home. AND stop the Main HH2000 router from crashing I have a Bell HH2000 and just purchased a TPLink RE580D (AC1900) desktop...
  7. Telus High Speed Internet and Home Phone
    I'm considering getting a Wifi mesh network (something like the Netgear Orbi or the Eero). Ideally I'd like to leave the TV STBs alone and run those off the actiontec and just use the mesh network for the other devices. Has anyone tried this and had success? Is it simple to setup or pretty...
  8. Industry News
    TextNow is a company that offers affordable mobile phone service through unique cloud based technology. It allows users to make calls and text for free using a hybrid of Wi-Fi + cellular. Through TextNow Wireless and the free TextNow app , the company provides millions of users with an...
  9. Bell Aliant Home Phone, Internet, IPTV
    Hello, I just recently had Fiber Op installed and it came with the r3000. I have the one gig down package but my speeds are no where near that. I've also had a drop in connectivity so I've had two technicians in the last few days come and take a look. After moving the Actiontec around and...
  10. Industry News
    Today, Sugar Mobile, a brand of Ice Wireless, a facilities-based mobile network operator in Canada's North, announced the launch of the Sugar App , an application that saves Canadian consumers money by seamlessly moving from costly mobile networks to free WiFi, much like how a hybrid car...
  11. Industry News
    This past Saturday, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced during a luncheon hosted by the U.N. Private Sector Forum at the world body’s headquarters, that the uber-popular online social networking site is actively working to bring Internet services to refugee camps worldwide. How will this be...
  12. Industry News
    City council in Vancouver voted this week to give Telus permission to install free WiFi at public locations throughout the city. Two outdoor locations, one along the downtown section of Granville Street and the other outside the convention centre are awaiting help with technical issues, but all...
  13. Home Automation and Security
    I'm looking for a new home security solution without third party monitoring fees/subscriptions. I have a 6 year old wired-in DSC system in my house and I want to be able to use all of the existing equipment (wires, contacts, keypads, etc.), hook it up to Wi-Fi and monitor my own system via...
  14. Industry News
    Live or work in Vancouver or Toronto? You may just have some new options for free wifi on the go. In Vancouver, TransLink has just added wifi to three buses as part of an advertising agreement with Telus. The buses will operate on the 351 White Rock-Richmond route, the 555 express at...
  15. Bell Aliant Home Phone, Internet, IPTV
    Hello all, I'm in a reno now and my main TV is offline, and I recently had this (not-so)bright idea to connect my Fibreop TV's STB to my computer monitor via hdmi. I don't have a hard wired connection to my internet gateway near the computer, and the computer accesses the internet via Wifi. I...
  16. MTS
    City of Winnipeg, MTS partner to bring MTS Wi-Fi to community facilities Winnipeggers will soon have even more options for wirelessly connecting to the Internet at libraries, arenas, recreation complexes and other popular sites. The City of Winnipeg and MTS announced today that they are...
  17. Internet Television: Streaming (Netflix/Apple TV)
    I am going to buy a Samsung series 6300 TV with smarthub. I have Shaw high speed internet with wifi about 20 ft away and will put in a Shaw Gateway system. I would like to know if I can simply stream Netflix or whatever to the TV without any other equipment. I have read reviews, some find doing...
  18. Bell Fibe TV
    I have 3 FibeTV Motorola TV receivers connected with coax to the Bell Sagemcom router in my home. The Sagemcom router is in the basement and the Wifi coverage is not adequate to cover our home. I noticed that if I plug the Playstation ethernet cable directly into the back of the RJ45 port on the...
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