Lighthouse Computers

01/18/2019

Hi! It's about time for some introductions. Thank-you to everyone that has spread the word about my company, and for those of you that have supported our electronics recycling program.

I'm Brent. I'm the owner of Lighthouse IT Computers.

I've been working in the tech industry for over 15 years. I recently moved to Nova Scotia with my wife and young children and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the warm welcome! Everyone here has been so friendly, inviting, and supportive while we transition our lives to the East Coast!

I would like to offer my help to you in your home and business. I can provide convenient solutions and fast service. For those of you that own a business, I can help you increase your revenue through managed services, increase your workflow productivity, troubleshoot any technical issues you may have, and most importantly provide your data bases with the back ups that they need.

Give me a call at 902.765.9137. I would love to talk with you about areas you're struggling with and how I can fix it for you.

01/10/2019

We want to give a huge shout out to https://m.facebook.com/amyhollowayphotography/. Amy generously donated 3 laptops and 2 cellphones to our electronics recycling program.

They’re in the process of being refurbished, cleaned of all data and personal information, and going out to their new homes. One of the laptops will be on its way to a single mom with 4 little kids that immigrated only a few short months ago from Syria to our community.

Thank you soooooo much Amy for your amazing contribution! Your contribution will undoubtedly make a big impact in our community.

We started this program to reduce the amount of electronic waste in Annapolis Valley Landfills and give back to those community members and organizations that are in need and could put these pieces of technology to good use. If you have any old, broken laptops, computers, or cellphones hiding in boxes in your basement, dig them out and give us a call. We’ll gladly come and pick them up and enter them into the program!

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12/04/2018

You’re most likely paying more than you should for internet. 😱

The majority of advertising for Internet Service Providers is for Eastlink and Bell, here in Nova Scotia. However, third party resellers are available.

This website helps users find internet providers in their area if you’re not from the Annapolis Valley.

https://www.canadianisp.ca/

Here’s an example of their prices.

Slowest tier
Bell: $95.95 a month (100mbps)
Netfox: $49.94 (100mbps)
Eastlink: $110.95 (150mbps)

Netfox is a reseller of Eastlink and also has tv and home phone services too. So why pay more for something when you can have the exact same thing for less?

The largest ISP comparison site for broadband, dial-up, wireless point to point, cable, DSL and dry-DSL ISPs.

12/03/2018

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Check out Last Pass. It’s a great way to generate truly unique passwords and have them stored all in one place, so you and only you can access them.

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12/03/2018

This unfortunate event is something that is very common and we have seen the consequences first hand.

The opportunity here though, is to understand how crucial offsite back ups of your computer’s data are. It can protect your customer and employee information and documents, and save your business a lot of money and time!

The Town of Midland, Ont., plans to pay off a hacker who was able to lock down the town's computer system with a ransomware attack.

11/30/2018

Are you missing files with last month’s Windows update? Microsoft announced that issues with data loss has been reported from many of their users.

We can help you recover those lost documents and design a backup solution that will ensure your important files and documents are never truly lost.

Microsoft has pulled Windows 10 October Update 1809 following troubling reports from users about data loss.

11/29/2018

Did you lose power today?

Were you in the middle of working on an important document and didn’t get a chance to save it?

We have solutions for you that could save you a lot of time, money, and frustration.

Give us a call for a free consultation with our Lead IT Consultant.

📲 902-593-0376

11/28/2018

E- waste is projected to climb to 52.2 million tonnes by the year 2021.

The waste produced in 2016 was the equivalent of 4,500 Eiffel Towers in weight.

Read the article for more information.

The weight of e-waste in 2016 was equivalent to about 4,500 Eiffel Towers.