MAXIMUM NETWORK NEWS
Technology: Staying ahead of the game
WILL IT HELP OR HAMPER? The first rule of technology purchases – will it help or hamper your business? You may be thinking – how can a new system hamper your business? Believe it or not, the biggest mistake is actually in Voice Telephony and Internet services or VoIP...
Christmas is coming
THATS RIGHT... We are rapidly closing on the time of year when we should all be preparing to wind down, make plans for the Christmas vacations, a time with families and friends. It is a time to have fun and laughter and buy something special for our loved ones, big or...
Wired or Wireless?
BACK IN THE DAY... Back in the day all routers where designed for one function….bringing the broadband to life at a single point of entry. There would usually be one port to wire your computer into and that was that, internet access. Fast forward to now and every...
Are Your Documents and Emails Safe?
DO YOU RECOGNISE THAT EMAIL ADDRESS? Are you aware, that when you receive an email from someone you recognise, that it might NOT be from who you think it is? There are, on average, over three billion fake emails sent around the world, every single day! There are many...
The risks of Ransomware to your business
RANSOMWARE IS OUT THERE Every week, more and more reports of hackers getting into networks, stealing data and/or encrypting data and holding the business, company or organisation to ransom. The main way of infiltrating is still through phishing emails and planting...
Planning ahead for the 2025 Switch-Off
IT'S ALMOST OCTOBER 2024... Everyone needs to be prepared for the December 2025 Switch off. If you are running your business on any of the following systems, then there is a 99% that the type of phones you have are PSTN / ISDN – based on Openreach’s legacy...
Choosing Maximum Networks as your Specialists
WHAT IS CONVERGENCE? The word derives from the Telecoms and IT worlds colliding and merging (or converging) into one platform and infrastructure, known as Internet Protocol (IP). IT infrastructure has mainly worked on IP from the early days of networking...
Not all fibre is the same
SO FIBRE IS FIBRE... RIGHT? Over ten years ago, Openreach started to upgrade its infrastructure by the addition of fibre from the exchange to the green cabinets in the street (fibre-to-the-cabinet / FTTC) which gave us an increase from 24Mbps (21CN) to between 40 and...
Staying Secure in a World Full Of Acronyms
WHAT DOES IP STAND FOR? We live in a world full of acronyms – or so it seems! IP can mean Internet Protocol - i.e. the standard coding technology that allows all connected devices from your computer to Voice calls over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to the millions of...
Prepare for 2025 Switch Off with VoIP
The 2025 SHUTDOWN IS GETTING CLOSER, ARE YOU READY? In 2025, BT will conduct major changes to its services, as a result permanently shutting down ISDN and traditional PSTN services. This means that some existing phone systems will not work past this date. Over 2...
Face to Face with VoIP
PEOPLE BUY FROM PEOPLE We believe in the notion that ‘people buy from people’. However, we seem to be a world where people are being pressurised into buying technology on the fear that their business will fail or be left behind if they don’t introduce the latest tech...
Business and Personal Data – Keeping You Secure
YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SECURE No one cannot emphasise this word enough!! SECURITY………especially in any sector of business Sometimes, people, companies and organisations etc will look at ‘the cost’ of a product or service and think, "that’s expensive?" Cyber...
Technology and Mental Health
BACK IN THE DAY... In 1990, life was very simple. Technology included TVs, Video Cassette Recorders (VCRs), Stereo Hi-Fi equipment, cameras and camcorders. These items have one thing in common, they are there for pure entertainment and for pleasure. Taking...
What is “Voice over Internet Protocol” or VoIP?
IT'S CALLED WHAT AGAIN? So, what is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)? Let's explain this further. The future of business communications will be digital. However, many small and micro-sized businesses may currently still be using the same landline phone services...
The ever changing face of the Internet and Communication
ONLINE... THE INTERWEB... THE INTERNET! The internet, the net, the information super highway, the web, ‘www’, the virtual world, cyber space…. what is it really and why does it seem now that our lives depend upon it? Until 1983, transmission of digital...
Keeping IT Cool
HOT! HOT!! HOT!!! In recent years, British summers are getting hotter and hotter, topping over 40 degrees. So, our tolerance to heat is being tested more and more and we find ways to adapt in our daily lives. But what about our electronic equipment? Our laptops...
Security, security, security!
YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH SECURITY. Did you know…… An email can be ‘intercepted’? Your Microsoft Office 365 service can be hacked? Your Facebook and LinkedIn accounts are (almost) constantly under attack? You may ask…Why is that? In its simplest form,...
Are you ready for December 2025?
THE CLOCK IS TICKING... What’s happening in 2025? We hear you ask. Openreach, the network arm of BT PLC is switching off certain types of lines on the PSTN network. This will mainly affect Traditional lines, ISND2e and ISDN30e. Broadband connections, where...
Whose Cloud is it anyway?
"I'M SURE IT WILL WORK..." What is this ‘CLOUD’ that everyone keeps talking about, I hear you asking? Let's take an example - A customer is speaking to a salesperson about keeping data secure... Salesperson - ”Oh, you don’t want to keep any data on your server...
How Vulnerable is your Smartphone?
THEY ARE OUT THERE... Phishing emails lure you to ‘click’ on potentially damaging links that can lead hackers to penetrate your networks. They are everywhere. People are often caught out when in a hurry and may caught off guard as many of us have Outlook or...