Gigaphone Archives

Shouting Ground issues a newsletter with your invoice or statement approximately every other billing. If you're a new customer and didn't receive earlier newsletters, or if you did, and would like an electronic version of it, this is the place to get them! We have archived all of our previous newsletters in PDF format. This requires you to have either Acrobat Reader, which is freely available from Adobe's web page, or Foxit Reader.


June 2006 - Vol 8, No 1

  • From the Cubicle of the President up North - Bryan Holloway
  • As the World Wide Web Turns, How to start up your own website - Bill Cline
  • Avoid Getting Railroaded: Social Engineering, Avoiding Scams on the Internet - Mark Baldwin
  • E-mail Etiquette From the Queen of Nice, Tips on using Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) - Laura White

October 2005 - Vol 7, No 4

  • From the Cubicle of the President up North - Bryan Holloway
  • Hear My Train a Comin', How to set up a Unix vacation message - Bill Cline
  • You Can't Take it With You, Wireless Internet connections - Mike Berger
  • Technically Snaking, Favorite treats of Shouting Ground employees - Shari Manea

May 2005 - Vol 7, No 3

  • From the Cubicle of the President up North - Bryan Holloway
  • Reaching a Wider Audience, Using E-mail mailing lists - Mike Berger
  • Rx For the Bloat, How a well designed database can cure bloated spreadsheets - Shari Manea
  • Eat Your Serial, Serial ATA performance discussion - Jim Creason

March 2005 - Vol 7, No 2

  • From the Cubicle of the President up North - Bryan Holloway
  • Sharing Your Printer - Mike Berger
  • Feed Your Head, Subscribing to RSS newsfeeds - Bill Cline
  • Easter Spam, New spam filtering on Shouting Ground's mail server - Laura White

January 2005 - Vol 7, No 1

  • From the Cubicle of the President up North - Bryan Holloway
  • Getting The Most From your Hard Drive - Mike Berger
  • Peeping Tom, Dick & Harry, Tips on avoiding ad & spyware - Bill Cline
  • More Keys Than on a Janitor's Belt, Briefing on wireless security - Jim Creason

September 2004 - Vol 6, No 4

  • From the Cubicle of the President up North - Bryan Holloway
  • Cold and Flu Season, Keep your computer healthy - Laura White
  • Window Shopping, Neat gadgets for technology buffs - Mike Berger
  • Sucker Punch 2, Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Bill Cline
  • Look, Ma, No Wires, Briefing on Bluetooth and Wifi technologies - Jim Creason

July 2004 - Vol 6, No 3

  • From the Desk of the President - Bryan Holloway
  • Safety First, Protecting your children from the perils of the Internet - Laura White
  • Watching your Speed on the Information Superhighway - Mike Berger
  • Out of the Ashes, A look at the new Firefox browser - Jim Creason
  • Wi-Fi Caveats, Shortcomings in wireless security - Bill Cline

June 2004 - Vol 6, No 2

  • State of the ISP, Welcome Laura White - Bryan Holloway
  • When Flat Rate Becomes Fat Rate, Telco rate rundown - Mike Berger
  • Windows Worm, Watch out for nasty viruses - Steve Dyson
  • The Sum of the DSL Parts, A look at the total costs of DSL - Mike Berger
  • Goin' Phishing, Avoiding Internet scams - Bill Cline

April 2004 - Vol 6, No 1

  • A look at Shouting Ground's Services
  • Staying Inside the Lines, Protecting your network with a firewall - Mike Berger
  • Configuring Webmail, Setting up Webmail to fit your taste - Bill Cline
  • Shouting Ground Partners with Nextel

July 2003 - Vol 5, No 2

  • Caveat Emptor, Tips for bidding on eBay - Mike Berger
  • Protect Your Investment, Defending your electronics from power surges - Steve Dyson
  • Application Beat, A briefing on some new E-mail clients and web browsers - Jim Creason
  • Four O' Four, Creating customized "404 Page not found" web pages - Bill Cline

March 2003 - Vol 5, No 1

  • Your Email in Your Browser, Welcome Jeremy Farrance - Bryan Holloway
  • World Wide Webmail, Remotely managing your mail conveniently and securely - Bill Cline
  • Diverse DSL Technologies, Why Pay More? - Mike Berger
  • Brink's File Truck; Move Your Files Securely with FTP - Jim Creason

December 2002 - Vol 4, No 2

  • New IPs, New Mail Server and Web-Based E-mail (Cool!) - Bryan Holloway
  • Maintaining Your Spam, err, I mean, um, E-mail - Steve Dyson
  • Wireless Networking; An Attractive Internet Access Option - Mike Berger
  • Malicious Spyware is Everywhere (If You Are Not Careful) - Jim Creason

July 2002 - Vol 4, No 1

  • Summer Greetings, New hires and "We Sell Hardware!" - Bryan Holloway
  • Web Site Statistics - Bill Cline
  • Just Be Careful; E-mail viruses are here to stay - Steve Dyson
  • A Night at the Opera, A full featured and mature web browser - Jim Creason

December 2001 - Vol 3, No 3

  • ... the President (Virus, Virus, Baby) - Bryan Holloway
  • Choosing the Right System, Part 3 - Steve Dyson
  • A Simple Lesson in Broadband Economics - Mike Berger
  • Ssh... don't tell anybody... (UNIX Secure SHell) - Jim Creason

August 2001 - Vol 3, No 2

  • ... the President (Internet service in Monticello, Spam) - Bryan Holloway
  • Choosing the Right System, Part 2 - Steve Dyson
  • Making the Connection: Ethernet Cables by the Numbers - Mike Berger
  • Don't Believe the Hype (or, the myth of affordable DSL everywhere) - Jim Creason

March 2001 - Vol 3, No 1

  • ... the President (Web Page Authentication) - Bryan Holloway
  • Choosing the Right System, Part 1 - Steve Dyson
  • 68'd by the FCC (1968 Carterfone Decision) - Mike Berger
  • The Lost Continent of ISDN (or pretty fast, pretty cheap) - Jim Creason

November 2000 - Vol 2, No 5

  • ... the President (New faces, satellite Usenet news) - Bryan Holloway
  • Inherit the Wind, The 'Legacy-Free' computer - Mike Berger
  • Cold and Flu Season (Virus defense basics) - Jim Creason
  • Just for You, From Microsoft (Trends in new computers) - Mike Berger

August 2000 - Vol 2, No 4

  • Web Page Authentication - Bryan Holloway







May 2000 - Vol 2, No 3

  • Mergers and Consolidations; Ameritech, SBC, McLeod - Bryan Holloway
  • The DSL Difference - Mike Berger
  • Linux Security, Part 2

March 2000 - Vol 2, No 2

  • Chicago Dial-ups and ISDN, News and mail server upgrades - Bryan Holloway
  • Who Put the "Win" in "WinModem"? - Mike Berger
  • Understanding Your Invoice - Jeff Machota

January 2000 - Vol 2, No 1

  • Y2K Hype, POP Chicago, and Welcome Jim Creason - Bryan Holloway
  • High-Speed Internet Access in Champaign-Urbana - Mike Berger
  • Basic Linux Security (Part Zero?)

October 1999 - Vol 1, No 4

  • Virtual Hosting, DNS and Virtual E-mail - Brent Metcalf
  • How to Make PPP Work Under Linux

August 1999 - Vol 1, No 3

  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Idiosyncrasies: Windows, UNIX and Mac - Bryan Holloway
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Technical Support
  • USENET in Brief, Newsgroups from the beginning

June 1999 - Vol 1, No 2

  • (E-) Mailing Lists, Majordomo (Listserv), and Tips - Bryan Holloway
  • Understanding Your Invoice - Jeff Machota
  • Phone Line Security: "Privacy Switch" and a recipe for toffee bars

In The Beginning... - Vol 1, No 1

  • Progress, New Offices, New People, and More - Bryan Holloway
  • Rate Changes and Updates for Analog Dial-up and ISDN
  • Understanding Your Billing
  • Dial-up Alternatives: ISDN, Cable, and DSL