Internet Safety Corner – Public WiFi

What you need to know about “Public Wi-Fi” and how it could affect you. When we are out and about, none of us turn off the WiFi on our devices so wherever we go, our WiFi enabled devices are constantly “searching” for a known WiFi network to connect to.  It is also extremely common for us to ask for the WiFi password in the hotels where we stay, or the restaurants & coffee shops we

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Internet Safety Corner – Greeting Cards

What you need to know about “Greeting Card Scams” and how it could affect you. Now that we are in the Christmas period, it would make sense to shed some light on another popular scam that is already going around, the “greeting card scam”.  It is important that you are aware of it so that you are careful about opening emails which apparently contain a Christmas card for you. This method is effective because during

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Internet Safety Corner

What you need to know about “Phishing”. To get this corner going, we are going to start off by providing some insight into one of the oldest, most effective and frequently used methods for stealing your data or access credentials.  “Phishing” is an extremely effective way for hackers to get hold of your usernames & passwords, and this method is still being used extensively today.  We find it worrying that even some of the people

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Ocean Garden

Ocean Garden Status Update Status Update – 31/07/2018. – Some customers already ONLINE! Please be informed that yesterday the 30/07/2018, our engineers have already fitted the Internet equipment in several Apartments and some customers are already Online We are working through the registration list and contacting the owners who have registered for the Internet connection so that we can arrange for an Installation appointment. If you have already registered with the form and you are available

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dT Mobile APN Settings

How to set up the APN settings on your phone in order for the 3G/4G Data to work. ANDROID phone: 1. Go to your SETTINGS, then select Mobile Networks and then APN. 2. Select “Add APN” 3. In the APN field, please type “internet” without the inverted commas. 4. Select “Save”. IPHONE: On an iPhone with IOS, please follow these simple instructions. (If you are having trouble with this setup, you can also contact us

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PC Actual: Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7390, módem-router de alta gama

El reciente análisis de PC Actual ha dado una puntuación de 9.5 para el Fritz!Box 7390. “La interfaz web de este router centralita telefónica nos encanta. Es extraordinariamente potente y, al mismo tiempo, resulta increíblemente accesible” El Router se vende en la tienda online en España (www.direct-telecom.es) por 249,€ con IVA incluido. http://www.direct-telecom.es/index.php/es/tienda-en-linea/1-fritzbox/7-avm-fritzbox-fon-wlan-7390.html El articulo de PC Actual se puede ver ¡aqui!

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Direct Telecom – “Clearly the best selling service at the Over 50’s Show”

Left: Mariano Cavero (Direct Telecom) – Right: Mr Hinchliff As admitted by the event organisers themselves, the Direct Telecom stand was so busy both days that there were people literally queuing up to get their DT Total deal. “We were amazed to see that many of the visitors that are already customers of ours simply came by to tell us how happy they were with our service!  There is nothing more pleasing than hearing it

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Use your Apple TV and Airplay to enjoy the dT Media TV service

Did you know? If you have an Apple TV, you can stream all dT Media TV channels to your TV using Airplay without a dT Media BOX. We have noticed that many customers are using their iPad’s or iPhone’s to select the channel they want to watch but then send the signal to their Apple TV to take over! Once the Apple TV starts streaming the channel, you can turn off your iPhone or iPad

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I.G.I.C will be 7% as from 1st of July, even for Telecommunications

As from the 1st of July 2012, the tax conditions in the Canaries will change and this time telecommunications services are also affected. We would like to encourage our customers in the Canaries to read the following article written by the Canarian Weekly which outlines the changes that will take place. If you have any questions or doubts, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Direct Telecom once again sponsors the Over 50’s Show (Estepona/Málaga)

Direct Telecom is proud to invite you to the fifth annual “Over 50´s Show” in Estepona, Malaga and once again, Direct Telecom is sponsoring this fantastic event. The show will take place at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Estepona on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of November 2011 and will be open between the hours of 10am and 6pm. The easy to get to , 2000sq. metre exposition hall, which provides

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Average ADSL speed in Spain…..there´s room for improvement!!

Shocking! A recent study of average download speeds has left Spain at the tail end of the listings. The study analysed 27 million downloads from 20 million computers in 224 countries through the first six months of this year and the results confirm that Spain has one of the slowest download speeds within Europe, in fact, only Italy faired worse than us! The study highlighted the high speeds of Eastern Europe where the infrastructure has

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