Whole Home Wifi with Mesh Networking

Friends and family in and around Edmonton are always complaining to us about their home computer networks and why they have such poor WiFi strength. Dealing with slow wifi speeds and dead spots throughout your home and yard is frustrating. Does this sound like a familiar struggle? 

Mesh networks allow multiple access points to communicate with each other thus eliminating dead spots.  Mesh networks have been available for quite some time for business class devices, but these devices were high priced and not geared toward the average home user.  

Networking companies have now entered into the domain of Mesh for the home (Whole Home WiFi). With more and more individuals working from home we are in need of complete home WiFi covereage. 

Mesh networking is an easy home solution. Instead of using the 1 router from your internet provider, Mesh networking provides your with multiple access points to give full home coverage. 

There are a few brands that have upgraded to Mesh for the home. ASUS has updated the firmware of some of its routers to allow for integration into mesh along with releasing a new product to the lineup called LYRA. Linksys has come out with VELOP for home networks.  Another contender that we have looked at is EERO, which is in version 2 of their system. 

All of these products utilize MU-MIMO technology and include tri-band WiFi. Wifi will run on 3 channels - 2.4Ghz, and 2 channels in the 5Ghz spectrum.  This gives you the fastest speeds and distance to connect with. 

Pure iTek is a certified wireless technology specialist and we can provide a free in-home evaluation of your needs. If you have high speed internet in the Edmonton area and struggle with whole home wifi, please give us a call. 

iOS 10 iMessage effects!

So you've uploaded to the latest operating system for iPhone and iPad and are super pumped to slam your first iMessage, or maybe invisible ink a love text. Instead you're just sending the closed caption version of the iMessage *face palm. 

In order for this feature to work you need to check to ensure that REDUCE MOTION is turned OFF on the device in question. You can find this under settings > general > accessibility. If Reduce Motion is already turned off proceed to settings > messages. Turn off iMessage and turn it back on. 

We always purchase Apple Care+

We are not accident prone people, but accidents have happened. AppleCare+ provides repair or replacement coverage for your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch as well as your battery and included accessories. It also covers up to two incidents of accidental damage, each subject to a $79 service fee for iPhone SE or iPhone 6 and earlier models, $129 for iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, a $49 service fee for iPad, and a $29 service fee for iPod touch, $89 for Apple Watch Sport, $99 for Apple Watch.

We LOVE iPad & iPhone- for Business and Home

iPad has changed the way people work, play, watch, learn and communicate. With each new version, it's become an essential part of people's lives. iPad has been a long-standing, concrete figure in our business as well as our home.

Before iPad and iPhone:

• Lacked real-time information at the front line
• Relied on information from disparate sources
• More reactive than proactive due to missing data
• Retrieving printed documentation could take days

At Pure iTek, we are pros at iPad integration. As iOS evolves we deploy software updates and new functions to multiple generations of iOS because we know it's important to protect your investment in iPad and iPhone while productivity is uninterrupted. Pure iTek makes iOS deployment simple, fast and scaleable.

In Action with iPad and iPhone:

• Streamlines records management and reduces costs
• Enables teams to be proactive, rather than reactive
• Apps optimize resource allocation and operations
• Delivers integrated data at the front line
• Paperless workflow streamlines office administration

The iPad Air 2 is the biggest redesign to iPad since the original iPad. It's incredibly thin, light and filled with amazing features, making it more capable than ever before. It truly represents the power of lightness.

Everything looks amazing on iPad Air 2.

• Integrated hardware and software
• Comprehensive security
• Simple, scaleable deployment
• Powerful app platform

If you have an iPad rollout Pure iTek can take over using Mobile Device Management (MDM). This allows us to seamlessly manage devices without impacting the user experience because these controls are transparent to the user.

Apple - Macs and iPads in Education

iPad technology is one of the most recent innovations schools are implementing in classrooms. This implementation has generated tremendous excitement among students.

Pure iTek is pleased to be part of the excitement. To date, Pure iTek has managed the iPad deployment at Elk Island Catholic School's new high school, Archbishop Jordan in Sherwood Park, utilizing Mobile Device Management (MDM), setup iPad profiles, and Volume Purchase Plan for Education (VPP). Last school year we had the honour of setting up a Mac Lab for an Edmonton Catholic School, Mother Margaret Mary High School.

It excites us to be on-site, powering classrooms with the most current Apple technology.

The iPad is so popular in school. During spring, 2013, I was the parent volunteer in our son's Kindergarten class at Woodbridge Farms School when iPads were introduced to the students. The teacher had me work with students individually in order to assess their familiarity with the device. (Only one student had never used an iPad, but had used her mom's phone to plays games.) The students were to demonstrate how to turn on the iPad, open an App, play the game, change the volume, close the App and turn off the iPad. At each turn, students immediately turned it on, went to the game icon I described and began to play.

New Apple technology in classrooms inspires and and engages students and Pure iTek is proud to participate.