General
To enable you to access e-mails and
browse the web at your convenience we have installed
a ‘free of charge’ broadband internet service. This
can be accessed in a number of ways:
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From your own
laptop/pc which you can connect via
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One of the
bolehillguest security enabled
Wi-Fi access points around the site |
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Directly via a cable
to an Ethernet LAN port in each
cottage |
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A guest PC in the leisure
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Passwords and user ID’s etc can be
obtained from reception.
Before using the system there are a
few points you need to be aware of:
Service Level
We only offer this service on a
‘reasonable effort’ basis and can not guarantee that
all PCs will work with the network nor can we
guarantee the level of availability, security or
quality.
Usage
The internet access we provide is
primarily designed to enable our guests to access
their e-mails and for general web browsing. The
service is not suitable for gaming, Voice over IP (skype
etc), video conferencing, TV broadcast downloads,
file-sharing,
large file downloads and any other
network intensive services. We reserve the right to
disconnect any guest from the network where attempts
to use these services are causing disruption to the
network. It should be noted that equipment has been
installed that ensures that individual capacity is
restricted and some of the above services may not
work reliably.
Monitoring
We have been informed by our Internet
Service Provider (ISP) that they monitor our inbound
and outbound traffic and have automatic triggers on
most known illegal sites. This is to protect
themselves and us from any legal implications of
users downloading illegal copyrighted material and
accessing offensive web sites etc. We, therefore,
reserve the right to monitor all guest traffic and
where necessary disconnect guests from the network.
Confidential Information
Please note that the guest PC (in the
leisure area) does not automatically remove locally
stored information. There is, therefore, a risk
that sensitive confidential information may be left
on the hard disc after a guest has finished. This
information could be accessed by other guests in the
future. The Firefox web browser has been installed,
as the default web browser, to try and reduce this
risk. However, how well this works is unknown and
our recommendation would be not to use the PC for
accessing confidential material.
Sending E-mails
Most ISPs will not allow their users
to send mail from outside of the ISP's network
(unless they have some means of authenticating where
the e-mail has come from). This results in guests
being unable to ‘send’ e-mails from their PCs using
Outlook etc. The only alternative to this is to use
the service providers Web-mail interface. For those
of you already using this type of e-mail (hotmail,
gmail etc) there should not be any problems.
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