An ISP That Believes in the Constitution
Recent actions by American technology companies have been disappointing to watch. For 17 years of XMission’s operation, we have consistently fought for the freedom and privacy of our customers. On many occasions, our customers have been attacked by individuals or groups who disagreed with what they were saying or publishing. Threats of legal action, unfounded […]
U.S. Call Center Support Better and Growing
This NPR story discusses something most people have known for years: that the quality of off shore call center support pales in comparison to US-based centers. Interestingly, companies are starting to move support back to the US. Of course, XMission has always provided local support. All of our support technicians are based in Salt Lake […]
An XMission Customer Speaks On Qwest
Please note: As of January 1, 2017, XMission no longer sells DSL services. In response to prior XMission blog entry I wrote on Qwest’s tactics to eliminate 3rd party ISPs, along with a City Weekly article on the same topic, XMission customer Pete Doenges felt compelled to write the following. He sent it to me […]
An Exciting Field In A Historic Moment
Please note: As of January 1, 2017, XMission no longer sells DSL services. My three year old boy doesn’t understand the concept of broadcast television. I fully admit to being a technophile by hobby as well as trade, and so my house is filled with the latest in digital distribution devices: every television receiver has […]
What can you create with 5472 pixels? – Updated with our Winner!
Big thanks to all of our artists who submitted work for XMission’s Digital Display Contest. We received so many creative and beautiful pieces and were thrilled to see them on our tubes at night. After reviewing the popular votes, and making their own final decisions, our judges have concluded that the Digital Display Contest winner […]
XMission makes your life easier with BlackBerry integration
XMission has great news for BlackBerry fans interested in mobile integration using our Zimbra Collaboration Suite. For just $5 per month XMission Email Hosting users at the Premium level receive a native BlackBerry OTA (Over The Air) sync solution for mail, contacts, calendar, and task data. Features include over-the-air synchronization of mail, address book, and […]
Unleash the Kraken!
Tolkien has long been the foundation on which nearly all subsequent fantasy works have been built. Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and many other fantasy staples were codified by Tolkien in his various stories about Middle-Earth. How often do you see an Elf described in a fantasy novel that doesn’t bear some resemblance to the Tolkien archetype? […]
Qwest, XMission, and DSL
Please note: As of January 1, 2017, XMission no longer sells DSL services. In 1997, XMission first started providing service over Qwest’s DSL. We have literally paid millions of dollars of revenue to Qwest for the privilege, all the while relieving them of the difficult task of providing excellent customer support. In 2008, Qwest launched […]
Utah Pride 2010
The Pride festival is this weekend and those who count themselves among the gay, or the gay friendly are getting excited. The tents and fencing around the City/County building festival grounds started going up a few days ago and friends are already making plans to celebrate. Its been nothing but Pride weekend event advertising on […]
Systems Administration Tools Used at XMission
Since 1993, XMission systems administrators have managed a vast variety of software and hardware solutions. While we almost exclusively still run open source software on the Linux operating system, much has changed. Among other things, new technologies like virtualization and fantastic management tools now exist which enable us to systematize and standardize how we setup, […]