On your iPhone:
- Go into Settings
- Select Mail, contacts, calendars
- Select Add Account
- Select Account Type Other
- Under Add Mail Account Enter the Following
- Name: your name
- Email: full email address
- Password: your password
- Description: how you’d like to identify the account
- Next when done
- Select IMAP or POP (POP recommended)
- For the Incoming mail server:
Host Name: mail.rainierconnect.com
Username: full email address
Password: your e-mail password
- For the Outgoing Mail Server
Host Name: mail.rainierconnect.com
User Name: full email address
Password: your e-mail password
- When You Get a Message Saying “Cannot connect Using SSL: Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?” Select “YES”
Go to www.speedtest.net and check out your speeds today! If you have any concerns, please contact Customer Care at 253.683.4100.
What you need to know about “bullying and Cyberbullying”.
Today, almost every aspect of our lives has “gone digital” making face-to-face communication the exception rather than the norm. This is even more of a reality in the lives of our children and teenagers whose homework assignments, report cards, and social interactions all increasingly have a digital or online component.
There are certainly benefits to this new digital age. Communication is far easier than it was a generation ago. Unfortunately, there are also disadvantages. This ease of communication has also helped move bullying beyond harassment at school or on the playground and into cyberspace. This should come as no surprise since bullying tends to occur where teens congregate, and today, two-thirds of teenagers go online daily to do school work, connect with friends and read about their favorite celebrities.
Facts about Cyberbullying:
- In a 2006 study, one in three online teens reported experiencing a range of cyberbullying activities, including “receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online.”
- In more recent research, one in five students 11-18 years old said that they had been cyberbullied; and the same percentage admitted to cyberbullying someone at least once in the past.
- Older children or teenagers may bully via text messages, chat rooms, and other forms of digital or online communication.
For the most part, cyberbullying is defined by the same characteristics as other bullying. There are some significant differences, though, that deserve mention.
Characteristics of Cyberbullying:
- Cyberbullying can be anonymous: youth who are being cyberbullied may not even know who the bully is, or specifically why they are being targeted.
- The impact of cyberbullying can be wider-reaching than bullying done in person. The speed and breadth of the internet have permitted groups of youth to create websites just to make fun of other young people, to impersonate other teens on social media sites, and to circulate embarrassing photos, all within a matter of minutes.
- Cyberbullies can be teens who might not otherwise have engaged in bullying behaviors. It is often easier to be cruel when the bully is sheltered from their target’s responses, which can over time include devastating consequences such as withdrawal from family and friends, depression, diminished performance in school, and in the most severe cases, self-harming behavior and even suicide.
Today’s national media coverage of bullying often focuses on cases that come to an extreme and tragic end, with parents, schools and entire communities weighing in to express strong opinions about how to “deal with” the bullies, and wondering what, if anything could have been done to protect the “victim.” And even more often, parents and teachers and the community express surprise at the ordinariness of the youth who engaged in bullying behavior, and how unlikely it seemed that they would be involved in something so terrible.
Helping Kids Rise above Cyberbullying
Current research shows that approaches to help prevent bullying behavior are essentially the same as those that will help youth withstand harassment. These approaches include building strong and positive ties to family, peers and community, and fostering the values of empowerment and self-control. Research shows that raising kids to be resilient can lead them to avoid more types of risky behaviors, including bullying.
What steps can I take if I believe my child is being cyberbullied?
Well, that’s not the technical term but it’s the easiest way to explain it. As modems age they become more sensitive to noise or disturbances in the lines as signals are transmitted. What you may experience is slowing speeds, intermittent signals, or dropped connections. We keep a list of supported modems on our website. Take a look to see if yours is on the list today!
We have made some updates to our cable TV channels. If you do not have a set-top box, please use the auto-scan on your television to make sure you are receiving the changes.
Effective August 1, 2012:
- Channel 19, CSPAN, moved to Channel 51
- Channel 74, BYU TV, has moved to Channel 124
- Channel 77, TVW, moved to Channel 19
- Channel 133, Fox Weather “QFFC,” is no longer part of our channel line-up.
If you have a set-top box, these changes will be automatically made, if you do not have a set-top box, you will need to perform an auto-scan on your television for it to locate the changes.
MEGABurst is available in the Tacoma area for customers that are on the DOCSIS 3.0 package of 12 Mbps or higher. You will experience a MEGABurst of speed on the first 10MB of a downloaded file. If you have recently switched to a DOCSIS 3.0 plan, you will need to reboot your modem by unplugging it for 1 minute and then plugging it back in and make sure it powers on (power cycle).
To get the most out of your Rainier Connect High-speed Internet experience, your computer will need to meet the minimum system requirements.
Our minimum system requirements as of July 9, 2012 are as follows:
Processor Speed: Windows XP/2000 – 1 GHz or higher; Vista – 1.5 GHz or higher; Mac OS 10.4 or Higher – 800 MHz or higher
Memory: Windows XP/2000 – 256 MB; Vista – 512 MB; Mac OS 10.4 or Higher – 256 MB
Hard Drive Space: Windows XP/2000/Vista – 150 MB; Mac OS 10.4 or higher – 100 MB
Ethernet: 10/100 Fast Ethernet
Browser: IE 6.0, Firefox 2.0, Safari 2.0
Actual speeds vary and are not guaranteed.