Notes from the Watertower

Orkney PC in Kirkwall for excellent service

It’s not often I’m impressed enough with a shop to actually write about them, however Orkney PC came to my attention recently and I’m pleased to say that they were friendly and efficient…

The story was that I’d been asked to set-up a new broadband connection for a relative who lives in Orkney - that’s a group of islands off the north Scottish coast from those who don’t know. I’m based in Devon which is down in the South West of England. We’re about 1000 miles apart.

The connection was duly provided by Entanet, who I resell - not without hassle as BT hadn’t updated their post-code database, and there was a pending cancellation from Orange on the line, however the last thing required was a router… Normally, I’d buy one locally and take/post it to my customers, however something a bit quicker was required here…

Enter google and a quick search of PC shops in the Orkneys, and Orkney PC in Kirkwall came to the top of the list. Their website is just a single page right now, but it had 2 important details on one - one was their phone number, and the other other a statement saying that they program routers for their customers. So a phone call and an email later and there’s now a Netgear Wi-Fi router, with the right information in it and a WPA key set on the Wi-Fi and it’s all ready to plug in and go!

Now that’s what I call a good local computer shop.

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