Andy Abramson Let’s face it, we live in a world where data and online services are in many ways becoming as important as voice. But voice still remains important. While I’ve been able to take the pain out of mobile roaming with Truphone Local Anywhere and softclients from Skype, Counterpath and yes, the GizmoVoice/Google Voice client that … Read more
Sprint wants you calling. And not with a cellphone. The new Sprint Peel is a backpack, charger and carrier for the Apple iPod touch. Well as it turns out, three of my favorite applications CounterPath’s Bria, the Truphone of iPod/iPhone app and Skype all work very, very well on the iPod Touch. Add in a … Read more
The New York Times story on saving money on mobile calling internationally hit home, so I thought I should add my spin to it. It’s something through trial and error I’ve become sort of a subject matter expert on. Upfront, I think David Kelly did an excellent job of highlighting some of what’s possible (and … Read more
The 2008 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz is out and at less than $22.00 is the new release for 2008. And this year they tossed in all the juice that was destined for the Run Rig, and opted to put it in the Woodcutter’s Shiraz. Run Rig is normally four to five times that price, when you … Read more
Back on July 12th, while sitting in Paris, I posted that IBBS (Integrated Broadband Services) was going to acquire SinglePipe, a provider of Voice over IP to Tier Two and Tier Three cable operators. Well, it has happened. This is an example of gap filling, while also a “take away” type acquisition. Reports are the … Read more
First Spain captured the World Cup of Football (soccer) in South Africa. Now their rider in the Tour de France, Alberto Contador, has captured the the race. The economy in Spain may be in the toilet and unemployment may be on the rise, but in athletics, a source of pride, these two global titles have … Read more
A few days ago Om Malik drew my attention to the state of the telcos vs. the cable operators and how it’s not only voice that moving away from the telcos. It’s broadband too. The reason in my book though goes beyond simply the speed issue. It’s also about customer service. In the 80s and … Read more
Skype Journal and others are reporting that Skype has decided to NOT charge for mobile calling from the iPhone. The news of the change in direction came as part of an announcement related to a new version of Skype for the iPhone 3GS and 4 editions.
I have always felt that one of the last remaining hurdles that SightSpeed faced in the past to widespread adoption of SightSpeed for Business was the nagging issue of NAT and Firewall traversal, especially in hotel and multi-stage router and access point deployments that we would always seem to run into at the most inopportune … Read more
I’m in Phialdelphia for a family matter this weekend. It was ideal timing as my monthlong tour of duty in Europe and the UK had ended, and the timing of a few family and friends activities made for a perfect mid-point to my west coast return trip the end of this week in time for … Read more
