Andy Abramson Hotels are being attacked by users who are demanding better, and more robust bandwidth in their rooms and conference facilities. They are reacting by blaming things like Peer To Peer file sharing which for some funny reason is cutting into their Pay Per View revenue, services like You Tube where the content is fee and … Read more
Back in January I crafted my Telco 2.0 scouting report. It included the people whom I felt were the some of the brightest minds in telco who were “available” in the “draft” because the were either not aligned with any one company or they were about to become “free agents” in the same way that … Read more
This is more of a fast and quick “observation” note about Vidtel, something I’ve been trying to play around with for a few months, but anything that involves connecting to my new and improved network here at the house I wanted to wait to do until the team from Xceptional Networks got things to a … Read more
Alaska Airlines is the next to to bring us WiFi in the sky.
Skype continues to work in the direction of getting more people to dial out via their service. Now they have opened the lightly used Skype to Go service to all PAYING users, meaning those that have Skype Out credit in their account. Basically this is a credit card calling replacement or a way to compete … Read more
I got a note this morning from Lee Dryburgh reminding me that the early bird pricing for eComm ends today. eComm starts on March 3 and looks set to be hot. It’s a whole day affair for three days and in reality it’s the equal of at least five days. The schedule is packed and … Read more
Yesterday after flying out first thing from London to San Francisco on Virgin flight 19, leaving just before 10 AM London time the weather finally caught up with me again. I had gone two months without a weather delay, but this Sunday the luck ran out, as SFO was under heavy fog. I wasn’t worried … Read more
One of Skype’s biggest fears is the regulators. They spend lots time and money educating (or at least trying to) making sure their position is clearly understood. With the recent succession of stories out of first Italy and now Belgium, it appears the regulators are lining up/ganging up on Skype outside the USA. Interestingly, this … Read more
Over the past few weeks I’ve been in a few places (to say the least.) Miami Beach and calling anywhere was easy. My mobile phones with unlimited plans on T-Mobile and AT&T made that easy for stateside calling, and for international there was Truphone Anywhere or on my laptop, Skype. But the real challenge was … Read more
For those of us who travel, access to proper Internet connectivity is not a luxury item. It’s not an amenity like a bathrobe in the room, nor is it something to be taken lightly. Let’s face it. We have wine snobs (guilty here), water snobs (guilty here too) and travel snobs (guilty as charged) so … Read more
