Andy Abramson It’s been a banner year for Skokie, IL based Comunicano client ifByPhone. For the second time in a few months the Chicago Sun Times has poked there head in the direction of Irv Shapiro and each time the story has been glowing. As the story says ifByPhone “software applications let small businesses set up virtual … Read more
Denver has this “ad supported” WiFi service. Some content gets blocked. Speeds are inconsistent and most of all the lag time is horrendously slow. Sure I got about 800 k down and 1.5 up, but the ping time to a local server was 183 milliseconds. I’ll compare that to my SureWest connection in Sacramento to … Read more
PC World reports that the long awaited 802.11r standard has been finalized and approved by the IEEE, the standards body that determines much of what goes into our personal electronics and communications equipment. This means that finally WiFi phones can really come into their own, and that roaming between hotspots and even networks becomes much … Read more
If I was a betting man, I would expect the new HTC Android device to be one of the first 3G devices on the new T-Mobile 1700 megahertz range network. Why? It’s an instant market differentiator, and it puts data plans on a network that was licensed and built just for that. I mean, how … Read more
I fly in and out of Sacramento airport alot, as my second home is there due to my wife’s medical practice. You don’t move a doctor that easily. I’ve never been a fan of their bandwidth when a private company ran the WiFi concession. About two years or so the Airport realized they weren’t either … Read more
Om’s post of this past Thursday, aimed squarely at Comcast, asks the question “Where’s the Meter?” That reminds me of the old Wendy’s commercial, “Where’s the Beef” and at the same time “Show me the Money” from Jerry McGuire fame. Here’s my take. 1) Cable companies have never cared how much tv you watch. 2) … Read more
I’ve been tethering my laptop and other peoples laptops over a 3G connection for a while now using my bright and shiny Nokia E71 smartphone and an AT&T 3G data plan by running JoikuSpot as many readers know. Others have picked up on the capability and are doing it now, eliminating the need for a … Read more
Jim Courtney of Skype Journal has a nice post about the available alternatives to the late, lamented SkypeCasts which Skype decided to stop operating. He picked up on my Meme yesterday (as did others) about the decision by Skype to shutter a community benefit service. The two suggestions are: Calliflower from iotum and VAPPs’ HighDefConferencing.
Over the past few months we’ve seen a rash of complaints from bloggers and users about Skype. Now I see they’ve decided to retire SkypeCasts (hat tip to Stuart Henshall). I’m not sure why they would be doing this, but I suspect it is a pairing down of non-core business efforts under the new regime. … Read more
Xnet’s iSoftPhone is being used as part of a launch of a new service called A1 over IP, a new telephony offering coming from Mobilkom Austria. Xnet has developed the new A1 iSoftPhone for the Mac OS X they say to deliver Carrier-Grade Voice Communications. The Xnet Mac softphone is a worthy rival to Counterpath’s … Read more
