Denver Airport Barely Makes the Grade

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

WiFI VoIP Standard Now Final

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

Sacramento Airport Fails The Speed Test

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

Where’s The Meter?

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

Alternatives to SkypeCasts

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.

Is Skype Killing Itself?

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