Andy Abramson This post by “the UnWired” blogger Arne Hess has me wondering if you need to by a data plan for light use in the USA is you want data over a pre-paid SIM on AT&T. My guess based on Arne’s reference to WAP is that the service is generic GSM/GPRS data that chews up time..For … Read more
Last week eBay’s new leader told the Financial Times that a decision on Skype future will be made at the end of this year. This week new Skype prexy Josh Silverman said eBay is giving all kinds of support to achieve synergies. This is corporate chess and more importantly, well orchestrated positioning. It keeps Skype … Read more
Let’s face it. This is nothing new. For years one of Cisco’s channel partners has been SBC, Bell South and other now AT&T owned companies, working on the front lines as integrators as far back as at least 2001. AT&T has also been one of Cisco’s best customers, buying lots of routers. The big honking … Read more
Skype has listened and learned from their customers. Last year Skype was offering USA and Canadian residents “unlimited” dialing plans. Now they are offering them to the world at monthly rates which basically make Skype Pro for many a thing of the past, with a near global calling plan for 9.95 a month as of … Read more
The people involved in Muni Wi-Fi are all wet. From the manufacturers to the consultants who advised the cities to the city folks themselves. Talk about playing into the hands of the big telcos and cable operators. Not a one figured that the cable guys could be their best friends and none of the efforts … Read more
My wife Helene calls Dean Bubley, bubbles. More because he’s rather cheerful, upbeat and a happy sort, and really when you think about it, one of the more outgoing and sociable analysts out there. Dean also one of the “regular” dining companions when I’m in London and to be that there needs to be the … Read more
Like Alec Saunders I took a look at BOXBE this morning after getting an invite from a friend. Unlike Alec, because I’m on a Mac it couldn’t spam my address book. Score one more for being on an Apple. But Boxbe, sorry, I’ll pass. No Mac support and it doesn’t really want to work with … Read more
David has some choice insight about Skype and eBay. Here’s my take. 1) The ebay leadership of old all screwed the pooch. They applied pre 1.0 mentality to a post 2.0 company. (deduct 5 billion points) 2) The new eBay leadership is saying to the current crop of Skype executives (is this version 5 or … Read more
AT&T will lay off some workers but is hiring others with a more advanced skill set. Translation. Residential phone service is shedding analog focused linemen, installers and customer service folks, and those who can take their packages likely will. At the same time, a new crop of workers with more digital capabilities and expertise are … Read more
AT&T flattened the world of WiFi this past week as the transition of Starbucks locations from T-Mobile began. They did it in a very quiet way, but now the buzz is building. Smartly, they are using sampling as a means to attract users by giving away 2 hours of free access per day. That pretty … Read more
