Engadget reports that McDonalds has fired up their free WiFi network, dropping the $2.95 charge. So, along with Starbucks, where you can buy a Starbucks Gift card for $5.00, register it and never use it, so you can get free access as speeds that are glacier like over AT&T’s anemic DSL network, you can now … Read more
Pal Moshe Maeir sent a few bloggers a note about his post that revealed a new offer of Dynamic Caller ID. Om has some comments. I spoke with Moshe about it, and right now the service is tied to his company selling SIP termination, but in my view the real value is as a cloud … Read more
As I wrote yesterday, the outage at 8×8 wasn’t likely their fault so i was quite pleased when their PR person, Joan Citelli, sent me this note today: Andy – I wanted to provide you with an update/explanation of what caused 8×8’s service outage this past Tuesday. In order to provide services to our customers … Read more
I received an email late yesterday afternoon from a reader about 8 x 8 suffering an outage. Unlike Tom Keating, who posted, I didn’t post, and was relieved that their PR folks had been quickly in touch with their customers over night, explaining the situation. In an era where no company (other than maybe the … Read more
A not so wild report has WalMart hosting towers for Sprint/Clearwire’s rollout of WiMax. I don’t think the report is that far fetched. Having experimented with Mobile WiMax last week in Las Vegas I have to say the experience on the ground and when driving around was one that I’d like to repeat.
Skype has made a strategic hire to head the unit called Skype for Business. What makes the hire strategic is the person’s background with Reuters, Microsoft and VocalTec. Given the experience David Gurle has, and the moves Skype is making, I would say that SIP, video and the business markets are their core objectives for … Read more
Joe Sharkey has an update on the state of in flight WiFi in today’s New York Times. As a road warrior I choose my flights and hotels based on the broadband options available. Over the past month my trips to Northern California were 90 percent on Virgin America and only ten percent on Southwest. As … Read more
Joe Sharkey has an update on the state of in flight WiFi in today’s New York Times. As a road warrior I choose my flights and hotels based on the broadband options available. Over the past month my trips to Northern California were 90 percent on Virgin America and only ten percent on Southwest. As … Read more
A very interesting web based for telephony followers called Spokn has launched out of India, that looks like a combination of GoogleVoice, Truphone and a SIP trunking provider.
Some of you will remember my Phweety, Joanna Stern, when the two of us had a voice call about 18 months ago over GoGO, back when they were saying “no way could you make a voice call” using Phweet. Or you may recall her from her Queen of the Netbooks role at Laptop Magazine where … Read more
