Om Bitches About Data Rates-He’s Not Alone

Pal Om bitched about high international data rates when he's on the road in his weekly "7 stories for the weekend" post, and he's right. But honestly, between my Boingo accounts, Truphone and a variety of local SIMs, I've pretty much got it figure out, but I'll admit, for the infrequent traveler, or someone saddled … Read more

Truphone Benefits from UK Trade and Investment Presence at Mobile World Congress

On one of my trips to London last fall I lobbied on behalf of long-standing client Truphone to be a part of the UK Trade and Investment's pavillion inside the massive and heavily trafficked 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. We were successful and Truphone was one of 10 companies chosen to represent the United … Read more

Ins and Outs Are Hurting Conference Calls

Like many of you, I live on conference calls. Meet me on the bridge is a standard part of our vocabularly, with calls on the calendar to avoid a call you're expecting being missed by a call you didn't expect. Yesterday on a conference call using Citrix's GoToMeeting with James Tagg, CTO and Founder of … Read more

The January Juggernaut Begins

Today marks the end of a two week respite of sorts. By working from Cascais, Portugal and now Paris, France I was able to spend time with friends and still work remotely using a combination of blazing fast 60 meg symetircal broadband in Cascais, and mobile technology when I was out and about. But, starting … Read more

Standards Don’t (Always) Apply

Over the past week what should be standard isn't anymore. First was the fact that Pay as You Go SIMs on SFR in France and the iOS on iPhones stopped working. After some work and a day later, SFR support admitted that the settings needing updating, and are different than the ones that are published … Read more

Hotel Broadband At What Cost To Hoteliers and Brands

Courtyard Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I was a few stays away from getting back my gold status with Marriott so over the past month I put some seven nights in at the Courtyard by Marriott in Seattle, just off of Pioneer Square. It's clean, convenient and had great broadband when I stayed there when my … Read more

Guess I Won’t Be Flying Quantas Soon

Wi-Fi Signal logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I was so looking forward to an Airbus 380 ride on Quantas next year as part of an around the world trip that I've been thinking of doing in the late fall of 2013. But now that Quantas has decided to not move aggressively with Wi-Fi on their overnight … Read more

Dial Around App to Call China

Have a hankering to call China, but don't want the high costs that your mobile operator charges? Well a new service called, Call Me In China, may have the answer for you to stay in contact with friends and co-workers back home.  To call China most numbers require 17+ digits to be dialed tand regular long … Read more

A Site for The 3 oz Crowd

squirt bottle (Photo credit: rodaniel) If you travel like I do,without chekcing bags, the air travel three ounce rule for containers of anything liquid is a route to not being as well groomed and clean as you can be at home. Well finally, I found an answer. 3floz.com and I placed my first order today. 3floz.com … Read more