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Dean Bubley has been keeping abreast of the LTE plans of carriers, and the technology being developed by the NEP’s for a while now. His report from the LTE Conference leads me to believe we’re in for a mess.

“He knows when you’re are sleeping.” “He knows when you’re awake” “He knows if you’ve been bad or good…” “So be good for goodness sake…” You know the old rhyme…..well, it could apply to Google after what I heard today from a T-Mobile rep about the updates to the Nexus One that some folks are … Read more

Last night I went into the cellar to grab some aged wines from Ponzi Vineyards, one of the Oregon Wine trail’s longer and more established wineries. For me, the love affair with Ponzi, and their very Burgundian Pinot Noir’s goes back to my early days of wine tasting. I found a bunch of 1985 Ponzi … Read more

Ah, the joys of a wine cellar. You get to go in and play, reliving history, and relishing in the past while looking forward to what’s to come. My most current experience surrounds the 1999 vintage where a group of us decided to go to dinner and test out the new chef at Roy’s La … Read more

The FBI has coined a phrase, Telephony Denial of Service (TDOS). What’s alarming is that the telephone networks are not capable of detecting this before it really goes wild.

Good news for client Truphone and others in the Mobile VoIP space. According to Frost & Sullivan, Mobile Voip is poised to overtake traditional telephone service. For longtime readers this won’t be a surprise. We’ve all been predicting, and supporting this for years. But Frost is not alone is saying Mobile VoIP is the future. … Read more

We’re rapidly moving to an all IP world. Today we have in some markets Mobile Wimax from Clearwire. Their using the Sprint IP network and WiMax. In the future LTE is coming to Verizon and eventually AT&T. We’re also seeing devices that will make computers mobile phones with data built in. Current 3G technology permits … Read more

Yesterday a voice conference call quickly became a three of five person video conference, with two parties on Mac Books remaining an active part of the call in voice mode only. And, this is only beta. Five of us were in the call, and for the most part, the call went as planned. As one … Read more

Skype today announced new pricing plans that offer more customization on a granular basis. The new plans allow for country specific calling, the ability to buy plans for shorter durations than before and in a word are “customized” by the subscriber. The effort expands what they have been doing with the unlimited and world plans … Read more

How do you know a hotel’s right for you? As someone who has spent more days living on the road than at home the last three years or so, I’ve pretty much gotten to a point where I know where I need to stay, and how my stay will be pretty much before I get … Read more