Skype had a very interesting advert on the Virgin Atlantic flight I was on from Los Angeles to London Friday night. It was about Skype Video. What was really cool though was it immediately followed a Virgin Broadband commercial, extolling the virtues of higher speed connectivity. It was a short, 15 second or so spot, … Read more
Pal Rich Teharani may be the only guy I know on the road more than me, and he’s come to a point where I did about 9 months ago. He misses blogging, when travel and meetings get in the way. But, hey, isn’t that what pays the bills? Basically, with things like mobile data cards … Read more
Alec Saunders asks if HD Voice can help reinvent VoIP or light another fire. I say yes, and all you need to do is talk to clients HiDefConferencing or GIPS, as both are experts in the art of delivering voice in HD. HiDef Conferencing is in the business of delivering the best high quality audio … Read more
Wine by the tap is bulk wine so I’ll pass and go for a beer at the pub in East Dulwich.
After another easy flight over on Virgin Atlantic, I cleared Immigration using the IRIS scanning system in all of 30 seconds. Then I walked to the Heathrow Express, used a digital ticket that was pre-paid for before I left the States (all I needed was the number) and then jumped on the Internet using T-Mobile’s … Read more
Just a few weeks after the HD Voice conference organized by pal Jeff Pulver, comes news from New York area cable operator Cablevision that they are rolling out an HD Voice platform for business on their Optimum Lightpath platform that is built for business. While other operators like client Junction Networks’ OnSip platform already offers … Read more
Fierce Wireless brought to light a new AT&T bundle plan aimed at small business. In essence it’s a one bill play combining wireless, wired and high speed Internet services, all starting at less than $100 a month. This is a way to simplify billing, and to get more of each customers business across their different … Read more
Not content with just mobile phones and Netbooks (from Acer), the know it all technology and gadget guys at Radio Shack just added OOMA. Now the question is, how many per store will get sold and how thin has the distribution of the boxes? I ask that because even the very hot MIFI that Verizon … Read more
I’ll admit, I’m a gadget guy, and the kind of person who just has to have the latest and greatest, then push the limits of it to the nth degree immediately upon purchase. I did that once with my Nissan 300zx back in 1995 when I bought my Z, getting to the 350 mile mark … Read more
Let me start off by saying that in flight WiFi can’t be beat, but lousy customer service for a new product can kill it off. This past Wednesday I boarded Virgin America flight 404 from LAX for JFK and after we crossed the 10,000 foot mark on our ascent out of Los Angeles opened up … Read more
