AT&T Making it Easy to Get On WiFi

If you aren’t reading the tea leaves, then you’re likely missing the fact that AT&T really has a WiFi strategy. First they did the deal with Apple for the iPhone. The iPhone has WiFi and it also has 3G now. Second they overtook T-Mobile, winning the WiFi business away for the thousands of Starbucks locations, … Read more

Vishing and Asterisk

I’m happy to see pal John Todd, whom I know from his days with TalkPlus, has landed with the Digium folks. That’s a great match as John knows Asterisk very, very well and has always been viewed with high regard in the open source community. When I read about John in PC World it was … Read more

Vishing and Asterisk

I’m happy to see pal John Todd, whom I know from his days with TalkPlus, has landed with the Digium folks. That’s a great match as John knows Asterisk very, very well and has always been viewed with high regard in the open source community. When I read about John in PC World it was … Read more

Verizon Moving More Into VoIP

When you look at it on the surface, it may not look like much, but Verizon is making very serious plays in VoIP and doing it not only in market, but also out of market. This to me is part of a strategy about being a global phone powerhouse, not simply a USA based phone … Read more

Time For EcoSystem Support for Mobile VoIP

EQO hitting the skids isn’t really good news for the mobile VoIP industry. It shows that brute force carrier driven approaches drive companies out of business. Hopefully the carriers begin to adopt the Microsoft approach of keeping their ultimate friends alive. When Microsoft fueled Apple back in the 90’s it created a competitive friend. Now … Read more

Dumping IM for Skype

Alec Saunders has given up all other IM’s for Skype. I’m close behind with a big ***** but. I’ll explain. For starters I have too many friends and business colleagues who are NOT ON SKYPE. Enter Palringo, a client, and an aggregator of IM networks that does more and easier messaging for me. Plus I … Read more

Jumping To A Conclusion

Apple prices computers and never really lowers them. For the most part the price of Apple computers have remained pretty static while the prices for Windows based PC’s keeps dropping. So when reading about Apple price drops and then the viewpoint of what may be next it’s easy to figure that Apple has a Netbook … Read more

How The Other Half Travels

I admit, I travel alot and usually better than most. I learned years ago from my friends in TV that if you have to be “on” after landing that going more than 4 hours is draining, and when taking an overnight flight, it has to be business class or better. Long gone are my days … Read more

How The Other Half Travels

I admit, I travel alot and usually better than most. I learned years ago from my friends in TV that if you have to be “on” after landing that going more than 4 hours is draining, and when taking an overnight flight, it has to be business class or better. Long gone are my days … Read more