Rich Tehrani has some concerns about Deep Packet inspection and how service provider are or may be operating. My take on this is that the operators are missing the boat. Instead of using the data they gather to shut people off, they should be using the information to better market services to those who need … Read more
With eComm, VON and CTIA behind me, the next event of importance is Telco 2.0. Dubbed by the organizers, including Martin Geddes, as an Executive Brainstorm, Telco 2.0 may be the most important conferences of the first half of the year if your business is telecom, VoIP or Mobile 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0. I had … Read more
I’m a big fan of both 37 Signals Amazon Web Services so when I saw that pal Erik Lagerway was using it and that they’ve added Call Recording to their API I had to smile. They’re following the lead of others like Grand Central and Vapps, two services we already use that offer the Call … Read more
My wife’s house in Sacramento gives most of my online pals broad-band envy. Helene has SureWest as her ISP and we get 50 megs in both directions. When I’m in our Sacramento home, the ping test time is 4 ms. That’s why, like Om, I’m not really expecting much from the cable MSO’s who are … Read more
Garrett Smith of VoIP Supply has launched Mobile VoIP Review. There are a few reviews of my agency’s clients there so without further ado, here’s MobileVoIPReview. It looks like it’s worth bookmarking.
One has to wonder how Skype and NetGear feel now. After a two year lead or so on the race to be on the Boingo network, Boingo has opened up to Fring as a mobile VoIP provider. This is great for Boingo as it puts more users into Boingo hot spots and broadens the demographic … Read more
Dean Bubley has a great perspective as usual on how far, or how little we’ve traveled.
We are more and more mobile. Even with the cost of fuel and travel, people are on the go and laptops make it possible for us to work more, and in more places. Judi Sohn brings up a very interesting, and frustrating point today on Mom@Home about SalesForce.com’s IP checking routine. This clearly shows a … Read more
When we first originated the concept of blogger relations programs for our clients at Comunicano, beginning with Popular Telephony, then a few others, followed by our real breakout program, the Nokia Blogger Relations program, one of the challenges was explaining why there wouldn’t be ghost blogging. Well, now some four years later, the reality seems … Read more
Alec Saunders who run agency client iotum, has a very crisp post today about another client, Mobivox and their new features. The one I am personally most excited about is Send Message. Speech to text is getting much better. With SpinVox, SimulScribe both charging hard in the space to go after carrier deck type business, … Read more
