This is a heartfelt offer from SightSpeed, and their CEO Peter Csathy. He and four members of his executive team reside in San Diego County. All are very much affected by the fires here, as am I. While I’m up in Northern California, Peter had to high tail it to the desert with his family … Read more
The fires in San Diego have created some panic and pandemonium with friends and colleagues. I awoke to many emails, all expressing concern. I am thankful that so many people care and are expressing their concerns. It’s touching and heartfelt. Let me set everyone at ease who cares. I’m safe. Danielle and Michelle who assist … Read more
The fires in San Diego have created some panic and pandemonium with friends and colleagues. I awoke to many emails, all expressing concern. I am thankful that so many people care and are expressing their concerns. It’s touching and heartfelt. Let me set everyone at ease who cares. I’m safe. Danielle and Michelle who assist … Read more
Over the past few months, VAPPS Ben Lillenthal has been having calls with me using his new HighSpeedConferencing.com platform. What they’ve done is delivered on a promise made over a year ago when they first introduced their platform for Skype users. That being, to deliver a wideband based, high quality audio conference platform for a … Read more
In my chat last week with Erik Lagerway I described to him my view of what he’s setting out to do with Lypp. I called it the next evolution of what Asterisk started for VoIP developers. Last night he sent me a link that brings that kind of dream into the realm of reality. This … Read more
Last week I explained how video conferencing being sold by HP, Cisco, Polycom and Tandberg is overpriced so it seems that I’m not the only one thinking along those lines. Former PC Magazine product reviews editor Davis Janowski, who made a move to Crain’s Publications has written a parallel piece in Investment News highlighting SightSpeed … Read more
This week both MuniWireless and CTIA are in the Bay Area, so I’m sandwiching some meetings and briefings around both events. What will be interesting to see is if Skype drops a USA or North American shoe on top of thier 3 announcement last week in the UK.
One of the best deals already in the UK for next gen services comes from mobile operator 3. I’m using their very cheap pay as you go data plan, and just picked up a second SIM before leaving London for my wife to use when we’re there in early 2008. While the news about 3 … Read more
The Kansas City Star’s David Hayes, in his “Word to the Wired” column today provides a recap on the new Microsoft Unified Communications platform which includes voice, video and Instant Messaging. The question is how well will it sell?
Having spent almost ten days in London this month and experimented with Pay as You Go Data plans from T-Mobile and Hutchison 3, I have to say the USA carriers are missing the mark big time. Forget the fact that to use them you need a SIM card capable PC like the Flybook or Sony … Read more
