Truphone’s Offering Great New Rates

I’ll be catching up with some of the Truphone team this coming week in London but as the week wrapped up last Friday (and as I was heading to Madrid) the company announced some rates that reminded me of Crazy Eddie of the NY City electronics shop. These new prices are in a major way … Read more

Skype and 3 Moving Closer

When I was in the UK last weekend for a few days before heading to MIPCOM in Cannes France, I took the advice of Truphone’s James Body and signed up for a pay as you go SIM with 3, the Hutchison mobile play in the UK that is called the “fifth” carrier. Like T-Mobile they … Read more

Hotel Report-Madrid, Spain

I’m in Madrid Spain at the Hotel de la Letras, one of the hip and cool places one finds on Tablet Hotels. They have WiFi and wired options available. My WiFi connection yielded me over 2.5 megs down and just under 512 up, consistently. The broadband connection is so good that VoIP really works well, … Read more

eTel Cancelled

The folks at O’Reilly have cancelled the planned 2008 eTel that was slated for next March in San Diego. This may have something to do with Surj Patel, one of the minds behind it, deciding to pursue other opportunities. Or it can just mean that their eTech conference will have some VoIP in it… I … Read more