Jeff Has FIOS

Jeff Pulver reports that FIOS is now in his house and tells us that broadband experience is to dial-up as to FIOS is to Broadband. UPDATE–It seems the Verizon Policy Blog has caught on. Now, if they wouldn’t mind, can they work on explaining why they cut Jeff’s copper wires, please.

More From Mr. Blog

David is a on a roll this week with his usual witty insight and upfront candor. What is even more compelling here is that the more you read what he wrote, the more clear why he invented PhoneGnome.

eBay May Have Stumbled Onto Something Big

With the widening audience of users that eBay, Skype and PayPal all have, and while those users may become more casual customers than rabid early adopters, the recent addition of StumbleUpon to the eBay family may be a key that holds the keys to even more treasure in the chests. Basically StumbleUpon is a 2.0 … Read more

I’ll Take Vanilla

In some sectors of life Vanilla is about being plain, ordinary and well, boring. Early adopters are usually anything but that, as we take the risks to try new things out and find out how frustrating that newness can be, while at the same time paving the way for others who will, as a result … Read more

Vonage: Do You Know What 3Com Has?

Ken Rutkowski, with whom I co-host the World Technology RoundUp forwarded me on this email, which after receiving the author’s permission, I have agreed to post as a community service for all the Vonage customers and shareholders. I have removed the author’s email address, but left his name on the email. I am also posting … Read more

T-Mobile Cancels UMA Play In Germany

Last month, the always tight-lipped folks at T-Mobile quietly shut down their T-One GSM/WiFi phone UMA trial service without even a whimper over in Germany. This likely can’t bode well for the folks in Seattle who were using much of the same UMA technology for the T-Mobile Home service trial, a service that despite its … Read more

cBeyond Add EvDO Data

In what has to be looked at as a first strike move to begin to broaden their reach and appeal beyond VoIP, cBeyond has introduced what looks like an MVNO for mobile data. Given they have one of the brightest guys in the business running product management in Brent Cobb (ex Earthlink, ex Helio dream … Read more

TMC Going International

Congrats to the folks at TMCnet for their imperialistic nature in going Internacional! Ole! In a post on his blog yesterday, TMCnet’s publisher Rich Tehrani describes the what’s and the why’s TMC is making these moves. From my talks with Rich I don’t think this means he will be adding international shows but instead focusing … Read more

Jangl Explianed

Rich takes a stab at explaining Jangl and points out that they are now charging $6.99 a month for their service with Match.com. He then goes into explain about a new relationship with Tagged.