The Softie In Me Smiles

When I read blog posts from people saying things like this I just smile, knowing that my team and client over the past year have worked very hard to reach out to the general market, not the early adopter, to enjoy the power of real time video communications on a personal level. We’re not talking … Read more

Covad Inks Deal With United Online

Covad, which is rising like the Phoenix, has just announced a deal with “low price” leader United Online for a DSL play. Given how tattered AOL is these days, United Online and Earthlink, both Covad customers are looking more and more like the emerging victors in the independent market for Internet customers. United Online has … Read more

Is Om Throwing in The Cable Broadband Towel?

Om has been a staunch believer, like myself, that the cable modem folks have a better offer than the DSL guys. Now he may be changing his tune. He’s not alone. After seeing ADSL in action recently in my hotels around Europe I’m more convinced it’s how the USA based telcos set things up than … Read more

My New EvDO Cards Arrive Today

For those fortunate enough to live in an area where Sprint has upgraded EvDO to Rev. A, like my fiance (Sacramento) and myself (Del Mar, CA) the promise of really fast mobile broadband is supposed to be here now. While I’ve been a user of both Sprint and Verizon’s EvDO service since their inception, the … Read more

SF WiFi Project

It appears the highly touted San Francisco WiFi project continues to hit speed bumps. The fact that only 12 concerned citizens (if they were all citizens and not PR and Policy representatives) is a bigger source of concern. 12 in a city as digital as San Francisco…What are we talking here? HomelessWireless? Maybe GrandCentral can … Read more

SF WiFi Project

It appears the highly touted San Francisco WiFi project continues to hit speed bumps. The fact that only 12 concerned citizens (if they were all citizens and not PR and Policy representatives) is a bigger source of concern. 12 in a city as digital as San Francisco…What are we talking here? HomelessWireless? Maybe GrandCentral can … Read more

VoIP News on “What is Voice 2.0”

Check out the story in VoIP News which begs the question “what is Voice 2.0?” First I have been using the following to define voice services as I give interviews: Voice 1.0–> The phone service you get from your local phone company (i.e. PSTN) or mobile phone operator (i.e circuit switched cellular) Voice 1.5–> This … Read more