Port blocking could be the death of new services and it’s something that AT&T’s Chairman supports. Not so with QWEST. This is very important because it directly impacts lots of new voice services and other 2.0 type of applications as well as content delivery. For years companies like Microsoft have feared this also, largely out … Read more
Lots happening at VON and sadly I’m in more meetings and briefings than having time to blog. Met with Tello and I like where they’re going…I’m expecting some cool things from the bigger portal guys in the space but it seem the announcement are more post VON, but the buzz I’m hearing is rather interesting … Read more
Not many tech startups make Entrepreneur Magazine so hats off to David Beckemeyer, one of the bloggers (i.e. Mr. Blog) who will be on the VON Blogger Panel. The story hit the streets in February, but is just now online. Why are we proud? The company hasn’t even done a Series A in funding, largely … Read more
Yesterday Jeff Pulver and Tom Evslin issued their version of a 911 call filing a petition that is designed to dramatically reduce what long term outages mean to the public during and after Katrina like natural disasters. The petition is all about getting the FCC, which under Chaiman Martin has been less IP Voice friendly … Read more
According to sources inside Verizon the ultra-tiny and lightweight OQO is being tested and should be available for purchase with EVDO technology by June.
My friend Richard took the long way to San Jose and spent 26 hours getting here. But hey, VON is worth it.
Skype and NetGear back in January announced a WiFi handset. The problem was, as I pointed out to Skype’s PR team in advance of the announcement that the unit only handled one stage authentication, with Skype, not at the hotspot level. I raised the same question at the press conference to Patrick Lo, the NetGear … Read more
The ongoing battle over Net Neutrality continues. I’m of the mind to buy a T-1 and have real Internet access, unfeathered and unhindered, but I wonder if that will be the only way to really have unfettered access to the net and for how long?
Amtrak in the USA is seeing a steady fall off in ridership. Back in the 80s and early part of the 90’s I used to always enjoy taking the Metroliner from Philadelphia to New York City. It was fast, efficient and mostly on time. Now when I ride it, I use the EvDO card, just … Read more
Blogging is an international happening. VON and VoIP is international too. At our first blogger panel we had James Seng from Singapore on the panel. So this time around in San Jose I wanted a different perspective on the panel, one from someone deeply vested in the IETF, eNUM and not from North America. So … Read more
