Outright my agency represents Truphone for various communications and strategy, so yes, I’m biased. But like so many companies that have become a client, I was using the service first and realized that the potential of using it in certain situations would make Truphone an essential part of my road warrior lifestyle. For the past … Read more
I have to say it. AOL Voice Team–I told you so. It was at eComm 2008 at the opening night reception when I said AOL and VoIP won’t be around long. Now I read that I was right. Next up on the to be shuttered predictions list is AT&T CallVantage and likely Earthlink’s TruVoice. Makes … Read more
I have to say, with all due respect to other conference organizers that Lee Dryburgh and his band of advisors, led by the likes of Jon Arnold, Dan York, Brough Turner, Phil Wolff, Alan Duric and others really worked hard to make this year’s eComm the best ever. When we ended after three days at … Read more
Yesterday I spoke with an upcoming reporter named Jason Hahn from Northwestern Universities Journalism program at Medill, one of the nations better J-Schools. I have an open door policy for students, and even lecture from time to time as without my college experiences at Temple University, and lots of mentors, I never would have had … Read more
Let’s face it, the baby Bell type telcos never really were in love with VoIP. For those telcos here in North America who tried it, specifically AT&T with the likely soon to be mothballed Call Vantage, Verizon’s extinct VoiceWing and now from Canada the cancelled WebCall service from SaskTel, we’re seeing a pattern. The pattern … Read more
Back in January I crafted my Telco 2.0 scouting report. It included the people whom I felt were the some of the brightest minds in telco who were “available” in the “draft” because the were either not aligned with any one company or they were about to become “free agents” in the same way that … Read more
This is more of a fast and quick “observation” note about Vidtel, something I’ve been trying to play around with for a few months, but anything that involves connecting to my new and improved network here at the house I wanted to wait to do until the team from Xceptional Networks got things to a … Read more
I got a note this morning from Lee Dryburgh reminding me that the early bird pricing for eComm ends today. eComm starts on March 3 and looks set to be hot. It’s a whole day affair for three days and in reality it’s the equal of at least five days. The schedule is packed and … Read more
One of Skype’s biggest fears is the regulators. They spend lots time and money educating (or at least trying to) making sure their position is clearly understood. With the recent succession of stories out of first Italy and now Belgium, it appears the regulators are lining up/ganging up on Skype outside the USA. Interestingly, this … Read more
For those of us who travel, access to proper Internet connectivity is not a luxury item. It’s not an amenity like a bathrobe in the room, nor is it something to be taken lightly. Let’s face it. We have wine snobs (guilty here), water snobs (guilty here too) and travel snobs (guilty as charged) so … Read more
