Hotels are being attacked by users who are demanding better, and more robust bandwidth in their rooms and conference facilities. They are reacting by blaming things like Peer To Peer file sharing which for some funny reason is cutting into their Pay Per View revenue, services like You Tube where the content is fee and … 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
BT (British Telecom) is providing a method to business broadband customers to easily create a hotspot that they can provide to their customers for free or via the sale of BT OpenZone Vouchers. This is one more way people can stay connected but from a business perspective it provides one more reason for UK customers … Read more
In an era where online advertising is being challenged every day, facing uncertainties like its print siblings, PokeTalk out of Israel is trying to reverse the trend and provide calls for ads. I’m not convinced this is a long term business model to market with towards anyone who can afford phone service or is part … Read more
As a disclaimer the team behind Calliflower, Iotum, and specifically Alec Saunders and Howard Thaw are both clients and friends for many years. From the early days of Iotum when Alec and I whiteboarded out the strategy in my home office, to their launch at DEMO, the magic of what is going on inside Iotum … Read more
Now Comcast likes WiFi. For years, on panels and elsewhere, I’ve been saying that the best partner for WiFi networks in public spaces are the cable operators. Now it seems that Cablevision has broken ranks and is going wireless to benefit their customers, so too is Comcast. This is something that should have happened seven … Read more
Om Malik yesterday posted about his iPhone and WiFi, relating the study to some of HIS favorite apps. Two he highlighted are two clients, Truphone and Boingo. At SFO Airport last week and again earlier this week I made a series of international calls using my iPhone using Truphone. I also made some domestic ones … Read more
Om Malik yesterday posted about his iPhone and WiFi, relating the study to some of HIS favorite apps. Two he highlighted are two clients, Truphone and Boingo. At SFO Airport last week and again earlier this week I made a series of international calls using my iPhone using Truphone. I also made some domestic ones … Read more
I’m not endorsing the concept of jailbreaking your iPhone as there are alternatives like the Nokia N and E series that let you accomplish this without doing anything at all but a new piece of software for jailbroken iPhones lets you trick your handset into thinking 3G is WiFi. That means you can now use … Read more
