Jeff’s Opinion In The WSJ
WSJ.com – Write to The Wall Street Journal has a letter from the guru of VoIP, Jeff Pulver. It’s a great read and makes many salient points. Give it a read.
Web/Tech
Never Lie To The Press, Starbucks!
Roughly two years ago or so I spoke with Starbucks VP, Anne Saunders, their Biz Dev wonderkind who put the hotspot deal together with T-Mobile after Mobilestar went under. During the interview I asked her about power outlets, saying “as you know WiFi draws down a battery faster than a normal PC.” Saunders replied saying … Read more
My Views On Customer Service In the USA
The State of Customer Service In America Let me first start out by saying that I really didn’t want to write this, but do to a series of matters that have affected me and two of my closest and dearest friends I found myself honor bound to do so. As a member of the press, … Read more
AOL Is Cutting Everywhere – Update
AOL looks like they are getting ready to go up on the auction block to me. They are cutting out broadband, eliminating divisions (Shoutcast/WinAmp), and more. They are doing this while they are working on rolling out a VoIP product. Me thinks two things. First AOL wants to be the dominant dial up player in … Read more
Will Telcos Carry Sports
PaidContent.org has a story item about New York’s YES Network creating a broadband delivery model. I have for many years been saying that the telcos are the next cable tv network and if they want to deliver true content over DSL, that sports and movies will lead the way. Imagine VoIP and Sports, plus Sports … Read more