Jonathan Greene reports his hotel bandwidth is quite poor. He’s staying at the Sheraton Harbor Island in San Diego for the Demo 2008 Conference. This is a hotel that is located directly across the street from the San Diego Airport and is very close to one of the main fiber rings in San Diego. Access … Read more
Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOm has a read worth piece up about a novel use of VoIP by a service called Cause Caller. What’s interesting about the post is that it validates an idea I gave to the former investors in Pingtel and also the same idea I suggested to pal Alec Suanders some time back. … Read more
A company I’m rather fond of is iSkoot. They make the client that works on the SkypePhone that I use when I’m in the UK. Well today VentureBeat is reporting how iSkoot is getting more social, and in my view moving away from simply being a Skype connectivity client making company and into a lot … Read more
While not a surprise to many in the Mobile VoIP space, Tesco has launched their Freshtel Mobile VoIP service in Australia. Now here’s my speculation. Australia is a wonderful market to trial things in. The country has very solid IP networks from Telstra. It is an English language country. Mobile is well thought of there … Read more
I’m always happy to see another “Brother of the Road” posts about their Road Warrior Travel Experiences, especially when they get down and really test out things. On these two posts Ricky shares his experiences with SightSpeed (an agency client) and with USB rechargeable batters (AA for now). What I liked about his review is … Read more
It’s been a banner year for Skokie, IL based Comunicano client ifByPhone. For the second time in a few months the Chicago Sun Times has poked there head in the direction of Irv Shapiro and each time the story has been glowing. As the story says ifByPhone “software applications let small businesses set up virtual … Read more
PC World reports that the long awaited 802.11r standard has been finalized and approved by the IEEE, the standards body that determines much of what goes into our personal electronics and communications equipment. This means that finally WiFi phones can really come into their own, and that roaming between hotspots and even networks becomes much … Read more
Om’s post of this past Thursday, aimed squarely at Comcast, asks the question “Where’s the Meter?” That reminds me of the old Wendy’s commercial, “Where’s the Beef” and at the same time “Show me the Money” from Jerry McGuire fame. Here’s my take. 1) Cable companies have never cared how much tv you watch. 2) … Read more
I’ve been tethering my laptop and other peoples laptops over a 3G connection for a while now using my bright and shiny Nokia E71 smartphone and an AT&T 3G data plan by running JoikuSpot as many readers know. Others have picked up on the capability and are doing it now, eliminating the need for a … Read more
David Aiello has a great solution to those of you who have a cell phone and a laptop and want to stay connected. It’s called tethering, and with the Nokia E71 it’s been made easier by JoikuSpot, a Working Anywhere Approved solution. Why is this important? Simple. When you don’t have WiFi nearby you can … Read more
