A longtime reader shared with me that they received an early warning message from AT&T regarding the coming end of CallVantage. I’m waiting to see the notice, as mine has not arrived yet, but this reader is in the Boston area and that’s Verizon country. It seems from the reader’s note there was a mention … Read more
Alec Saunders labels Twitter a Megaphone. I call it CB radio. Here’s why 1. Everyone has a handle 2. There is no continuous thread of one person talking-translation-someone walks all over you 3. Every word is searchable, meaning it has many “channels” 4. Some people are anchors just like channel hogs in the CB era … Read more
Wireless Moves has two very strong posts about the benefits and challenges of Skype and SIP on mobile handsets, such as the Nokia N and E series devices which have been used for SIP based VoIP for a few years now. Part One Part Two Worth a read if you give a SIP about the … Read more
I have long been an naysayer about the “free” model of technology, preferring to PAY, rather than use a free service. Beyond the ability to bitch for not getting what you pay for, I’ve often found the “free” (i.e. we’re burning up our investors money) model as one that is not a direct sibling of … Read more
Radio Netherlands has an interesting comment about T-Mobile/Netherlands not being opposed to Skype on the iPhone, while sister T-Mobile Germany is. In the Netherlands, T-Mobile is the exclusive provider of iPhones. T-Mobile Nederland is not against the use of Skype on its network. The German branch of the company, however, is blocking its use by … Read more
Thanks to Scott Wharton (ex Broadsoft) and his band of merry people (Jen and Dan get super high marks) over at Vidtel and my good friend at Counterpath (and former client at Bridgeport Networks Todd Carothers) my wife and I have been having morning video calls of late. We both have the new Vidtel Video … Read more
It’s been two years or so and my love affair with the AT&T 3G network is waning. Until the 7 billion dollar network upgrade happens, those of us on the west coast California market will have to make due with the hope and prayer that that the iPhone carry crowd doesn’t always bog down our … Read more
It’s been two years or so and my love affair with the AT&T 3G network is waning. Until the 7 billion dollar network upgrade happens, those of us on the west coast California market will have to make due with the hope and prayer that that the iPhone carry crowd doesn’t always bog down our … Read more
I’ve been using the newest versions of the Apple Time Capsule and Airport Extreme Wireless network devices for about a week now, and all I can say is WOW. The experience once I cured a slight misconfiguration issue with my ISP (seems if you install as DHCP and connect to the Cox network the MAC … Read more
I’ve been using the newest versions of the Apple Time Capsule and Airport Extreme Wireless network devices for about a week now, and all I can say is WOW. The experience once I cured a slight misconfiguration issue with my ISP (seems if you install as DHCP and connect to the Cox network the MAC … Read more
