As Netbooks proliferate I find them accumulating. I’ve bought more than a dozen of them, with at least four being presents of teenagers as birthday, Bar Mitzvah or holiday season presents. At last count my wife is using six various versions in her medical practice in addition to her uber netbook on steroids, the Flybook … Read more
AppleInsider, known for scoops and being more right than wrong about all things Apple has the jump on many about the 3.0 version of the iPhone, with indications that Apple is working hard to increase battery life and reduce overall power consumption, while increasing throughput via a switch to the most recently deployed Wi-Fi standard, … Read more
$20.00 a month for how much speed? Amazing. And they are using the same technology as the cable companies in the USA…Now put that into your smoke and pipe it Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, Time Warner, Cable Labs and Mr. President. This is based on the new Docsis 3.0 standard from CableLabs, and if it’s … Read more
$20.00 a month for how much speed? Amazing. And they are using the same technology as the cable companies in the USA…Now put that into your smoke and pipe it Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, Time Warner, Cable Labs and Mr. President. This is based on the new Docsis 3.0 standard from CableLabs, and if it’s … Read more
I love finding a coffee shop that has the right mix of proper Java, comfortable seats and killer broadband. After a quick ride out to the Sacramento suburbs for some home repair shopping, we jumped into Peets for some coffee and an hour of Internet connectivity. First, the access is Free. Second the speeds and … Read more
I’m going to be taking a hard look at switching from my two AT&T PSTN lines and dumping my longtime favorite AT&T CallVantage (due to the concern that it’s being mothballed at end of the year by many accounts, and not disputed by AT&T’s PR folks) over to the now established T-Mobile @ HOME service. … Read more
Yuk!!! I just received unsolicited SPAM from a MagicJack reseller. I’ve opted out of the list so let’s see what happens. P.S. I was talking to a person in a bar recently who shared with me how they are using Magic Jack. They use the service for what they call “a disposable dating number” to … Read more
Every time I visit my wife’s Sacramento property I get to share in the joy of FTTP-Fiber to the Premise or Fiber to the Home (FTTH) that is supplied by Sacramento based over-builder and telco, SureWest. In the 18 months or so since we dumped Comcast for the SureWest Triple Play, we’ve had to call … Read more
Tom Keating pulled some good facts together about what could be a major issue effecting Skype, one that could be seriously damaging to eBay and the management team at the time of the Skype acquisition. While Skype was busy celebrating their one million downloads for the Apple iPhone, the team at JoltID, also started by … Read more
Lately there has been a lot of noise about the AT&T Mobile Data Network. And, it hasn't been pretty, but the accounts have been true. The network that promises 5 bars of coverage, has a full house, and there's not a lot of flexibility. Yesterday on the tarmac at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas, as … Read more
