Randall Stross of the New York Times has an excellent analysis and shows some very good reporting around the SMS industry and to what lengths the carriers will go to preserve what they have. In many ways this makes me think of Twitter and the value it would bring to a mobile operator, much the … Read more
Network World questions if the AT&T break up 25 years ago had any real impact on innovation saying that other countries didn’t force divestiture and are in the same place. I would contend that other than Russia and China, no country covers the kind of geography that the USA does, and as such comparison’s are … Read more
Ken Camp has one of his better posts in a very long time, where he muses off of Rich’s post about the impact of Siemens alleged bribery efforts. In the post Ken connected three different thoughts, but all with a central theme. In turn it got me thinking. First, I feel the Siemens debacle is … Read more
Ted Wallingford’s comment about the SMB space got me thinking. If more companies now have an in house VoIP maven, doesn’t that mean there’s more opportunities to sell VoIP related hardware, software and services? The key becomes finding those people. Since many of the job holders have been found via recruiters, that means the smart … Read more
I’m one of those fliers who remembers when GTE had seat back phones on airplanes and offered a flat fee for year’s use of calling. What a deal. But over time, the in seat phone, along with their not always perfect sound connection disappeared from the flying tubes. In today’s era we likely don’t need … Read more
I am working hard at not going on the road as much in 2009 as the last 20 months have been rather exhausting. Between the planning of my two wedding events in 2007, the two events, one in Montpeyroux France and the other in San Francisco, plus the extended renovations in my community to 90 … Read more
I have to wonder what the SF Examiner would have said if they had either Verizon’s FIOS or SureWest’s FTTH connectivity. In areas where AT&T is the only option to the cable company, AT&T’s UVerse is looking like a pretty good home or workplace upgrade to DSL. I mean, in some areas they are promising … Read more
Back in 2005 client Iotum went to Demo, captured a Demo god award for Pronto, a conference all and calendar mashup that brought intelligence to the conference calling arena. Last year client ifByPhone rolled out what Professor Mashup Thomas Howe calls one of the easiest to use Voice API platforms around. Now I see Ringful … Read more
Om Malik is a Mac fan through and through. So I have to wonder if he changes his opinion of NetBooks and joins the rest of us who have embraced them already when (if) Apple comes out with one of their own. You see, there are times for my Mac Book Pro or Mac Book … Read more
Dean Bubley hits on the value of Pay As You Go Broadband with the 3 USB dongle that is both Windows and Mac compatible. Dean nails it for the occasional visitor to the UK who needs connectivity where WiFi isn’t or is so expensive the USB dongle is the better deal. Note: I have one. … Read more
