I’m on my way to the Bay Area for a week’s worth of meetings, meet up and to also assist winemaker friend Sylvain Fadat of Domaine d’Aupilhac on Monday at the annual Kermit Lynch Client event that starts tonight. As I await my slightly delayed Southwest flight to SFO I ran a fast speed test. … Read more
I was picking some friends up at San Diego International Airport this past Thursday and took my Mac Book Air along as I knew they might be delayed. Having experienced their anemic speeds before in the East Terminal where SouthWest flies, and in the West Terminal when flying US Air and Jet Blue, I was … Read more
If you own and use an Apple iPhone there’s isn’t a Boingo Mobile client for it, but now can have free WiFi access on your iPhone in 28 airports which Boingo operates in, and get it for free. The catch? You have to watch a 15 second ad. As someone who uses Boingo just about … Read more
It looks like Vonage is gearing up for some efforts in the media if I read the tea leaves properly. They hired a new PR firm and one of the things they plan on doing is deploying a social media strategy focused on blogs. Personally I love when another company decides to enter the social … Read more
The unfortunate death of a toddler in Canada is making VoIP out to be the culprit when in reality technology kills the same way as a gun. It comes down to people. The call being sent to the wrong call center, the one where the family previously had their service forwarded usually occurs as a … Read more
Carolyn Schuk is no stranger to the VoIP world and her VoIPPrincess blog is going to be one to keep tabs on. Yesterday she gave a butt whoopin’ to both Yahoo and Jaja…I can only wonder what she’s going to say to AOL!!!
AOL has been behind SIP for over three years or more. They are not jumping on board now. They are simply using what little they have left to SPIN this. Alec pretty much nailed it here as did Ken Camp. What’s really here?…and more importantly, is anyone going to use a platform which is: 1) … Read more
I’m not an engineering type. I just use technology. So when I read Matt Miller’s post this morning it got me thinking. 3G is data. Voice rides over the data network. What this likely means is the data plans are not ready yet. I mean, TMO didn’t need 1700 mghz spectrum to sell voice. Besides, … Read more
The downloading of music at Starbucks was tested last year in a few markets. That was with T-Mobile. Then the music stopped. Market expansion stopped. Now the rumor making the rounds is that iPhone customers can get online for free at AT&T Hotspots which will include Starbucks by year’s end. So let’s connect the dots. … Read more
Alec gets up to bat and swings a heavy club this morning as he lays out his perspective based on experience of working with AOL and their now apparently defunct AIM PhoneLine developer program. His event by event account isn’t a pretty picture and should be noticed. It should make for an interesting Sqawk Box … Read more
