I’ve now had the time to sit back and evaluate my three 3G experiences here in the USA and two in the UK. In a nutshell, AT&T’s HSDPA whoops butt over Verizon, not so much in speed but in network transport, and is better than Sprint for many of the same reasons. In speed tests … Read more
Ever wonder just who reads my blog? Microsoft obviously is. Here’s a reply from one of their Program Managers and some additional details that shows why they’ve actually thought about the issue.. In our Office Communications Server product we use two technologies to protect all of our voice calls: TLS to protect the call signaling … Read more
A day or so ago some Skype In users in the UK got a rude awakening. It seems their numbers are being repossessed by the provider Skype was securing them from. Now a news account out of the UK says that Skype could have saved the numbers if they were willing to pony up a … Read more
A report that’s making the rounds out of the UK say that an insecurity expert has hacked SIP based VoIP calls. If true this will give IT managers fits, and if not addressed by the SIP standards folks at the IETF very soon, will have a chilling affect on the growth of IP based telephony … Read more
I continue to find that the idea of room based video conferencing systems like Telepresence from Cisco and Halo from HP are only for the rich and famous and doesn’t meet the criteria yet for working anywhere. This review of Halo continues to support that belief. Until the portability factor is part of the equation, … Read more
Looks like Skype lost some numbers in the UK from their reseller, GigaOm reports. This is what happens and will keep happening to all of the upstarts. It’s a part of the game for the near term.
While I remain convinced that apps not minutes are what matters, we have to realize that the market that adopts early are largely the online, non talkative crowd. They IM, chat and email. They are more comfortable not talking which provides a nice lead in to a series of posts by Jim Courtney and Jon … Read more
A lot of times the best law suits are the ones that generate the most attention. The plaintiff files the lawsuit against the most famous target and then uses them as an example. After winning the case the plaintiff works outside of the court system to get other offenders to stop their actions, capitulate and … Read more
I knew there was a familiar ring to the Packet8 Mobile Talk client that was announced a few days ago. Gizmo5 from GizmoProject. But yesterday GizmoProject through users a curve. One of their better features has been All Calls Free regardless of number dialed to users of GizmoProject, including landlines and mobile numbers. Now to … Read more
Network World reports that the heavily awarded and much applauded telework program at AT&T is starting to see the end of its life giving a whole new meaning to the idea of industry consolidation. Under new management and now heavily consolidated AT&T/Bell South/SBC/Cingular/AT&T Wireless will recall 12,000 employees who have been working anywhere but the … Read more
