Category: connectivity

10 March 2010

Virgin Mobile USA Prepaid Broadband: Finally, Something Reasonable

Filed under: connectivity, mobile network operators, phoneboy, telecom - 10 Mar 2010

One of my personal complaints with the prepaid industry in the US is the fact that while voice minutes have gotten reasonably cheap, data is still somewhat of a crapshoot. It’s expensive, if it’s available at …

20 October 2009

PhoneBoy’s Travel Toolbox

Filed under: chargers, connectivity, gadgets, mobile phones, travel, wifi - 20 Oct 2009

Since I’ve joined Check Point Software, I’ve done a fair bit of traveling–moreso than I’ve done in quite some time. Since I am ending up more random places, and have had the joy of going through airport security in Tel …

22 May 2009

Clearing Inbox Debris

It’s that time again:

FreeConferencing.com Launches: Until they do something to equalize inter-carrier compensation between most civilized parts of the United States and rural locations, services like FreeConferenceCall.com and now FreeConferencing.com will continue to exist and be profitable. By …

1 May 2009

Ditching the WDS Mesh and Going HomePlug AV

Filed under: connectivity, gadgets, networking - 01 May 2009

tpl-302ekFor a while now, the family computers were connected to the Internet using a couple of WiFi routers: one was in a WDS Mesh with my router upstairs …

10 January 2009

Watch for Domain Scammers like ZipDomains

Filed under: connectivity, security, spam - 10 Jan 2009

Several years ago, I purchased a domain for our family. Upon doing the prerequisite search, we ultimately settled on a .net name. Not our first choice, but it was what was available.

On 1 January, I got an email from a …

5 January 2009

Skype, Truphone, and Boingo: It’s All Related

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Today’s been a relative cornucopia of news …

17 November 2008

Boingo Taking Over WiFi on Washington State Ferries

Filed under: Services, connectivity, mobile phones, wifi - 17 Nov 2008
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A couple years ago, I found out they were putting WiFi on …

9 November 2008

CTIA Against Spectrum Caps, Against Competition

Filed under: connectivity, mobile network operators, politics, telecom - 09 Nov 2008

The latest post on the CTIA blog didn’t make a lot of sense. They were arguing against spectrum caps. Of course, they did nothing to directly explain what spectrum caps are …

28 October 2008

Former VON Stars Team Up With TMC On 4G Conference

Filed under: connectivity, people, voip - 28 Oct 2008

One of the things that was a shame about the implosion of Pulvermedia earlier in the year was many, many talented folks were suddenly out of a job. Of course, with the down economy, a lot of people are either …

21 October 2008

Comcast Cranking Up The Speeds

Filed under: connectivity, telecom - 21 Oct 2008
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GigaOm and DSL Reports are both reporting …

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