Category: travel

8 December 2008

Business Idea: iPhone + Global SIM == PROFIT

Pat Phelan and others gotta be thinking about this: how to pair up their global SIM with the iPhone without, say, encouraging people to unlock their handset or using SIM …

23 September 2008

Pondering The Data Roaming Question

Filed under: mobile network operators, telecom, travel - 23 Sep 2008
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I got my last …

9 September 2008

MAXroam Goes v2, Adds Cheaper US Roaming and Data!

Filed under: mobile network operators, telecom, travel, voip - 09 Sep 2008

Pat Phelan, admist the hullabaloo of DEMO and TC50 lauched MAXroam v2. What’s new?

USA Roaming rate now starting at 0.39 EUR a minute
Data now available starting at 0.005 EUR per KB
New, easier-to-use website
Some other behind-the-scenes improvements.

Cool stuff. I’d …

22 August 2008

Aircell Isn’t Blocking all Forms of VoIP

Filed under: Services, business, connectivity, travel, wifi - 22 Aug 2008

Andy made a big splash on Twitter (and throughout the blogosphere) when he announced that he had a call on an airplane thanks to Phweet. I, of course, don’t deny it happened, but …

11 August 2008

Jajah and MOBIVOX Swap Technology

Filed under: Services, travel, voip - 11 Aug 2008

Jajah WebImage via Wikipedia
Seems I got this from both Jajah and MOBIVOX. The two companies have partnered up to share …

9 July 2008

Hotel Broadband FAIL

Filed under: connectivity, mobile network operators, travel - 09 Jul 2008

Tonight, I am staying in one of my usual hotels while in the Bay Area. Aside from the usual corporate shuffling on preferred hotels, I can think of one reason I will avoid staying here in the future: their broadband, …

1 June 2008

PhoneBoy’s Week That Was 1 June 2008

Filed under: mobile network operators, telecom, travel, voip, week that was - 01 Jun 2008

PhoneBoyBefore I go on my self-imposed blog break, I suppose I should do my weekly “Week That Was” post. I don’t expect I’ll post anything here until next week’s “Week That Was” post …

22 March 2008

Even With Hotel Broadband, I Still Go EVDO

Filed under: business, connectivity, travel - 22 Mar 2008

I frequently hear the result of Andy Abramson’s lousy hotel broadband on KenRadio. While I usually know better than to try and do VoIP over my hotel broadband, the fact …

21 March 2008

Spring VON.x 2008 Post-Mortem

Filed under: phoneboy, telecom, travel, voip - 21 Mar 2008

I did not get to experience the entire VON.x show this week, as I had to spend some time in the office. After all, work did pay for this trip to the Bay Area. However, I did get to experience …

20 March 2008

WTR45GS Finally Has Useful Firmware

Filed under: gadgets, travel, wifi - 20 Mar 2008

Linksys WTR54GS - Share on OviA while ago, I had purchased a Linksys WTR54GS as a travel companion. It is a fairly serviceable …

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