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- Femtocells: your very own home cell network
- Femtocells: your very own home cell networkStupidest "technology" imaginable ntntRE: Femtocells: your very own home cell networkI personally use a Femtocell here due to poor signal from my carrier at home. They do work as advertised with some limitations. The biggest drawback is the lack of support for EVDO speeds....
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Femtocell, home cell network, cell company, network, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
- The five things cell companies need to do to make you like them
- The five things cell companies need to do to make you like themHow about Customer Service?Gee, maybe some ACTUAL Customer Service would be nice. Egads, you dial the CSR number, and play voice mail hell for 20 minutes, and then get a CSR who is just downright snotty!!I have several...
- Tags: Telephony, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, DID, VoIP, Pin Callback, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Click here to access our broken Web site, press one to be ignored
- Click here to access our broken Web site, press one to be ignoredLet me tell you about Verizon DSLI've had Verizon DSL for years. My new bride has had an old gte account before it was acquired by Verizon several years ago. We purchased a new house and therfore signed...
- Tags: E-mail, Web site development, Team management, Broadband Internet, Backups, Cell company, Corporate Service, BellSouth Corp., Acomdata, enclosure, Web site, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- Time running out on the big carriers
- Time running out on the big carriersBroadband access NOTDo you know that the telcos were given $200 BILLION in incentatives, tax cuts, grants from the gov't for which they promised to bring broadband access to every home in th US? Where did the money go? The money that is brough...
- Tags: Taxes, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Free trade, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, phone, tax, cell company, cell site
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- It's your number, take it with you
- It's your number, take it with youabout timefunny how this is all posible, companies just resit as long as posible, until forced, sounds like local companies letting in new local companiesNote the costNot mentioned in the article is that all of these costs are being passed along to subscribers in...
- Tags: Federal government, Cell company, FCC, number portability, Cell
- Discussion threads 2003-11-03
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- FCC releases broadband agenda
- FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...
- Tags: Federal government, Rural America, FCC, broadband agenda, broadband
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Alchemy Eye 10.4 (Windows)
- Alchemy Eye is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the likelihood of...
- Tags: Alchemy, Microsoft Windows, Alchemy Eye
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Alchemy Eye Pro 10.4 (Windows)
- Alchemy Eye Pro is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye Pro can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the...
- Tags: Alchemy, Microsoft Windows, Alchemy Eye Pro
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Samsung SCH-220 Code - silver (MetroPCS)
- The Samsung Code (SCH-i220) is MetroPCS's first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, which seems like a step backward seeing as Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available. However, that shouldn't detract the customers from getting the messaging-centric device. The Code offers a sleek design, easy-to-use keyboard, and decent performance and call quality....
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-11-18
- Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid
- The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...
- Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...
- Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware
- Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...
- Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!
- I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...
- Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- Is imminent Chrome OS launch reckless?
- First Impressions"first impressions are extremely important."Yup, Vista SP1/SP2 is a good operating system. Microsoft botched the initial release of Vista, and it gave a good operating system a permanently bad name.reckless not sure dangerous surely i may sound stupid or ill inform but ...What will be Chrome...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome, imminent Chrome OS
- Discussion threads 2009-11-14
- Android army keeps growing as Dell enlists; Will the mobile OS war follow PC history?
- Well, this is exactly what MS wanted to do with Win Mobile - that fizzled.I think that was mostly due to that fact that Win Mobile was is so bad.But, Android is the real thing, and is a great OS, to the point that nobody is even talking about Win...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Operating systems, PC, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Win Mobile, mobile, operating system, manufacturer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Palm Pixi (Sprint)
- The debut of the Palm Pre got the tech world and gadget enthusiasts excited about Palm once again. Long considered dead in the water, Palm's innovative WebOS operating system buoyed it back into the spotlight, and the Pre was certainly a boon for the company as well as Sprint. While...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, capacitive touch screen, Pixi, Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pixi, Sprint Communications, smart phone
- Product reviews 2009-11-12
- Garmin plots Android phone
- Why does everyone think they can make a good phone?!Granted Apple made it look easy with the iPhone, but look at Motorola. The Droid appears to have broken their streak of clunkers, but even a company with a long-history of successes in the market can struggle to turn out a...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Droid, Garmin Ltd., phone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Nokia 3711 - sable (T-Mobile)
- Nokia fans in the United States don't get many breaks. Few of the company's phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, T-Mobile, phone, Nokia Corp., keypad button
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
- Money pit? Clearwire to get cash infusion
- DisasterSprint's biggest problem is Nokia. Nokia has a monopoly for making cell tower hardware -- radios, controllers, antenna steering motors, etc. Before Sprint installs any tower equipment, Nokia tests it for compatibility, but wouldn't you know it, no products pass Nokia's inspection except for Nokia's products. And...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Nokia Corp., Clearwire Corp., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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