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In-flight Internet might work for you, but not for me

On Wednesday, in-flight mobile broadband solutions provider AirCell announced an agreement with American Airlines that would enable inflight Wi-Fi Internet access.First up, sometime next year will be transcontinental routes, served by Boeing 767s.That actually makes sense. Transcontinental nonstops leave passengers out of touch for five to six hours. If you...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, News

Blog posts 2007-08-01

SunRocket creditors announce two preferred providers: Vonage takes big hit

As has been rumored ever since SunRocket went belly up Monday, their creditors have signed deals with former SR competitors 8x8 and Unified Communications Corp. to  be "preferred service providers" for SR's 200,000 orphaned customers.The deal has to be good for 8x8, and its Packet 8 service. Normal start up...

Tags: Vonage, Predictions and Observations, Packet 8, News

Blog posts 2007-07-19

So why is SunRocket's site still up? Here's why

I guess the few remaining SunRocket employees had to pack up and leave so darn quickly on Monday,  no one had time to put up a placeholder on the site saying no new orders are being accepted, and as a matter of fact, we're gone.You would have thought that, anyway.But...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, Packet 8, News

Blog posts 2007-07-18

With Clearwire pact, satellite tv FINALLY sheds broadband commitmentphobia

Over the years, satellite-delivered television services DIRECTV (not shouting, they sp. all-caps) and EchoStar (a.k.a. "The Dish") have sent out conflicting signals about high-speed Internet offerings bundled with their service.Sometimes, these companies have seemed to indicate they understood high-speed Internet service is a necessary service component for them to...

Tags: News, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-06-15

ShoreTel's IPO should elevate their competitive posture in enterprise VoIP

You may not have heard of ShoreTel, so some factoidness to get you started.I consider them a leader in the Enterprise VoIP space.  ShoreTel 7 has some new features, including Programmable Toolbars that enable end users to execute telephony applications via the Personal Call Manager as well as the...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, News

Blog posts 2007-06-12

These stats offer fascinating insights into Internet music, retail use

Internet infrastructure services provider Akamai says it delivers betwen 15 to 20 percent of the world's Web traffic on any given day.Now, Akamai has launched a fleet of free Web-based services that show real-time, last-24-hours and historical traffic pattern data on activity and demand for general Internet connections, retail transactions,...

Tags: Streaming media, Predictions and Observations, News

Blog posts 2007-06-07

Outrage: starting today South Korea blocks our soldiers from using VoIP

Starting today, U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea can no longer use U.S.-based VoIP services to phone home.Now, they will have to use a South Korean telco such as Korea Telecom Corp., Hanaro Telecom Inc. as well as LG Dacom Corp. These soldiers must obtain a South Korean local...

Tags: Regulatory, Predictions and Observations, News

Blog posts 2007-05-31