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I take the Bandwidth.com VoIP test- and you can, too

I take the Bandwidth.com VoIP test- and you can, tooTongue-in-cheek?Forgive me but I can't tell if you're tone is tongue-in-cheek or not. I can't help bringing a bunch of healthy skepticism to these thinly-veiled marketing vehicles. I'm not gonna argue that a T1 is bad but depending upon your organization...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, IAX2, Voice-over-IP Service Provider, VoIP, Bandwidth.com VoIP test, Bandwidth.com

Discussion threads 2005-10-19

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iPhone - is it a good tool for traveling business people?

yes- hmmmm....You're right Dan. Droid? Then you can have google navigation and we'll be able to find a better restaurant in NYC than the worlds busiest Korean :p Maybe those nice people @ 451 will buy you one ;)Thanks for the thoughtOne issue with the current Android V2 phones is...

Tags: Smart phones, calendar issue, tool, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99

I don't want ......ANY misleading bargain with a two or three year contract. Sell me the HW at a fair price and let me select the carrier and package of my choice.I am not an idiot. RE: Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99When you limit...

Tags: Smart phones, Price-cutting, Palm Inc., Pixi, Palm Pre, Amazon.com Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

AT&T: Google has it in for nuns, mom, and apple pie

Ummm what?Ok let's start:Blocking ambulance services: Errrm would a call to this service always be without error? no.Blocking other numbers: ok they might have a case.Does the blocking of the other numbers prevent the User from contacting those numbers by not using Google Voice?... I think not.Does AT&T has...

Tags: Federal government, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Sister Mary, pope, Google Inc., AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

LG Bliss - white (US Cellular)

LG is one of the top makers of touch-screen feature phones, and though many of them go to big national carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless like the LG enV Touch and the LG Xenon for example, quite a number of them make it to regional carrier U.S. Cellular...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, U.S. Cellular, LG Electronics Inc., home screen, LG Bliss, phone, Bliss

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice

How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Darkmane, ATT, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Packaged software, an accident of history

"government engineered" ????"dysfunctional business model"Sounds like someone is looking for a new "revenue stream"!This sounds suspiciously like the "lease a car" vs "rent a car" debate. Change the looks of the same old clunker to "generate sales" without really improving anything.Feudal Europe had the royalty owning the land and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web Standard, software, accident

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Motorola Karma QA1 (AT&T)

It seems that PCD isn't the only manufacturer making square messaging phones. Indeed, the Motorola Karma QA1 for AT&T looks a whole lot like PCD's Verizon Wireless Blitz and the more recent Cricket TXTM8. However, the Karma QA1 is a step above those two in both design and features. It...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., Motorola Karma QA1, Karma QA1, Cricket TXTM8, Motorola Inc., phone

Product reviews 2009-08-05

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely great

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely greatThere's interest from SMEsWe've had a few of our customers (all SME's) asking about this. One customer uses a hosting providing to run their public facing web site, which is mainly static content, but they also upload order tracking data on a daily basis, for...

Tags: SMB/SME, local storage, small and medium enterprise, storage

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Wireless data caps: Are usage based pricing schemes here to stay?

Wireless data providers--notably AT&T and Verizon--have capped their wireless data plans at 5GB per month. In the billing statements that cap is pretty clear, but the ramifications of exceeding them aren't as obvious. In a research note dubbed “Free” Just Ain’t What it Used to Be, the...

Tags: Network, Video, Pricing Strategy, Wireless, Craig Moffett, Wayne Burdick, Definition Movie, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Peerless Network Selects NeuStar as Preferred Vendor for Number Porting Services

Peerless Network LLC is a provider of services that simplify interconnecting voice and data traffic across disparate networks. The company had an intense focus on simplifying the interconnection process for their customers. Further, they had ambitious plans to expand the market presence threefold by the end of 2009. Peerless Network...

Tags: Network, NeuStar Inc., Aspectus, Peerless Network LLC, Networking

Case studies 2009-01-06

TELUS Optimizes Bandwidth and Service With Help From SAS

As a provider of a full range of land-line and wireless data, voice and media services to consumers and business, TELUS has become a well-known brand name throughout Canada. The challenge was that it needed to better forecast the demand for products and services. TELUS deployed SAS forecasting solution, consisting...

Tags: Bandwidth, SAS Institute, TELUS Corp.

Case studies 2009-01-01

The domestic digital divide

We've heard a lot recently about how poor our broadband penetration is in this country. It's true, in fact, that too great a percentage of our students simply don't have access to high-speed internet at home like their European and Asian counterparts. What we all too often overlook...

Tags: Broadband, Satellite, Hughes, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Motorola Total Network Care: Using Expert Professional Services to Help Good Networks Become Great Networks

Broadband wireless networks aren't about the network or the service provider. They're about the subscribers who depend on great service to help them live their lives to the fullest: communicating, working, socializing and entertaining. They need service that is always available and provides consistently high levels of voice and data...

Tags: Network, Professional Services, Motorola Inc., Networking

White papers 2008-11-12

VoiceMailer 1.1 (Windows)

VoiceMailer is a desktop application that will allow you to send and receive voice mail via your existing pop3 mail box. Default port numbers are set for GMail service. Though other pop3 mail service users can easily modify these port numbers to suit their service provider requirements.

Tags: Desktop, POP3, Port Number, Microsoft Windows, VoiceMailer

Software downloads 2008-10-31

10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G

10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3GSo you want to......crack it open and void your warranty to replace the battery? Seriously, is that an option for 99% of the users? The change simply makes it easier for technicians to change the battery, not users.Wow. Not to brightWow.....

Tags: Engineering, Cellular phones, battery, iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, 3G, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

AT

ATpretty close to what I pay for a Windows Mobile phone with AT&TI have been anxiously awaiting getting rid of my Cingular 2125, and am very happy with the prices of the 3G iPhone plans ... almost exactly what I am paying now for a low-end plan with 200 SMS...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, High Tech Computer Corp., 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Sprint announces low cost unlimited everything shared plans

Sprint announces low cost unlimited everything shared plansIt's all still too expensive...The day I can buy a plan that is $50 for EVERYTHING, unlimited, and there's no more nickle and diming, is the day I buy a cell phone from one of these Buzzards.Until then VOIP it is.Basically no change...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Sprint Communications, phone

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Kainos Case Study: eircom Voice Recognition (e-VR)

eircom is Ireland's leading provider of a comprehensive range of advanced voice, data and Internet services. eircom handles in excess of 130,000 inbound calls to its service centres each week. eircom wanted to place a greater emphasis on the quality of their customer service, while at the same time position...

Tags: Customer Service, Voice Recognition, Kainos, Eircom, Speech Recognition, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-06-05

Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?

Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?The Internet is like an extension phoneIt's a DSL stream that works like an open line extension phone.Press the INTERNET extension button on your phone and you'd be on the Internet is the example.There was never supposed to be dial...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, network, wireless, Qualcom, bum rap, rap, wireless network

Discussion threads 2008-06-03