When I was looking for some information on Carterfone rules, I ran across this PDF from the CTIA about how the Carterfone rules should not apply to the wireless industry. I tend to disagree. Let me pick apart their talking points:
Requiring wireless networks to support any, generic device would erode the levels of service quality […]
I was thinking more about the difference between buying a bundle of minutes–at a fixed monthly cost–versus paying for minutes as you go. I’m trying to figure out why such a thing caught on here in North America, but doesn’t seem to have caught on so much elsewhere.
The only thing I can think of–speaking […]
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Having come down with a case of strep throat on the opening day of MacWorld meant that I missed out on the joy of hitting F5 on my web browser or eventually getting around to reading about it in Google Reader. Thanks to the folks at Mahalo Daily, I don’t have to:
Apple TV looks a […]
Well, I can’t say I’m surprised someone thought of this, but the folks at Big Sister have an interesting proposition for you: you can have sex in their brothel for free, but only if they can tape the experience and broadcast it on the Internet. Quoting from Bloomberg.com:
Big Sister is marrying 21st-century technology with […]
This is what I spent my Monday night building. I purchased this rack through Rack Solutions. I purchased the optional front and back cover as well as the handles and heavy-duty casters. The unit arrived by UPS Ground in 3 separate boxes and took me about an hour to get assembled. Getting the equipment in […]
For those of you lucky enough to be on Jaiku, you may have noticed that things haven’t been as responsive as they once were. Thankfully, the Thugs In Charge finally noticed and have scheduled a 24 hour maintenance break starting at 12:01am PST on Wednesday.
In typical Jaiku fashion, there is a thread going on–in Jaiku–about […]
A reader, whom I’ve been engaged in many private conversations with about how much the mobile operators here in the U.S. rip us off, sent me information about how much mobile phone service costs in Indonesia, along with some basics about how the service works. For the record, Indonesia is the fourth biggest country by […]
The CTIA–the industry association for wireless carriers here in the US–is spewing their lies creative interpretations of the truth again at the FCC in the form of ex parte communications. What else is new?
In their filing (warning, PDF link) they list 7 areas where the US mobile carriers excel compared to the other “top 10″ […]
This is the first time in a long time this list has been so short. I have not been in the blogging groove as of late, and when I’ve been in that groove, it’s been really late at night. I’ve had far too many nights where I’ve ended up in bed at nearly 3am. […]
If you haven’t figured out by now, I like writing. However, if you asked me when I started blogging if I thought I could write 20-30 posts a week, while still having a full-time job, I’d think you were smoking something. Clearly I’ve figured out how to do it. Some days, it’s easier than […]
You know, I’m getting sick and tired of seeing the whole debate about whether or not people who are accessing an open WiFi access point are “stealing.” Give me a break. If you don’t want people using your WiFi, configure at least some security.
Ars Technica has a piece covering the ethics of using someone else’s […]
I got an email from Comcast recently that had a lot of crap I could care less about. However, there was a small little blurb that did catch my attention:
As a Comcast High-Speed Internet customer, you’re entitled to receive a wide range of benefits and services at no additional charge. One of these is called […]
I have been using Twitter a bit more than I was before thanks to this nifty little J2ME app for Nokia phones called Twibble. It runs in the background and pulls the latest tweets from my friends over whatever connection I happen to have. I can page through them at my leisure, respond to them–it […]
You know, I hear this term Unified Communications all the time. It recently came up as I saw the press release of Jajah and CallWave partnering up to “make global communications easier for people and businesses to communicate and collaborate.”
The theory of having all your communication come through one inbox is appealing, no doubt. GrandCentral […]
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