FCC forces rural phone companies to carry VoIP traffic

Great news for MuniWireless and for VOIP — and also highly relevant to the MuniWireless event I am currently attending… The Federal Communications Commission has lifted one barrier to wider VoIP use, ruling late last week that rural telephone companies must allow VoIP calls from other carriers to connect to their local lines. Regulators in … Read moreFCC forces rural phone companies to carry VoIP traffic

Birdstep SmartVoice – why is this interesting?

Birdstep SmartVoice looks interesting, but I am struggling to understand why you would need it. They are targeting the service provider not the consumer, so I suppose the idea is that a non-UMA device could be enabled to function in that capacity switching seamlessly between wifi for VOIP and cellular as you enter and exit … Read moreBirdstep SmartVoice – why is this interesting?

Microsoft To Move Bulk Of Ad Spending To Digital

Interesting news from MediaPost on Microsoft’s pending ad spend transition… NOT SURPRISINGLY for a tech behemoth, a top Microsoft executive said Thursday that in three years, the bulk of its nearly $1 billion in U.S. ad spending will be in the digital sphere. “We’re actually pretty confident that by 2010, the majority of our media … Read moreMicrosoft To Move Bulk Of Ad Spending To Digital

Firefox – 3.0a3pre

For the heck of it I decided to install Firefox 3.0a3pre aka Minefield. Aside from the semi scary name and icon, it’s amazingly fast – seriously. I can see some odd text displaying on Google Reader – my subs are bold, but otherwise and so far it’s looking good. Technorati Tags: Firefox