Rob’s Digital Life

sorry I’m really raiding the light reading web pages this evening, but it’s got some really good stuff posted there. As you can see I’m back posting a few more on topic posts having been very busy at work  (which has included trips to Stockholm, Amsterdam, New York and several trips  to London) Anyway..this is [...]

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Wow this is an interesting article, pretty relevant to what’s going on at work right now.
Demand for Ethernet services
continues to boom in the U.K., but Europe’s most competitive market can
make things tough for service providers, a trend that’s reflected in a
global directory of Ethernet services being compiled by Light Reading.

That directory shows that at least [...]

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U.K. incumbent operator BT Group plc (NYSE: BT - message board;
London: BTA) has taken its latest step toward triple play, announcing a
new business unit devoted to entertainment services (see BT Creates Entertainment Division
).
The new unit will be part of BT
Retail, the division that provides residential and business services in
the U.K., and which is currently looking [...]

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3G profitability threatened by Public Wireless LAN competition, says Analysys
   
* 3G could displace Public WLAN, offering near-ubiquitous higher-speed Internet/intranet services
    * 3G capacity and cost limitations require control of usage and careful pricing
    * 3G tariffs offering unlimited usage may devastate margins
    * Integrated 3G/WLAN services can avoid filling 3G [...]

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We’re in a bit of a transition phase at the  moment at work between GPRS data cards and 3G datacards. I’m still of the view that in most places where you’ve got the time and the environment to get online there’s usually a wireless network.
I’ve looked at the BT wireless package and I’m a tad [...]

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another ipodder, looks nice..link here

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The BBC reported back in May that Cardiff is to become the first city in the UK to offer wire-free internet coverage in central areas of the city.
And Chester…here’s the AP’s near to my house.

Node Name
Distance (Meters)
Bearing

tholian
887
324

M3LCR
1491
217

Lostie
3810
247

Cheshire_N0_Cat
4009
121

Mickle Trafford
4359
32

northernStar
8121
264

hmallett.co.uk
10446
240

MMCA
12351
287

PiggyBack
13923
135

wireless.schoey.com
15451
57

robt
16697
210

atomicrevs-1
17960
41

Stu1
18649
216

blacksun
19721
335

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Here’s another article on the debate about why use 3G when there’s so much wireless about..
I just searched my old blog and got the following post.  wow I used to post much more frequently than I do now!

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grrr…BA wouldn’t accept the miles I did with American Airlines to NY even though they are Oneworld alliance partners….arse.

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I’ve got a slot in my calendar this week to meet the new MCI VP for  EMEA. That should be interesting. MCI are very keen in the voice market place right now. But I still hear talk about them looking for somebody to buy them.

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My copy of mNotes has broken and I can’t sync my calendar and mail files to my palm right now…argh!.
I’m sending emails back and forth to their tech support who seam very help full so far.
UPDATE: Fixed…I’d changed the location of my mail file within the notes location doc. I’ve put it back and bingo [...]

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staying at Runnymede Hotel, tonight and tomorrow whilst working out of IBM Bedfont Lakes.

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BT Mobile the MVNO is moving it’s business from MNO2 to Vodafone.

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listening to Adam Curry talk about Freeview on DSC-2004-11-20. It’s interesting to hear an ‘outsiders’ view of technology that we’re taking for granted…if you listening to it and take his view of tech here in the UK..Curry…"totaly loves"  then maybe the UK isn’t doing too bad.

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According to Slashdot, there’s a problem with the new file system on the Treo 650. Basically it means people can’t fit all their old data onto the new device…ops..bit of an oversight there then.

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