Monthly Archives: February 2005

21 Tips for Road Warriors

Alexandra Levit has shared an exerpt from her book, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something’s Guide to the Business World.  I think the exerpt is a wonderful reference for first-time business traveler [via businesstravel.about.com] Number 4 is v.important..write … Continue reading

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gmail blip

gmail just blipped….Adam also spotted it.

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imported old blog

i’ve managed to import my old blog into this one..so this blog now goes back to June 2003.

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Skype

I’ll own up to being a tad late to the Skype party but I’m really impressed, I’ve installed it on my home PC,  I’ve even bought  a stack of credit to use for skypeout. I’ve got a softphone on my … Continue reading

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Level 3 is a candidate for bankruptcy

Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced today that it has terminated its stockholder rights plan, commonly referred to as a "poison pill." Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced today that it has reached agreements to sell $880 million aggregate principal amount of … Continue reading

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MCI doesn’t care for Quest

MCI chief Mike Capellas, after respectfully acknowledging Qwest’s offer, told investors that his company was committed to its pending deal with Verizon. [via thestreet.com] It looks like I was right, MCI want’s to work with Verizon. MCI and Verizon had … Continue reading

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Experimenting with worldwide Wi-Fi phoning

Phil Baker tries using his pocket PC and skype in Tokyo . It’s an interesting concept that we all know about, but this the first article I’ve read on the subject, with someone actually trying it out whilst traveling. I … Continue reading

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If you can’t afford bespoke…

Following on from my own recent new suit pruchase, there was a small piece in today’s online section of the Guardian about englishcut.com and this is the article on what to do if you can’t afford a bespoke suit.

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Colt says UK market slow

"We do not anticipate any significant improvement in market conditions during 2005,"  Said Colt chairman Barry Bateman. [via the register] I starting to think that the US consolidation will come to the UK soon. There’s just too many Telco’s and … Continue reading

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uh oh verizon

..every one want’s Quest to buy MCI says Om

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back from London

I’m back home after spending four days in london, Two of the days were spent working on complaince issues. We’re working real hard in this area and the team really made an effort and everybody invested a whole load of … Continue reading

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delicious monster

I read about this in today’s Observer too, it’s called Delicious library. it looks pretty funky, it allows you to build up a database of all your books and CD’s by scanning the bar code in via a web cam, … Continue reading

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BT’s $10bn network upgrade

BT will anounce it’s $10bn network upgrade to an IP only network. This may turn out to be a shrewd move in the UK and the quadruple play I mentioned in my last post will be based around, TV, Voice, … Continue reading

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The age of the supernet

The Business has a very interesting article on the consolidation of the US telco’s and looks at why they are doing it.  Whilst doing my presentation back in Amsterdam to the Network Service business line (70 people) I told them … Continue reading

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Qwest’s bid for MCI

following on from my post ..it appears that shareholders with approx 15% of MCI have requested the board look at the Qwest offer again.

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