Monthly Archives: October 2006

More (or little) action, Less Talk Talk

OM fills us in on the news that we all new, Talk Talk Screwed up with Broadband. I guess with Talk Talks voice product they didn’t have to do much it’s a carrier choice decision in the cloud. But with … Continue reading

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Engadget – is it all ads these days?

I followed a link to Engadget earlier today and was amazed to find the site drowning in ads. Boy have they sold out. It used to be a site focusing on gadgets not it’s a site focusing on adverts with … Continue reading

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MySpace is greyspace — mostly over 35

The Guardian has a post on the fact that MySpace is now dominated by over 35′s. I haven’t got a MySpace, but I registered with Facebook, so maybe that’ll be the next site complaining that it’s no longer hip and … Continue reading

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Shake, Rattle & FON

OM doesn’t thin FON is doing too well. [via] Technorati Tags: Fon, OM, Wireless, Free

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Incredibly shrinking Telecom Industry

Om has a post on the ever shrinking Telecoms Industry.

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BT continues to grow as a Telco2.0 business

By way of an example to show the changes currently taking place in BT Retail, Stephen (Stephen Stokols, Vice-President of strategy and business development) presented one of the forthcoming new web services that has been developed in-house (in India), called … Continue reading

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T-Mobile allows VoIP and IM through it’s gateways

Back in May, we heard that overseas T-Mobile customers were not allowed to use VoIP or IM on their 3G phones. In a not-so-stunning reversal, the company will be allowing usage of both services on the network, starting as early … Continue reading

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only Spooks wannabe’s need apply..

There’s a advert in this weeks Computer Weekly for a job with MI5 as their IT Manager. If you watched the first episode of this seasons spooks you’ll know why there is a vacancy. If you didn’t watch it, he … Continue reading

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BT Openzone – currently broken

I’m currently in my local starbrucks breaking the working week up a little. I usually log on to the T-mobile hotspot using my Openzone account, but I couldn’t today. A quick call to the T-mobile helpdesk and I learn that … Continue reading

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Chris completes Great North Run

My pal Chris completed the Great North run in a credible 2h 17mins and raised £727 in the process!

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I’m going to become a Fonero

I’ve followed Brady’s post and I’m going to become a Fenero too. I’ve got two ADSL lines coming into the house, so I’ll attach it to my ADSL line. I have been thinking reently that a widespread free WiFi network … Continue reading

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9Cegetel EasyGate – Yet more innovation in France

TeleBullis covers this innovation from France. The cost is €40/month which includes max. 8Mbps broadband and bundled fixed calls. Also, there is a €100 initial charge for the monitor, keyboard, mouse and webcam. I think this will be a winner … Continue reading

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..an insurgency by the wannabe telcos who don’t have 3G licences

following on from the post below, these are the guy’s who are going to embrace the Wimax (super strength WiFi) enabled phones and Skype and undermine the 3G Telco’s. It’s going to be a war, which will be fantastic for … Continue reading

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Why is there no Skype Mobile?

Om has a post on why there isn’t a Skype mobile client yet. The answer is because the telco’s are doing their hardest to prevent it. There’s no point in doing Skype over GPRS or 3G it just doesn’t work … Continue reading

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Senate wants AT&T to divest WiMAX spectrum

Senators Mike DeWine (R) and Herb Kohl (D) want AT&T/BellSouth combo to divest some of their WiMAX-related spectrum. The $67 billion BellSouth/AT&T merger is under review and needs to be approved by the Department of Justice and the FCC.   … Continue reading

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