Tag: Telecoms

  • ATT closing down Iowa call subsidies?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I see Paul Kaputska, writing in GigaOm has reported that ATT are trying to shut down the law which has them subsidising calls made out of Iowa. The most significant line in the piece was this one: while the suit’s merit can certainly be contested, what it does immediately is give AT&T a legal reason…

  • Pat's in trouble

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    Tom Raftery
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    I just got word that Pat Phelan is in some serious trouble – can’t say more at this time but watch this space and keep your keyboard fingers ready to try to help him out when this story breaks (probably in the next 24 hours).

  • Win an Acer pocket PC with Roam4free

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    As I posted earlier, Pat Phelan has launched his new Roam4free product. He is now looking for feedback and is offering to give an Acer Pocket PC to the “most helpful review”. Pat entered me into the competition because of the feedback I gave in my previous post – thanks Pat. Can you beat my…

  • Roam4free goes live

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    Tom Raftery
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    Finally after months and months of long hours and lots of hard work Pat Phelan’s site roam4free.ie went live this evening. Roam4free is a site where you can buy a SIM card online for your mobile phone to use if you are traveling abroad. If you use the Roam4free SIM card in your phone, you…

  • Apple to sell lemons?

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    Tom Raftery
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    The Apple iPhone was released during my downtime, to much hoopla! It looks fantastic and sports a slew of features which, while previously available on Treo’s etc., Apple are now making available in a much more consumer-friendly device. However, Apple is now taking a panning on the device after the initial honeymoon period has worn…

  • Can anyone get Jajah working on mobiles?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have been using Jajah‘s service to make cheap calls from my landline (15c per minute from Ireland to Spanish mobiles) but I have failed to get it working on my mobile. I have a Nokia N70 and I downloaded the software for Jajah onto my mobile. The Jajah software is supposed to detect when…

  • Bye bye Blueface

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    Tom Raftery
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    Finally I have had enough of the unreliability of the Blueface service! My new phone number is +353-21-490 8485. This is the Eircom number on my DSL service. I may go to another provider in time but for now, at least I know the Eircom service works.

  • Blueface service down again

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    Tom Raftery
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    Just as a matter of documenting the failings of my Blueface VOIP service, I am unable to make outgoing calls on my Blueface service again this morning. I’m shocked. Oh hang on, no I’m not!