Category: Telecoms

Jul 27 2006

“95% of email is junk”

By Paul Wilkinson in Functionality, Internet, Telecoms
27 July 2006

The email management headache shows no signs of diminishing. According to a BBC report: "More than 95% of e-mail is ‘junk’". The article says spam, error messages or viruses account for a large proportion of email traffic – less than 4% is legitimate email. Of course, we don’t always see much of the junk – …

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Jun 28 2006

Fon (2)

By Paul Wilkinson in Future, Internet, Marketing, Telecoms
28 June 2006

Back in February, I wrote about Fon, a Spanish start-up aiming to build a network of wireless broadband users. Today, the BBC reports (Wi-fi pioneers offer cheap router) that Fon plans to sell wi-fi routers for just $5 (£2.75) – but on condition that users agree to share their wireless connections with other Fon users …

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Jun 12 2006

London pub wi-fi guide

By Paul Wilkinson in Telecoms
12 June 2006

Being parochial for a moment, I was pleased to see the Silicon.com guide to wi-fi pubs. It’s currently solely focused on central London, features one or two places where I’ve gone online, but misses some others, including my convenient Do-Bo wi-fi haunt at London Bridge (mind you, DoBo’s website seems to have disappeared; have they …

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May 26 2006

MK to go wireless – and free!

By Paul Wilkinson in Telecoms
26 May 2006

Silicon.com reports Milton Keynes to be UK’s first wireless city. Wow! As the project has apparently been in development for around 18 months, I suspect the central MK coffee-shops, hotels and the like that charged patrons for wi-fi access are already aware of the change, so it won’t come as a nasty surprise when that …

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May 17 2006

Wi-fi access, again (3)

By Paul Wilkinson in Telecoms
17 May 2006

A BBC news story says New York has announced plans to expand free wireless internet connections into Central Park and other public places across the city. What a great idea (apart from the possibility of getting your laptop stolen if you’re not careful)! But I don’t expect London’s Royal Parks will follow suit any time …

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May 11 2006

Wi-fi access, again (2)

By Paul Wilkinson in Blogs, Internet, Telecoms
11 May 2006

I keep returning to this topic. Latest stimulus is Peter Cochrane’s blog at Silicon.com where he provides his Guide to finding wi-fi. (By coincidence, this post was written at lunchtime in a hotel lobby in Dublin using a low(ish) cost wi-fi connection (five Euros for an hour) provided by Jury’s Inn; it was later updated …

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Apr 11 2006

Carphone Warehouse to offer free broadband?

By Paul Wilkinson in Telecoms
11 April 2006

I was very interested to read yesterday that Carphone Warehouse might offer free broadband. From Silicon.com today, it appears that Sky and Virgin might also start trying to lure entrenched dial-up users (35 per cent of the UK internet population) to switch to broadband by offering free service bundles (according to JupiterResearch, 33 per cent …

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Apr 10 2006

e-Builder launches Blackberry edition

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Functionality, Internet, Telecoms, Vendors
10 April 2006

Through Cadwire.net, I notice that US collaboration provider e-Builder has launched the e-Builder Wireless Edition – a new wireless service enabling BlackBerry connectivity to meet the communications needs of AEC professionals in the field. Registered users will be able to receive and process information from any location, thereby reducing the time needed to respond to …

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Apr 06 2006

Work Wise UK

By Paul Wilkinson in Future, Internet, People issues, Telecoms
6 April 2006

According to a Silicon.com article, UK telco BT is backing "Work Wise UK", which aims to increase the number of people benefiting from ‘smarter working’ from 3.1 million to 14 million by 2009. "Work Wise Week", 3-9 May 2006, is intended to promote debate between government, unions and UK businesses on styles of working. BT …

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Apr 03 2006

GNER wi-fi

By Paul Wilkinson in Telecoms
3 April 2006

Silicon.com today reports that UK train operator GNER is scheduled to complete its wi-fi roll-out nine months early; ten trains on the East Coast Mainline service are already equipped with the service. Given the cost of most rail journeys, I had hoped that GNER might offer the service free to all passengers (it could make …