Ok… They didn’t say “we hate you” but they diit add a new crazy, stupid “convenience fee” to online payments. So even though they did say it… Actions speak louder than words.
Verizon Wireless: “We Hate You.”
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Sprint 4G Coverage – Maps Lie
Where is Sprint 4G?
So, I live in Florida. Recently I switched my cell service from Verizon to Sprint for a few reasons that will bore you to death. So I’ll sum up — When I first switched, I absolutely couldn’t have been happier. I loved my phone (EVO 4G), thought the CS reps were the bomb, and loved how my phone bill remained constant monthly (with Verizon, no two were ever the same).
Anyway… then comes the iPhone… and now everything changes. The CEO made no secret that iPhone users are their holy grail and will be treated as gold. All of us non-iphone users will simply be… non-iphone users. Since the iPhone came, my “unlimited” account is now capped at 5GB (of course they say this is allowed in my unlimited contract).
But, I digress. Today’s article is about Sprint coverage maps and why you never ever ever should trust sales people. Continue reading
Sprint on losing streak
In wireless news… Sprint really needs this AT&T/T-Mobile deal to fail. After losing more than analysts had predicted, Sprint’s share price dropped 16%.
Bloomberg reports:
Sprint lost 101,000 customers on monthly contracts after dropping 114,000 in the previous three-month period, starting a new losing streak after reporting a gain in the lucrative users in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the first time in more than four years. The carrier is promoting handsets such as HTC Corp.’s Evo to compete with AT&T Inc. (T) and Verizon Wireless, which both now carry Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone.
Cold Calls in 2011? Really?
[Mini-Rant]
Are people really seeing a lot of conversion on cold calls? For example, this beautiful call (below) I received within the first 10 seconds told me everything I needed to know. She had no idea what I did, what we were, and why we would ever need what she was selling.
But… that made me think…
Are people really buying from cold calls?
If this is not you, please hang up.
How can I not be me??
Ah, the joys of debt collectors and their mini-miranda warnings.
(press the play button to listen to the message… if it’s not you, please hang up)
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Those messages, left on my voicemail, for people I have never heard of gets my blood boiling. Plus, what does “If this is not you, please hang up” really mean? How can I not be me? I gotta be me!
Skype for Asterisk, RIP
RIP, Skype for Asterisk
Digium announced today the official end of Skype for Asterisk– ending anyone’s dream of a more friendly, open, Skype under Microsoft.
Their email, stated:
We expect that users of Skype for Asterisk will be able to continue using their Asterisk systems on the Skype network until at least July 26, 2013. Skype may extend this at their discretion.
The announcement of Skype and Asterisk came during Astricon 2008, a little less than 3 years ago. After almost a year, a beta program was announced with a pay per use licensing announced shortly thereafter.
The full announcement:
Legally Useless Email Footers
Best quote I’ve read in recent weeks:
Automatic e-mail footers are not just annoying. They are legally useless.
From the folks at The Economist, comes a great little article about those amazingly annoying email footers. You know the ones, right? This email is intended for the sole use of yatta, yatta, yatta. Continue reading
Explaining SIP Brute Force Attacks to Non-techs
Check out this article from TEAM FORREST about explaining SIP Brute Force Attacks in plain English.
Facebook Disconnect
Facebook Disconnect
Facebook, with it’s over 500 million active users, routinely faces concerns over the privacy; specifically the lack of privacy for its members. The Wall Street Journal recently found:
Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook’s strictest privacy settings. The practice breaks Facebook’s rules, and renews questions about its ability to keep identifiable information about its users’ activities secure.
Tropo Pushes International Development
Tropo Go Global
Tropo, a voice application platform, announced yesterday availability of local numbers in more than 40 countries. Tropo previously had offered local numbers limited to the United States, but now launched the program internationally.
Need to test an app that makes calls? Those have been 100% free in development for calls to US numbers. We’re expanding that support internationally as well. In addition to the free calls to US mobiles and landlines that you’ve always had, our developer program now supports free calling to landlines in 17 other countries.
Although SMS may still be limited to US numbers, the availability of International local numbers to developers makes testing voice applications incredibly easy and affordable (as in free).
More information can be obtained directly from their release announcement.