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Memo to all the AT&T Board of Directors:

In advance of the AT&T annual meeting on Friday, April 25, ya’ll are invited to my house to check out a real life deployment of U-verse.  Just let me know when you are coming to town and I will arrange for your transportation…meaning I can pick you up and bring you back to your hotel. 

Then, we can go to the Starbucks in my neighborhood, which is the first one of its kind in the U.S. to have iTunes up and going on AT&T WiFi.

And finally, we’ll top things off, I would like to treat you to a free milkshake at our editorial offices at the Olmos Soda Fountain.

In order to qualify, you must identify yourself as being one of the following.

Gilbert F. Amelio, Lead Director
William F. Aldinger III
Reuben V. Anderson
ames H. Blanchard
August A. Busch III
James P. Kelly
Charles F. Knight
Jon C. Madonna
Lynn M. Martin
John B. McCoy
Mary S. Metz
Toni Rembe
Joyce M. Roché
Dr. Laura D’Andrea Tyson
Patricia P. Upton

If you need a ride from your hotel, call me at 210-410-3075.  Or just email me at alan@weinkrantz.com.

No kidding!

Mi AT&T Casa es Tu AT&T Casa!

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p-news.comVerizon Business has released a new managed unified communications and collaboration solution via Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1. The managed platform allows workers to integrate …

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p-news.comNexHorizon Communications is going to use Blankhom’s turnkey digital cable solution and plans to use the company as its exclusive provider for future systems.
According to the companies: …

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At first glance, the just announced i.TV free programming guide for the
iPhone would be a really handy tool for checking out the latest programming on AT&T’s U-verse.

On small problem. …

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I’m getting calls and emails from friends asking me if it’s really true.  Finally, the White House makes it official.

Yes, George W. Bush visited the Olmos Soda Fountain yesterday.  …

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p-news.comNeuStar, Inc. has successfully trialed its SIP-IX VoIP Interconnection Exchange service. The company used four competitive local exchange providers for the trial.
“We’re glad to …

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p-news.comBroadlight is using the CEVA-Voice over Packet platform in their BL2348 GPON Residential Gateway System on Chip Solution. That’s a mouthful.
“BroadLight has a long history of developing …

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This is not a joke.
   
President George W. Bush stopped today to what serves as my editorial offices for this blog.
Read the story from the San Antonio "Express News" here.
My Robot …

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Feeling the credit crunch?

No problem.
Why not tap into the millions of residential customers and create a special class of stock that could invest, say, $10 per month and buy into the new …

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p-news.comNortel is using Certicom’s security technology to improve cryptographic performance and simply application creation for its UC platform for U.S. Federal Government agencies.
According …

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p-news.comThere is a new service available from Chicago Business VoIP that is intended for companies with less than 10 employees. The service uses existing internet lines to transmit voice and …

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p-news.comHere’s a freaky one.
THe Taliban is using Skype to avoid detection. ComputerWeekly says that the easy to obtain communication method is hard for authorities to track or detect.
Here’s …

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p-news.comVoIP carriers abroad must now allow emergency calls via their VoIP to landline systems and also provide location information where feasible, thanks to a ruling by regulator Ofcom. Emergency …

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p-news.comGo FON.
FON’s WiFi community recently registered its 1 millionth member. Yes. 1 millionth. The record breaking registrant is from Japan. FON has 400,000 free registered hot spots. …

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I am still doing some testing of U-verse Voice in my home. 
Overall, it’s going well and I really do like it, but I need more time to play around with it.
If you are a journalist or industry …

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p-news.com28TEL now has service in Japan. The mobile telecommunications service provider has multi-linqual voice prompts and user interfaces as well as global calling, free roaming and free call …

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p-news.comHealthcare providers seem to be embracing VoIP left and right.
Carolinas HealthCare System is using VoIP to handle patient calls. The system is using a Nortel VoIP setup for it’s …

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p-news.comWhen traveling abroad for business, it can get quite pricey to use your cell phone for international calls. But you don’t have to incur heavy fees and charges for using your phone …

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p-news.comIf you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that it took next to no time for an intrepid blogger, Andy Abramson, to find a get-around to make VoIP calling from American …

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p-news.comMac and Linux users can now make computer to phone VoIP calls with Raketu’s RakOut WebPhone. The program is in beta. The service doesn’t require any downloading.
“With the introduction …

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p-news.comShould Push to Talk services be tied to the career or the application? Read the discussion on The VoIP Weblog.
And we’re back — Wi-Fi in the air isn’t dead yet says VoIP Watch.
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