Tag Archives: Network
AT&T Gateway address updates
February 17, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Well our friends at AT&T are up to changes in the network again. Happily they were kind enough to send out a message with a heads up about new network addresses that are coming from devices on their network... Read More
It’s Open if We Tell You It Is
November 3, 2008, by Ronan_Mandel
I'd like to come back to a topic that I touched on a few months ago: open. In case you weren't paying attention to CTIA in San Francisco last month (and I won't fault you if you weren't), you may have missed the clarification that the major operators in the States provided to the definition of an ‘open’ network. Sitting together on a stage the bigwigs from Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile each found ways to describe why an 'open' network is not really what the end user wants. Given some of what was said, it's a wonder that any of us are ever able to get apps out there at all... Read More
The mysteries of mobile data plans or It’s all about Page Weight
July 1, 2008, by Ronan_Mandel
So I have to make a confession (seems like I’ve been doing that a lot recently…) For the first time in my life I received a mobile phone bill with data charges on it. What you say? Are you some sort of imposter? Have you not been using mobile data all these years? Well, here’s the thing: I’ve been using it for free (we’ll, it’s all been on the company’s dime that is) so it never really hit me how much it really cost... Read More
6 mobile stats you might not know
March 21, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
A quick glance at some Irish & European data just published by Comreg, Ireland's Communications Regulator, in its latest report: 140% - the level of mobile penetration in Italy & Greece (EU high), compared with 88% in France (EU low), and EU average of 108%... Read More
Won’t someone please think of the prepaid user?
February 3, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
A while back Ronan blogged about the stifling effect of data charges on the growth of the mobile Internet. Well since then, 3 launched their X-Series flat-rate data package, and people got excited. This was a great development and a possible catalyst for the widespread penetration of mobile Internet usage. Surely the other operators would have to follow suit with similar competitive data plans... Read More
