Apparently trying to steal the thunder of customer ire from Rogers Wireless’ ill-considered iPhone launch, Bell and Telus are trying to slip out the back door with an announcement that they’re going to be charging users extra for text messaging. To be...
http://shirky.com/writings/permanet.html Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data First published March 28, 2003 on the “Networks, Economics, and Culture” mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list. “The future always comes too fast and in the wrong...
http://shirky.com/writings/zapmail.html Customer-owned Networks: ZapMail and the Telecommunications Industry First published January 7, 2003 on the ‘Networks, Economics, and Culture’ mailing list. By Clay Shirky To understand what’s going to happen...
Milwaukee’s 500 Miles Of Buried Treasure The city is creating a broadband network using infrastructure built in the 1800s. By Robin Gareiss, InformationWeek Nov 4, 2002 (12:00 AM) URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021101S0032 Talk about a long-term...
—— Forwarded Message From: Ian Andrew Bell Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 17:30:17 -0700 To: PULVER-RPT [at] LISTSERV.PULVER [dot] COM Subject: Sell Me a Class 5 VoIP Switch Back in 1997, while I was working at Canada’s 2nd Largest local phone company (now...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
