Married to a Moron

This is a Lyme Disease story. I’m sharing because my experiences with the disease are different from most I’ve read. Lyme disease is a progressive, constantly evolving, debilitating disease. It’s not like catching a cold, where you know you’ve got something. You grow accustomed to the niggles. The final trigger was my wife seeing me struggle with […]

How I can help

(This is a WebRTC centric pitch for my services, it’s also relevant more broadly, so I added it to my weblog.) I first wrote about WebRTC in 2012, https://alanquayle.com/2012/05/07/what-webrtc-means-to-telecoms/, I’d been tracking Google’s movements. The WebRTC project was underway, with a battle between W3C and IETF. Well, Google and the rest of the world. Then in 2017 […]

A Brief Review of 2024

The Honest CPaaS Review One of the 2024 highlights in my opinion was publishing The Honest CPaaS Review, https://blog.tadsummit.com/2024/10/26/the-honest-cpaas-review/. A quantified and detailed review of the CPaaS industry. Quoting Peter Drucker, “you cannot manage what you cannot measure.” To remove the problems our industry faces, we must first define and measure them. Thank you to the […]

CXTech Week 49 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 49 2024 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Urging Americans to use Encrypted Communications

Do not use SMS or PSTN voice! The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say the major Chinese hack began in late spring, and they are strongly urging Americans to use encrypted communications. Yep, do not use SMS or PSTN voice, that’s an exceptionally strong statement. One of the reasons the PSTN has […]

CXTech Week 47 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 47 2024 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

The Great LATAM A2P SMS Robbery

Introduction Businesses in LATAM are being subjected to 250%, 267%, and 6600% price increases for international A2P SMS as global aggregators squeeze out the local aggregators. And we’re seeing even local A2P SMS price increases of 1125%. I’ve been hearing quite a few complaints about SMS pricing in Latin America from brands and local aggregators. […]

CXTech Week 41 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 41 2024 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

CXTech Week 40 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 40 2024 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

CXTech Week 39 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 39 2024 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]