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Canadian ISP Summit

Tom Little must hate having Steve Anderson's bio picture right above his own. (One could ay that Steve is on top of Tom and that makes a pretty ugly image

When will the list of presentations/schedule going to be published ?

Is this going to be a single stream of presentations, or will there be periods where multiple sessions will be held simultaneously ?

Will George Cope disrupt a lunch with one of his speeches like he did at the Telecom Summit ?

Will registration accept credit cards, or only old fashioned cheques ?

reply to pstewart
So, is it irony or design that has this event being hosted next door to 151 Front?

reply to pstewart
Meals (2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners and coffee breaks) So even the small ISPs have lunch together? I thought this was an incumbent type of activity.

reply to LazMan
I'd say that it isn't proximity to 151 but rather to the convention centre which is significant. In a couple years, they want to have grown to a point where they need the whole convention centre !

Last time I was in that hotel was in winter 1987 for DECUS convention (and yes, back then, we were big enough to take a huge chunk of the convention centre). But I don't think it was inter-continental back then. Hotels went through a phase where they exchanged brands like you change socks.

I rememer this because I had made a kamikaze travel arrangements. After sessions ended on thursday, I flew City Express (think Porter but back in the 1980s) to Montreal and there was a snow storm in Toronto. Took subway frm downtown to the Velodrome, participated in a race, took subway to central station, and took the overnight train back to Toronto and was back for first sessions on friday morning Friday evening I took the train back to montreal and saturday went to velodrome again for training and sunday did another race Didn't miss a single training session that week

The location is pretty good, albeit expensive. Telecom Summit is nearer to the airport where you have a selection of affordable and expensive hotels (Bell stays at the expensive ones, and the CRTC/government stays at the affordable one)

I have to say that CNOC who is about 1 year old by now, has exceeded my expectations despite clashes with me earlier thisi year. This summit is a very good idea. I a hoping that Rogers and Cogeco and Videotron will have significant presence there so that ISPs can talk "shop" offline.

reply to mlerner

BTW, unfortunatly, the verandah on the CN tower closes in October. So by the time the ISP summit is held, we won't have a chance to take a stroll on the outdoor verandah at the top of the CN tower and lean over to enjoy the view.

»www.edgewalkcntower.ca/ gives more info about the newly opened verandah.

reply to pstewart
I like this part: to make sure you’re ready for the next generation of the Internet. (What a laugh!)

Fact is Canada is at least 20 years behind the rest of the world and behind all the third world countries when it comes to internet.

reply to LazMan

reply to jfmezei

said by jfmezei:

said by rocca:

It's so we can save money on hotel rooms and just sleep in our data centres....

Now I know what they call 151 a "carrier hotel"

Shared toilets and showers ?

reply to pstewart

Re: Canadian ISP Summit

I have only seen a draft version to date - give it a bit of time, there's lots of stuff going on with this even that I personally think is quite positive

reply to LazMan

reply to pstewart
Mr Stewart, having the schedule published allows people in distant cities to start to make bookings.

reply to mlerner