Jim's Pond - Exploring the Universe of Ideas

"Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Important Announcement

What: Intermountain Exchange Conference (IX-1)

When: September 24th and 25th, 2003 (That's a Wednesday and Thursday)

Where: University of Utah Heritage Center

Why: Provide a regional conference styled after the Next Generation Networks (NGN) that is sponsored by John McQuillan and BCR. This conference will focus on Wide Area Network issues.

For the first conference, IX-1, we have chosen the following four focus areas:

Access

Next Generation developments

Peering and traffic exchange

Security

Steve Hess, University of Utah CIO, is hosting the conference in cooperation with the Utah Education Network. However, IX-1 is not meant for just the Education community. We are targeting all segments of the economy with an interest in next generation WANs.

More information about this conference will follow. If you have an interest in attending or if you would like to present please send a comment to this blog and I will get back to you..........
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Long Distance Fun - Part Two

Perhaps this is a feable attempt to save myself some trouble. All I can say is that there was a lot of laughter in this house last night as Kay and I collaborated on our South Central story. It was good for the soul and took a bit of the anger out of how we feel about our long distance experience.

It's good to replace anger with laughter.

And I have to admit that as far as the service goes, it does work well (when it's not turned off). There is a great deal of value in the South Central service. Maybe too much. And maybe they need to raise the prices to cover their expenses. I don't know what the issues are at South Central. I hope they fix these problems. Maybe they don't even understand what the policies are doing to their customers.

And just maybe every other customer understands the whole "billing statements don't reflect late fees" issue and it's just me that's in the dark. It wouldn't be the first time........
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