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BREAKFAST ON B'WAY Guest Speaker Points Out Keys to Successfully Merging CLECs & MSOs
On May 19th BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY had the pleasure of a visit by RCN Business Systems' newly appointed president, Felipe Alvarez. He spoke about the telecom business' mergers, with a focus on companies just below the super cap telecoms, and the benefits of merging a regional MSO and CLEC. Alvarez believes there is hope for future cable and telecommunication mergers. Read more about what Felipe Alvarez's comments and view his presentation.
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Network Options Outside of metro-NYC June's BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY Theme
June 21st's speaker and co-host, Pennsylvania-based carrier PPL Telcom knows the value of bandwidth providers outside of enterprise users'; metro region for all connectivity solutions, including compliance. Hear why enterprises often overlook carriers in other cities, which offer high-level fiber routes that achieve redundancy, diversity, reliability and lower costs, while solving compliance needs and delivering efficiencies needed in today's competitive marketplace. Also learn how non-metro area carriers fit, when it comes to companies' convergence requirements. You can use this link to register now: http://www.ersvp.com/r/event5006
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IX NEWS eXchange
Across the Pond
AMS-IX news includes the release of its Annual Report 2005 to members during the 20th general meeting on May 24. It is now available in PDF. And on May 30th they announced price decreases for all Gigabit Ethernet ports from Euro 1,200/1,250 to Euro 1,000 p/month as of July 1st.
The Right Coast
NYIIX In addition to reaching a peak traffic volume just below 16Gbps, the exchange added four new members that are immediately available for peering.
- Dream Tank
- Interserver
- Virgin Radio and
- Xand Communications
The Left Coast
Sibling LAIIX's peak traffic volume now reaches 2.5Gbps. Teleglobe is the exchange's newest member.
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Client Newswire
AboveNet launched dcXchange, a data center to data center service delivering high performance connections over a dedicated DWDM core network, between prime locations in WDC & Northern Virginia market. A pre-provisioned service, it delivers DWDM, SONET and Gig E connections for Enterprise, Carrier and Indirect Sales customers.
Global Internetworking Inc.…Network redundancy and continuity remains an increasingly hot topic. Check out GII's newly launched Network Continuity professional service.
InfoHighway now has a our Hosted PBX service. Call Marvin Vasquez @(212) 404-5276 or ping him at mvasquez@infohighway.com
Last Mile Connections … now offers LMC Exchange Pro. LMC says it is the first client- controlled platform enabling clients to maintain complete buying control while managing and procuring bandwidth services.
See the press release.
PIN Technologies …the network managing and monitoring firm has a new Sales Manager – Joe Fitzgerald. Reach him at 212-766-0088 – x216 or joe.fitzgerald@insolutions.com
Teleglobe triumphs at the Comms Channel Awards. They were named ISP of the Year. Teleglobe Press Release. The company is a new LAIIX member and is available for peering.
Voxel …see Industry Waves below for news about the company.
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Industry Waves
Ad Waves…look for the TELEHOUSE ad campaign on Forbes.com through the end of June.
Events Waves…ADVA Optical Networking and the Ciber, Inc. marketing teams launched their first of more to come seminars. Congrats to ADVA's Sue Arnell and Victoria DiGiulio and Ciber's Diane Stoner among others who helped launch their respective efforts. ADVA's Todd Bundy amazed his colleagues Brian McCann, Ray Porter, and Jim Frawley by keeping it real, nailing his presentation in 10 minutes. Todd, I still am hearing raves about your presentation at our March BOOT CAMP (ADVA's presentation). Howard Reis (Hudson Valley Data Net) and Michael Fuchs (Last Mile Connections) were among the attendees.
My first GTM brought back memories of some of the entertainment biz conclaves this writer attended. The lobby action was rockin' at the WDC Marriott Wardman Park, which is one heck of a networking platform. It is one of the best hotels to hold a conference. While the list is too long to name everyone here, I would like to say thanks to Global Internetworking CEO, Michael Keenan, President Todd Vecchio and VP Marketing & Strategy Andrew Goldsmith for inviting Telehouse to the lunch they sponsored. Thanks to Eric Bender (Wilshire Connection) for filling me in on the LA scene, Meg Collin and John Lacey (IDT) for showing how to keep a meeting lighthearted yet most productive, Corinne Haley (T-Systems) for her generosity of time and her graciousness, Bill Hager and Mark Carlton (Qwest) for their insights, VSNL's Kapil Kumar Jain for making time to meet the TH team, and Shrihari Pandit and Jinci Liu (Stealth), who are always a pleasure to be with…period. And to Dennis Brouwer (NeuStar) for adding a new one to my book on hooking up with someone in a overly crowded lobby. You ‘Da Man Dennis.
Burn ‘em Good WaveRaves ...to French restaurant Petits Plats on Connecticut Avenue for its excellent food.
Home Depot Waves...with construction going very well, look for the Voxel gang to be in their new digs @ 29 Broadway (right across from our very own 25B BROADWAY Center) sometime in July. Alex Vayl tells me they are all very excited with the progress. Hey, Alex, so am I. I smell a summer opening party!!! Make that 2 crispy Sabrett's with mustard and ‘kraut.
Music Waves ...if you are a Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler fan, check out his new recording with Emmylou Harris. My former programming ears hear a winner there.
March of the Penguins Waves ….Telecomplete directors, Mark Salvin and Philip Knight, collected a well-deserved Comm Channel Award as "ISP of the Year" at the recent awards ceremony. Check out the photo - Mark and Philip are the 2 middle penguin suit-attired gentlemen. A big ‘well done' from NewsWaves!!
People On the Move Waves... Voxel welcomed Thomas E. Jacobs (Tom, any relation to my friend, Ken?) to their team as a new on-site NOC technician working out of their Manhattan datacenter……For you Joe Fitzgerald fans wondering about his whereabouts, he is at NYC-based network management and monitoring firm, PIN Technologies as Sales Manager. Affectionately known at TH as Joe the Fitz, he belts out a mean song besides knowing the IT biz inside and out. Call him @ 212-766-0088– x216 or ping him @ joe.fitzgerald@insolutions.com. Former colleague Rich Pezza, who likes to drive around in Lincolns, is now at Time Warner Telecom. How the heck do your drive those boats, Rich? Get a real car!!
Shout Out Waves ...to my marketing peeps Alex Vayl (Voxel), Ruth Davey (Telecomplete), Andrew Goldsmith (GII) and MaryBeth Nance (AboveNet) for helping me fill a ton of space this month. And to our own John "The Zen Master" Lee, who is back from China where he visited family, the Great Wall, and new D-Marks for cross connects. To John I say Yum sing!! And our newest staffer, Nicole Recchia recently back from Viva Las Vegas...Congrats to Joe (Peer 1) and Cal Katie Cooper, who got married.
Sports Waves ...Alex's (Voxel) sports lock of the month is on the hoops side with the Dallas "Bart" Maverick's taking the NBA (Not Basketball Anymore) championship 4-2 against the C.S.I. Miami Heat. Could be right there Alex. Shaq is on a roll, while Pat Riley pulls out all the stops including going to #10 super hold hair gel. Yes, and it counts. Speaking of sports, Alex's Yankees will sweep the Boston Weasels pick has guaranteed the trash talking will continue from TH CFO Ed "The Yankees Suck" Kucynski You're a class act, Ed!
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News Stories from Around the Globe
Getting Crafty With VOIP Concerns about call quality, security, and infrastructure...have kept some financial services organizations from investigating VOIP. But...that may be changing. By Cory Levine Wall Street & Technology 5/15/2006 Copyright© 2004/5 CMP Media LLC
Yipes Secures Nearly $17.5 Million in Funding Posted on: 06/02/2006 Copyright© 2006 Virgo Publishing
Intel launches programme to bridge India's digital divide Monday June 12 2006 Copyright 2001-2005 newkerala.com Technology News, Posted 5/23/06; Bangalore: Intel Corporation... launched its new World Ahead Programme (WAP) in India for bridging the digital divide through greater accessibility, connectivity and education.
CBS Launches TheShowBuzz.com By Mike Shields, 6/12/06 - CBS Digital Media has launched a new entertainment news and gossip portal, TheShowBuzz.com... The new Web site...went live on Monday June 12, features nine channels. © 2006 VNU eMedia Inc. All rights reserved
News Corp. Rolls Out IGN TV by Mike Shields, 6/12/06 News Corp.'s IGN.com has launched IGN TV, a new channel...IGN's new TV-centric channel represents an expansion into what may be considered more mainstream content for the gamer-and-entertainment-enthusiast portal. Rival CNET entered similar territory...in April of 2005. © 2006 VNU eMedia Inc. All rights reserved.
Mottola Exits StarTomorrow....Music mogul Tommy Mottola has departed from NBC's planned online reality series StarTomorrow...The new Web-based video series, an American Idol-like music competition set to launch on NBC.com this summer... © 2006 VNU eMedia Inc. All rights reserved.
Business 2.0 Top 100 Fastest Growing tech Companies And the winners are…Tech is back, and the 100 companies...are leading the charge – and enjoying soaring sales, profits and share prices. © 2006 Business 2.0
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Event Calendar Waves
Date Location Event Name
Jun. 4-7 San Jose NANOG 37
Jun. 16 Nassau NY C.P.E. Long Island Round Table Event
Jun. 21 New York BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY w/ PPL Telcom
Jun. 21 New York C.P.E. Annual Golf Outing
Jun. 28 & 29 New York CAPACITY USA 2006
Jul. 16 New York BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY
Jul. 20 New York WSTA Summer Magic @ Chelsea Piers
Jul. 21 Nassau NY C.P.E. Long Island Round Table Event
Aug. 9 New York WSTA Next Gen Data Challenges & Solutions
Aug. 14-17 San Jose Digital Hollywood Building Blocks 2006
Aug. 16 New York BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY
Aug. 18 Nassau NY C.P.E. Long Island Round Table Event
Sep. 8 Staten Is NY BOOT CAMP @ TELEHOUSE Center
Sep. 15 New York BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY
Sep. 15 Nassau NY C.P.E. Long Island Round Table Event
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