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  From: John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
  To  : Michael Kratz <michael_kratz@hotmail.com>
  Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:32:19 +1030

Re: ADSL Talk Proposal

Michael Kratz wrote:
> 
> >I'm keen. I think that Simon needs to be careful about pluggin too much,
> >but
> >I'm sure he will... perhaps we should invite a telstra and/or other
> >telco/ISP in to give a counter to the Agile push... I'm keen for Simon to
> >give a talk with no plugs or criticisms, then 2 mins for any ISP to plug or
> >whatever.
> 
> You can't really blame him for plugging Agile/Internode, and seeming that
> everyone kinda knows his position on this one, does it really matter anyway.
> I mean, Telstra is going to plug Bigpond, Optus will plug theirs, iPrimus,
> theirs, etc, etc. It's just a fact of business!!!

It depends if you hear a talk from a strictly technical person, or
someone involved in managing or marketing the product. For example,
Geoff Huston (Telstra) gives a lot of *excellent* technical talks at
conferences without needing to plug his employer at all.

It also depends on what you call a plug .. if you work at place X as an
expert in Y, it's going to be difficult to talk about Y without drawing
on experience, anecdotes and statistics gathered at X.

If invited, I'd be happy to talk/plug about the new iDSL product my
employer is launching soon :)

John Edwards

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