[101716] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Operator Groups Outside the US
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Wed Jan 16 07:41:04 2008
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:20:25 +0000
From: Simon Lockhart <simon@slimey.org>
To: Rod Beck <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <71CB284A12EDA54880FF588A8BAC0BE20E4D12@ernie.HiberniaAtlantic.local>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 12:09:48PM -0000, Rod Beck wrote:
> 6. I am not aware of any Dutch per se ISP conferences although that market is
> certainly quite vibrant. I am also disappointed to see the Canadians and
> Irish have next to nothing despite Ireland being the European base of
> operations for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Yahoo. And Canada has over 30
> million people. Where is the National Pride?
Inex, the Dublin internet exchange runs member meetings a few times a year.
(But, like LINX, DE-CIX & AMS-IX member meetings, they're designed for members,
not for the general community).
NANOG occasionally holds meetings in Canada.
> 8. Both DEC-IX and AMS-IX have member meetings each year. Not clear how
> difficult to get invited if you are not a member.
There's also the EPF (European Peering Forum) co-run by LINX, DE-CIX and AMS-IX
once a year.
Simon
