Is anyone going to NXTcomm next week in Chicago? For those of you that aren't familiar with NXTcomm, it is by far the largest Telecommunications show in North America, and probably the world. I personally attended last year (when it was called Globalcomm). It was by far the largest trade show that I had ever been to. I spent 2 full days (10am-5pm) and I still didn't have enough time to get through all of the tradeshow floor. Details on the show can be found at http://www.nxtcommshow.com/
All of the big VoIP and telephony companies are there. There was a lot of vendors with asterisk related content there as well. Digium will be there. I am going driving down again this year with a colleague. We are leaving the Toronto area around 1pm on Monday in order to get there late Monday night so we are ready to hit the show floor Tuesday at 10am when it opens. If anyone is interested in following us down or meeting up with us there let me know. We are planning on heading back around noon on Thursday. For those of you that haven't been to a show this size before, apart from all the free swag there is to be had, all the major vendors are their with their HUGE marketing budgets. This means FREE FOOD, FREE BEER, FREE BOOZE, and tonnes of FREE partys. As a new CLEC I already have invites to most of the big parties and I can get anyone that tags along in to those parties as well. For example, Wednesday 6pm - midnight dinner and drinks at the legendary Chicago House of Blues...open Bar. I can tell you that last year in the 3 days that we were there we didn't pay for a single meal. The recruiting company dice.com started handing out free beer at 10am. I also have plenty of URL links to complimentary tradeshow passes from vendors for those that don't want to shell out $150 USD to get in the door (even though it is worth it) Bill Sandiford Telnet Communications 905-674-2000 x100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message. Thank you.
