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Entries from March 2008

Comcast’s 100Gbps Network to IETF 71

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

We’re very excited, in cooperation with Nortel, to provide a 100Gbps link to the IETF 71 meeting.  This has been supplying bandwidth to the meeting since it started on Sunday.  Some press articles are here and here.  Official press release is here.

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IETF in Lights, Pt. 2

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

As noted here, we had an IETF message scrolling across the top of the PECO building earlier in the week.  Thanks to Alex Petrescu, here are some pics of this.
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Espresso Recommendation

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

A few of the IETF 71 attendees have recommended:
Spruce Street Espresso, 1101 Spruce Street (corner of 11th & Spruce Streets) 
Several attendees have rated this in the top 5 espresso bars they have been to in the U.S.  So if you love espresso, check this out.
One attendee wrote: This is a brand-new shop (their grand opening […]

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Restaurant and Bar Update

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments

We finalized all our updates to our local guide to eating and drinking. Use the navigation at the top or check out restaurants here and bars/pubs here. See you soon!

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Laptop Invasion in Philly

March 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Philadelphia Business Journal has run a story about the IETF coming to town.

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Free Digital Photo Printing

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

When we were planning IETF 71, we realized that when we travel to IETF meetings ourselves we often have a digtal camera. This is especially the case when we travel overseas, as so many attendees of IETF 71 are. So we got to thinking it might be cool to be able to print photos at […]

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Win Ice Hockey Tickets

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks to HP, our business partner in releasing Comcast SmartZone, we are raffling four club box tickets to the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey game on Wednesday night. We’ll be raffling TWO sets of two tickets each.
To enter the raffle, drop a business card in the entry box at the Comcast table in the registration area. […]

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IETF 71 Meeting Announcement

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

ISOC sent a press release announcing the 71st IETF, and you can see that release here.

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ISOC Welcomes Comcast as Platinum Sponsor

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

We are pleased to support the Internet Society.  You can see the press release here.

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Audio Streaming @ IETF-71

March 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Eight parallel tracks will be broadcast starting with the commencement of working group sessions on Monday March 10 at 0900 EST (UTC-5) and continue until Friday at 1130 EST. Additionally it is the IETF’s intention to broadcast the IEPG meeting occurring on Sunday the 9th starting at 1000 EST.
The links for streaming sources and the schedule […]

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