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Two Years Too Late..

We were on Clarent deathwatch when I was at Cisco. And that was a long time ago. 🙂 -Ian.

The End of Ma Bell as We Know It..

…and I feel fine. This is actually pretty funny, for those FOIB subscribers who remember some of the saber rattling that these two were doing against each other only a couple of months ago. This would have very interesting permutations for the telecom biz. -Ian....

FW: Indecent acts of PR – funny

—— Forwarded Message From: dan [at] prophecycom [dot] com Date: 27 Sep 2001 10:22:00 -0700 To: me [at] ianbell [dot] com, vlads [at] ringcentral [dot] com Subject: Indecent acts of PR – funny Hey guys, thought we could use a little humor during our...

Exodus Is Toast?

I rock! This time last year I thought Exodus was a good buy. Good thing nobody was listening… 🙂 -Ian.

Yowza! Satellite Radio Goes On Air..

…just in time for this afternoon’s massive solar flare. 🙂 -Ian. —– http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010925/tc/satellite_radio_4.html Tuesday September 25 3:27 PM ET Satellite Radio Service Goes On Air By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press...

Key3Media Acquires VON from Jeff Pulver

Unfortunate timing… I think many of us missed this. -Ian. ——- http://pulver.com/reports/vonews.html Key3Media, the World’s Leading Producer of Technology Tradeshows and Events, Announced Its Strategic Acquisition of Networking Pioneer...

Wireless Carriers’ 911 Foot-Dragging…

I’ve been waiting for this sort of an article to emerge. Surprisingly little blame has been cast upon the wireless carriers after the terrorist attack last week who have failed to meet the 911 safety objectives set forth by the FCC two years ago. Those safety...

Dispatch From a Friend..

The following is from a friend, Allison Burnett. Ironically, he wrote the screenplay for “Autumn in New York”, admittedly a fairly obtuse tear-jerker set entirely in the shadow of the World Trade Center buildings. For info about Allison:...

FW: Great article – check it out….

—— Forwarded Message From: Dan Cox Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:27:53 -0700 (PDT) To: me [at] ianbell [dot] com Subject: Great article – check it out…. > Body counts and head counts > 9/14/01 > San Francisco Chronicle > By Jon Carroll > > PHIL...

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On 9/13/01 10:36 PM, “D” wrote: > “In the year of the new century and nine months, >> From the sky will come a great King of Terror… >> The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. >> Fire approaches the great new city… >> In the city of york...