To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2112 ) 9/25/1999 4:11:00 PM From: Scott C. Lemon Respond to of 5853
Hello Frank, > Scott, does this event get carried over the 'net? I would think > that it's time that they would be. They needn't be free. Forsooth. > But part of a paid subscription if it actually came down to that > being a stumbling block. The main conference web site is at: forbes.com They have a link that says "Watch and Listen" on the left side frame, but this appears to be last years sessions. I do have to admit that the web presence of this conference is slightly below what I would have expected ... ;-( > Live web-casting would add a tremendous sense of realism to the > topic at hand. And it would serve the dual purpose of solving the > emerging dread of bandwidth glut, at the same time. -smile- ... but then they would run into the same problem that I found up here at Lake Tahoe - there might be bandwidth in some places, but not here! PacBell doesn't even offer dial-up Internet access witha local number to it's customers up here! No Cable Modems, no DSL, and of course the development my folks live in is connected to the CO via a PairGain voice-grade system ... 28.8Kbps is it! ;-) Last year they had some Internet access, but I'm not sure what the speed was ... > Then again, maybe these are already being sent out "over the wires" > and I simply don't know bout it. If it is, I'll have to sign up to > get it pushed my way. Recall all the to do about push? ;-) Push is one of my favorite subjects. I was hassled by a lot of people when I explained what a joke I thought it was ... "Push is why there is a pile of newspapers at the end of my driveway when I return from a business trip!" SCL Scott C. Lemon