http://www.byte.org/blog Ross Wm. Rader's current home page. Odds and sods of current interest without much thought given to rhyme or reason. Hey, it keeps me out of trouble, hopefully it keeps you interested ;) en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:51:36 -0500 Grassroots Blogware Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/4/18/36542.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/4/18/36542.html Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:25:46 -0400 <A href="http://evans.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/4/13/34385.html">Mark Evans</A>:&nbsp; "<EM>...Vonage is a long way from replicating the subscriber growth of emerging high-tech companies such as NetFlix, Tivo and XM Radio. Vonage's real success is its ability to raise US$105 million of venture capital, which talks to the entrepreneurial skills of founder Jeffrey Citron.</EM>" <br> <DIV align=right>[via <A href="http://evans.blogware.com/blog">Mark Evans</A>]</DIV> Grassroots Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/4/15/34967.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/4/15/34967.html Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:10:20 -0400 <P><A href="http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/4/15/34958.html"><IMG style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" hspace=3 src="http://www.byte.org/_photos/041404.thumb.jpg" align=left vspace=3 border=0></A>I attended ad hoc after hours session called "Call to Arms" yesterday evening. Dave Robertson, president of <A href="http://www.tispa.org/">TISPA</A>, is leading the discussion and promises that we're in for a wild ride.</P> <P>Panelists include Jim Pickrell, CEO Of <A href="http://www.brandx.net/">BrandX Internet</A>, Harvey Reiter, counsel for BrandX (BrandX is currently suing the FCC over some of its decisions), Joe Marion, the Executive Director of <A href="http://www.fispa.org/">FISPA</A>&nbsp;and Kate&nbsp;Lynch from <A href="http://www.bway.net/">Bway.net</A>.</P> <P>This group is trying to create a national group that can represent the interests of state ISP associations. Great move in my books. There really hasn't been a strong national voice with a broad level of support throughout the US. Most ISP associations have either been captured by Telcos and don't represent a broad enough cross-section to be taken seriously.&nbsp;I think this group has&nbsp;what it takes&nbsp;to actually make something interesting - and effective - happen. Grassroots