Re: More on IPSPA.ORG

[Gordon Cook <gcook () tigger jvnc net>]

I expect Mike that Tim is well aware of the history of the CIX which just 
a year ago was reaching an all time low.  Now Bob collet has done well 
since he took over, but the CIX still does not have widespread support.  
It formed a CIX mail list about a month ago.  I joined.  *NO* traffic.  
It has never been able to communicate outside the bounds of its own 
members and until it finds a way to do this successfully will not become 
*THE* trade association that I think the industry really DOES need.  
Tim's posts may be a bit quixotic but they DO point to an unfilled need.

********************************************************************
Gordon Cook, Editor & Publisher       Subscript.: Individ-ascii  $85
The COOK Report on Internet                Non Profit.          $150
431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618          Small Corp & Gov't   $200
(609) 882-2572                             Corporate            $350
Internet: cook () cookreport com              Corporate. Site Lic  $650
Newly expanded COOK Report Web Pages http://pobox.com/cook/
********************************************************************


On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Mike O'Dell wrote:

> Uh, you have been pre-dated by about 3 years by the 
>
>       Commercial Internet Exchange
>
> lots of network operators and access providers already belong.
>
> If what you propose hasn't been done in that already-existing forum,
> maybe there's a reason that would foretell the expected success
> of another parallel organization?
>
>       -mo