{"id":6868,"date":"2008-05-12T21:09:38","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T21:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/day-one-in-canada.html"},"modified":"2008-05-12T21:09:38","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T21:09:38","slug":"day-one-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/ip-communications\/day-one-in-canada.html","title":{"rendered":"Day One in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had an amazingly smooth trip<\/a> up to Canada considering the weather in New York was stormy when I left. It felt like 40 degree weather with 40+ MPH gusts. Somehow we took off and had a flight that wasn’t too turbulent.<\/p>\n

We landed without a hitch and I had a chance to see a few companies today. Amazingly and thankfully it was sunny and warm in Canada. How about that?<\/p>\n

What shocked me most however is the speed of the 1xRTT network up here. Not only is it expensive — it is lousy. I had to download voicemail at 6 kbps. Working at this speed by the way should be outlawed by the Geneva Convention.<\/p>\n

One person I met with today told me that Rogers will soon roll out EVDO. I didn’t get a chance to verify this BTW — just passing it along.<\/p>\n

Thankfully on a positive note — I ate dinner at the Perspectives Restaurant<\/a> at the Brookstreet Hotel<\/a>. Thank you Terry Matthews<\/a> for building such a nice hotel. I am sure if he didn’t build this multi-star shrine, there would be some crappy hotel option. To protect the innocent I won’t give examples of chains I prefer not to stay at.<\/p>\n

Not that I am really in need of such luxury — I really care most about fast Internet access and a comfortable bed.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I can’t describe how good the food is and the menu choices were excellent as well.<\/p>\n

Well — another big day is ahead of me tomorrow so some much needed rest will be taking place. Have a good night and see you tomorrow. If you see fewer blog entries than usual it is because I am instructing the growing TMC editorial team to cover the news as there is only so much 6 kbps blogging torture anyone should endure. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

But having said that, here are some of today’s articles you should read from other TMCnet writers:<\/p>\n