[Asterisk-Users] Any interest in a Canadian Asterisk mailing list?

[Jim Van Meggelen]

Gyrion, Larry M. wrote:
> I believe the US and Canada use the same methods for voice
> services, maybe we could make it a North America list serv
> instead.  Just some thoughts here

I see the value of regional lists primarily as relates to non-technical
items such as local service providers, regulatory issues, and so forth.

For the technical stuff, I much prefer the single list. I don't mind at
all reading about POTS lines in the UK, or the joys of ISDN in the EU.
Maybe one day the sheer volume of messages will make that untenable, but
for now I love the international flavour of the list.

As VoIP becomes ubiquitous, the value of regional lists might be less
and less relevant.

Jim.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Van Meggelen [mailto:jim at vanmeggelen.ca]
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:42 AM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Any interest in a Canadian
> Asterisk mailing list?
> 
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
>> On January 17, 2005 01:47 am, John Sellens wrote:
>>> Just on the off chance that Canadian Asterisk users might be
>>> interested in a place to discuss topics specific to the "great white
>>> north" (sources, services, telcos, etc.), I created the
>>> asterisk-canada mailing list:
>> 
>> I know as a Canadian I'm not interested in a list "Just for
>> Canadians" -- It's just fragmenting the help available for very
>> little benefit. I do, however, appreciate the thought.
> 
> I don't think the idea is to be "just for Canadians", but
> more as a forum for topics that relate to Asterisk in the
> Canadian environment.
> 
> A very relevant example is the CRTCs deliberations on VoIP,
> which may have huge repercussions to Canadian Asterisk users,
> but is hardly relevant to the international version of the
> Asterisk-Users list. Bell and TELUS bashing might also be
> popular topics :-)
> 
> I do agree that any subject that is not specific to the
> Canadian experience should remain in the international list.
> We are an international community; therein lies our power.
> 
> Anyhow, I signed up, and am planning to start a thread about
> the CRTC VoIP deliberations (and the generous act performed
> there by Jeff Pulver), something I wouldn't feel was
> appropriate on Asterisk-Users. Time will tell how many topics
> there are to discuss.
> 
> The way I see it, a Canadian mailing list will be no
> different than our country itself: visitors will always be welcome.

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