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Re: [87attendees] SIM purchase at the IETF (was Re: [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review)

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 16 August 2013 16:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: [87attendees] SIM purchase at the IETF (was Re: [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review)
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> Asking iaoc to jump directly into a reseller or group buy role soinds a 
> bit rushed. I would start asking ietf org to investigate the best SIMS 
> available for individual purchase and put that up on the ietf web page. 
> Then maybe investigate whether a group buy would yield sufficiently 
> better prices and report back at the next ietf meeting.

Yow.  I read Dave's proposal as look for a local vendor who'll set up a 
table near the registration desk.

The point is to make it easy to get reasonably priced SIMs, not 
necessarily a rock bottom price.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

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