Re: How to judge what is the fair site for participation

[Rob Sayre <[e-mail]>]

Benson Muite <[e-mail]> wrote:

I don't go to these anymore, or even register online. You can just watch
them on YouTube and skip the boring parts.

But, if no one went, I would have nothing to watch. So, I agree it's a
problem.

For some measurements on things that I have personally flown:

- SFO to Hyderabad: SFO -> Dubai (16 hours), Dubai -> Hyderabad (4 hours)
- SFO to Singapore direct: 17 hours
- JFK to BKK (they don't have this one anymore): 16-17 hours, and the
flight went around the world, meaning it flew east to BKK and the return
flew east to JFK.

This is probably all slower now, because geopolitical situations can make
it difficult to overfly some countries.

These trips are absolutely brutal, even if you fly in business. For a trip
like that, it's pretty much a 2-week deal, so you can get your mind back
after the jetlag. I think a lot of IETF people actually like planes and
things, so it's not a giant pain. The issue is whether one can make the
entire time productive. If someone from Australia flies to San Francisco,
they can probably book a lot of meetings, even within their own company.
Not so going the other way, so that's the issue. It's just a function of
the density of Internet companies.

thanks,
Rob