David,
OK, fine. The general point was: We meet and have met in places in the
US and Canada that are not one hop from "everywhere". Dave seems to
think that Minneapolis is incovenient, it's not one hop from San
Francisco or San Jose generally speaking, but I don't think this rules
it (or San Diego, or Philadelphia, or Pittsburg) out as an IETF
meeting venue.
Ole
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On Sun, 24 May 2009, David A. Bryan wrote:
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Ole Jacobsen <ole(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Coming from Tokyo to Minneapolis isn't exactly a single hop either if
you want to consider another case.
Actually, it is a single hop. There is daily non-stop service from Tokyo to
MSP:
http://www.orbitz.com/flight-info/NW/NW-MSP-NRT.html
And there are quite a few non-stop flights to MSP from Europe as well,
including Paris, Amsterdam, and Heathrow, plus Mumbai and
Singapore....and this is just the Northwest (Delta) non-stops. So
while personally I love visiting the Netherlands and think Maastricht
will be a very fun trip indeed, it will be quite difficult to get to,
and arguing this is somehow even remotely similar to Minneapolis in
terms of air service is pretty far off the mark. Minneapolis is not
Chicago or London, and lack of competition might make it a bit pricier
than some other airports, but it has a very well served international
airport.
David
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