Wednesday, October 6

• Noon—1, Gathering Lunch, Hunt Telecom - Visit with other members and FISPA’s Board of Directors during this gathering luncheon sponsored and hosted by Hunt Telecom and prepare for the afternoon’s tour and field trip.
• 1—2, Telco Data Center Tour, Hunt Telecom - Tour Guide: Robert Liethman – Integrated Data Services/Hunt Telecom – ISP to CLEC, CLEC to Layer I provider. Participants on this field trip will tour a data center that provides network access and transport terminations and applications for a CLEC and 2 ISPs.
• 2—5, Fiber Field Services, Hunt Telecom – Tour Guide: Kevin Hunt – Hunt Telecom – Take a ‘fiber field trip’ to see fiber builds. How do you do a ‘site survey’ to determine how to install, what to install, how to estimate the cost, what equipment is needed, what are the safety issues, getting ‘right of ways’, and how to terminate and own and maintain Layer I. During this field trip participants will see many different installation types and have lots of time to ask
  questions and perhaps help on an installation.
• 5—9, Crawfish Boil Dinner, Hunt Telecom – Suck the heads or suck some beers – either way this is one great networking event sponsored and hosted by Hunt Telecom. During the Boil, tours Hunt Telecom’s data center will be open for
  guided tours and lots of time and expertise for questions.
• Hunt Telecom is 6.5 miles from the meeting hotel (Royal St. Charles) or the New Orleans Airport.
  • Hunt Telecom (504-832-0002 x0), 106 Metairie Lawn Drive, Metairie, LA
  • MapQuest directions from the hotel
  • MapQuest directions from the airport

Thursday, October 7

• 8–10, CLEC Therapy Breakfast, Charles III Room
• 8–10, ATT User Group, Warwick Room
• 10, Break & Snacks, Bourbon Room
• 10:30, Evolve or Die, Innovate or Expire, Move Forward or Get Run Over, Bourbon/Royal Room
• 10:30, Vendor Committee – Closed Meeting, Warwick Room
• 11, Executive Briefing – Emerging VoIP Markets, Bourbon/Royal Room
• Noon (repeats @ 2), LIVE! A 60 Minute Complete Hosted VoIP Implementation, Bourbon/Royal Room
• Noon (repeats @ 3), Selling SIP Trunking & Hosting PBX – Is Your Sales Team Ready?, Charles III Room
• Noon, CLEC Committee – Closed Meeting, Warwick Room
• 1, Vendor Corral Welcome Luncheon, Bourbon Room
• 2 (repeat of Noon session), LIVE! A 60 Minute Complete Hosted VoIP Implementation, Bourbon/Royal Room
• 2 (repeats Friday @ 11:30), IPV6, Bourbon Room
• 2, ATT User Group: Understanding ATT’s Services under FISPA’s Agreements, Charles III Room
• 3 (repeat of Noon session), Selling SIP Trunking & Hosting PBX – Is Your Sales Team Ready?, Charles III Room
• 3, Cloud Computing, Bourbon Room
• 3 (repeats Friday @ 10:45), Selling Cross Lata Services Leveraging ATT’s MIS & LDPL Solutions, Charles III Room
• 3:45, Break & Snacks, Bourbon Room
• 4:15, Dealing with Your Underlying Carriers, Royal/Bourbon Room
• 5-6, Taking Ownership of the Regulatory Process, Bourbon/Royal Room
• 6-7, Rini Coran Legacy Logo Hospitality Reception, Bourbon/Royal Room
• 6:45, Shuttle Bus Departs
• 7-10, Dinner Jazz Cruise, Paddlewheeler Creole Queen
• 10, Shuttle Bus Returns

Friday, October 8

• 9-10:30, FNAP Working Session with Caffeine, Charles III Room
• 10, Break with Snacks, Bourbon Room
• 10:45, Cable/IPTV, Triple Play Options, & Next Generation GPON Architecture, Royal/Bourbon Room
• 10:45 (repeat of Thursday 3pm), Selling Cross Lata Services Leveraging ATT’s MIS & LDPL Solutions, Charles III Room
• 12:15, Browse in Haste. Repent at Leisure, Royal/Bourbon Room
• 12:15, Tax Compliance Workshop, Charles III Room
• 1, Luncheon Keynote with Broadvox (presentation), Bourbon Room – Speaker: David Byrd, Vice President Sales & Marketing
• 2 (repeat of Thursday 2pm), IPV6, Charles III Room
• 2:30, VoIP Therapy, Royal/Bourbon Room
• 3:15, Merger and Acquisitions, Royal/Bourbon Room
• 4, General Assembly, Door Prizes, and Adjournment, Royal/Bourbon Room