>>As for the network: Vienna has shown that it's possible to do better. >>At the same time, with 1000+ people in a room performance isn't going >>to be great. Poor network performance during plenaries and other >>crowded sessions isn't the end of the world as long as the network >>functions well elsewhere. It might be a good idea to stop comparing Minneapolis to Vienna. Vienna had a host and Minneapolis did not. Having a host is a good thing but few companies are willing to step forward anymore. Solve that problem and many other problems get solved... including more important ones like having a T-shirt. -kevin