{"id":1563,"date":"2006-03-02T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2006-03-02T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-02T19:34:00","slug":"allstreams-customer-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"Allstream&#8217;s Customer Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I wandered the floor at Allstream&#8217;s customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn&#8217;t help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the masses of telecom customers who used to be so thirsty to drink from the fountain of knowledge at industry trade shows. Now, trade shows are a thing of the past &#8211; at least in Canada &#8211; and companies like Allstream have to put together their own events in order to get the word out to the masses.<\/p>\n<p>We have consciously avoided the trade show route for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\">The Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a>. Instead, we think that people benefit from presentations given by the top leaders of all segments of the industry &#8211; avoiding sales pitches and instead delivering messages of thought leadership. It&#8217;s 3 days of networking and our fountain of knowledge is more like a firehose&#8230; come try to take a sip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I wandered the floor at Allstream&#8217;s customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn&#8217;t help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the masses of telecom customers who used to be so thirsty to drink from the fountain of knowledge at industry trade shows. Now, trade shows are a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allstream&#8217;s Customer Event<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Allstream&#039;s Customer Event &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As I wandered the floor at Allstream&#039;s customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn&#039;t help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the &#8226; March 2, 2006\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allstream&#039;s Customer Event &#8226; Telecom Trends\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As I wandered the floor at Allstream&#039;s customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn&#039;t help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the &#8226; March 2, 2006\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Telecom Trends\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-03-02T19:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3484\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Goldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mark_goldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mark_goldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Goldberg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Goldberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7\"},\"headline\":\"Allstream&#8217;s Customer Event\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-02T19:34:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563\",\"name\":\"Allstream's Customer Event &#8226; Telecom Trends\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-03-02T19:34:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"As I wandered the floor at Allstream's customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn't help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the &#8226; March 2, 2006\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=1563\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Telecom Trends\",\"description\":\"A Canadian perspective on trends in telecom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/mark_logo_png.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/mark_logo_png.png\",\"width\":3484,\"height\":1444,\"caption\":\"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/mark_goldberg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mhgoldberg.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7\",\"name\":\"Mark Goldberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Goldberg\"},\"description\":\"Mark Goldberg has more than 40 years of international experience in strategic planning, managing, designing and implementing telecommunications carrier networks.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Allstream's Customer Event &#8226; Telecom Trends","description":"As I wandered the floor at Allstream's customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn't help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the &#8226; March 2, 2006","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Allstream's Customer Event &#8226; Telecom Trends","og_description":"As I wandered the floor at Allstream's customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn't help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the &#8226; March 2, 2006","og_url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563","og_site_name":"Telecom Trends","article_published_time":"2006-03-02T19:34:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3484,"height":1444,"url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Mark Goldberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mark_goldberg","twitter_site":"@mark_goldberg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Goldberg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563"},"author":{"name":"Mark Goldberg","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7"},"headline":"Allstream&#8217;s Customer Event","datePublished":"2006-03-02T19:34:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563","name":"Allstream's Customer Event &#8226; Telecom Trends","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-03-02T19:34:00+00:00","description":"As I wandered the floor at Allstream's customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn't help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the &#8226; March 2, 2006","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1563"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/","name":"Telecom Trends","description":"A Canadian perspective on trends in telecom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc.","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mark_logo_png.png","width":3484,"height":1444,"caption":"Mark H Goldberg & Associates Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/mark_goldberg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fb9ac7e53dc710f23be648a3b1ab4d7","name":"Mark Goldberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/716530aafa7ae4ea72f4887cbcfc45304504ef5d23bb57e4cd0251e2802ada33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Goldberg"},"description":"Mark Goldberg has more than 40 years of international experience in strategic planning, managing, designing and implementing telecommunications carrier networks."}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"tenweb_optimizer_mobile":false,"tenweb_optimizer_tablet":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mark Goldberg","author_link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?author=2"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"As I wandered the floor at Allstream&#8217;s customer event today at the National Trade Centre, I couldn&#8217;t help but think back to the days of the CBTA and the masses of telecom customers who used to be so thirsty to drink from the fountain of knowledge at industry trade shows. Now, trade shows are a&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}