Re: AlbertaIX - no longer a Cybera project?

< irrelevant spectator commentary > i do not know squat about the local issues in alberta. but we all seem to spend a lot of time and energy going sideways, sometimes backward, instead of forward. what is under these recent, seemingly unproductive, canadian exchange spats? why is vancouver a suburb of seattle? is it some sort of physics with telco horizontal vs trans-border pricing, or regulatory restrictions, or is it the poutine? i always thought canada was a somethat more civilized culture, well, except for poutine. it all looks strange from here. but then don't ask me why tokyo has the number of exchanges it does. randy