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December 05, 2006 | Comments: (0)

Of Grid and Men

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I recently tried to contact someone via phone with my Vonage VoIP service. I received a "this number not in service message" for a number I knew was working. I picked up my mobile phone and sure enough the call went through. Back to Vonage and the "not in service message" again.

With the exception of the odd network glitch (which is no fault of Vonage) my service has been rock solid. While speaking with my contact they mentioned that they had Comcast VoIP service. Hmmmmmm....

There are plenty of conspiracy theories regarding Comcast and Vonage and my intent is not to fuel the fire as I have no real proof of what exactly was causing my connection problems. However, it got me thinking back to Grid again.

Regardless of whatever spiffy Grid enabled universal applications we come up with. Regardless of how interoperable and explicit our standards are. If we don't overcome sociological barriers to Grid when they present themselves, the technology means very little.

Perhaps this is the most prominent area where our friends on the academic side of Grid can teach those on the enterprise side of Grid.

Posted by Greg Nawrocki on December 5, 2006 09:35 AM

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