[AusNOG] tom koltai - in memorial

[Narelle]

I looked long and hard this morning for the t-shirt he gave me in 1999
at a peering meeting in the US. A kangaroo and an eagle.

I remember him well and certainly as a colourful character in a
colourful industry!

It was a fun time.

My sympathy to his family and friends.



On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Andrew Khoo <andrew at 6net.com.au> wrote:
> [i apologise for the off-topic nature of this post, but there are many folk
> on this list that have known Tom in the past]
>
> for folks that are long-in-the-tooth in this industry, you probably have
> come across Tom Koltai sometime in the past.
>
> Tom is one of those people that are polarising - certainly i have met folks
> at both ends of the spectrum that really love him, or hate him.
>
> i have had the opportunity to work with him in the late 90s, and it indeed
> was the most challenging experience (people-wise) in my entire life.
>
> Tom did genuinely try his best to help this industry - many of his fights
> against the big T were not public knowledge, but he famously (but
> unsuccessfully) fought against both the T an T2 floats - arguing that the
> tax-payers had already paid for the copper etc in the ground, and why should
> we be offered shares to buy into something we already own!
>
> Tom was also instrumental in supporting exchange points in Australia on the
> east coast, around the same time as WAIA was bringing up WAIX. Whilst some
> folks de-cry the legacy of AUIX, there are lots of backroom stories on the
> how & why things didn't work out the way they worked out.
>
> Tom passed away two weeks ago.
>
> An informal memorial to honour him will be held tomorrow (Thursday
> 24-Mar-16) from 1800hrs at "The Club Room", Glenmore Hotel (96 Cumberland
> St, The Rocks).
>
> All are welcome.
>
>
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