I am writing this blog note to inform the ISP community that ISPCON will not run this year or in the foreseeable future. A conference that predates the Internet (when it was known as BBSCON, some of you may recall a fierce debate over whether the Internet should be commercialized) has become out of date. The Internet has moved on to smartphones, social media and user-generated content (for which Mediabistro has several strong shows).

It has been a privilege to run ISPCON and to bring together so many of the leaders of this industry.