Avi Freedman's Home Page

Newer Stuff

Apr 06     "Woman of Valor", posted in honor of my mother.
Aug 05     Started a collection of funny ISP stories
Jun/Jul 05 Played some poker at the World Series and the Ultimate Poker 
           Challenge.  Came in 12th in the Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy 
           tournament, but they only paid 9 :(
Apr 05     My mother died in a tragic accident Tuesday night 
           4/5/05.  We remember her and try to be better people in her honor.
Oct 04     A poker update of my poker travels
May 04     Here is a what-to-look-for-in-sushi page I am working on.
May 04     Netaxs Wyndmoor photo and MFS POP movie

What I'm up to...

• Chief Network Scientist for Akamai: Working on new products & services around Internet monitoring and Application/Content Delivery Solutons
• Working with readnews.com: Usenet outsourcing for Geeks & ISPs
• Martial Arts at Zhang-Sah Martial Arts School in Bridgeport, PA and schools in the Reston, VA area
• Advise Jacquette Consulting, a leading consulting company on the east coast that develops custom Documentum-based solutions, among other things
• Playing poker every so often (see my poker log here):
  I came in 5th in Pot Limit Omaha at the World Series (aired on ESPN) and came in 2nd at a Ultimate Poker Challenge event which will air on Christmas day at 11pm.
• Atkins Diet - as you can see, with mild exercise + strict Atkins, I've lost quite a bit of weight.
• Playing with gadgets to enhance my connectivity. Currently, Treo 600, Clie UX-50, Fujitsu P5000 w/ EVDO, and EDGE bluetooth backup.
• BGP and Network Consulting: Network audit; Security training; Growth planning; General advice
• I split my time between Philadelphia, the DC area, Cambridge, and various other cities for Akamai, and some travel for poker as well.

What I used to do

I am no longer with Netaxs, the Philadelphia-area ISP I started in 1992, though I still say hello over there sometimes.

Before coming to Akamai in Oct 98, I was VP of Engineering at AboveNet from late 1998 to late 1999.

Before that, I started Netaxs in 1992, I hosted a number of of MUDs on my machine (bigboy.cis.temple.edu) and provided a safe Unix haven on my personal boxes for Temple students looking to escape the tyranny of VMS and Pascal.

Press & Pictures

Pictures:

Where to find me
Midwest Grill
Sagami
Sushi Sasabune
NANOG
RIPE
IETF