Did you ever plan a summer party and then it rains and blows the plans? All of your provisions are sitting in the fridge with know one to serve them to (maybe except the wine and beer which somehow always finds a home).

Well that’s nothing compared with what Metaswitch encountered in the last two weeks when their forum venue, the Gaylord – Opryland Hotel and resort was flooded and their Annual User Conference needed to be canceled.

See photos of the hotel at this link.

The organizers have not announced the rescheduling of the event. I’m sure the more than 800 customers and vendors will find something else to do next week, and I’m also sure that the we all feel for, the Opryland Hotel staff and the people of Tenn. who have a much bigger task ahead of them, rebounding from this event.

If you’ve followed the VoIP Insider or VoIP Supply for any length of time you will know that for years we’ve been servicing a worldwide customer base. While the  United States is our primary market, we’ve always had a strong presence within North America, especially in Canada.

Over the years we’ve kept a close on eye on the Canadian market place through our Canadian VoIP Store and over the last few months we’ve made a number of investments to bolster our ability to service the Canadian market.

In addition to a revamp of our Canadian website, today we’re happy to announce that VoIP Supply now has a physical presence in Canada. Starting soon orders placed through VoIPSupply.com or CanadianVoIPStore.com will ship from our Canada location.

This will allow Canadian customers to purchase product in Canadian dollars, avoid shipping delays and customs fees all of which should make purchasing VoIP equipment easier and less expensive.