9:00 AM -- Today's moment in NXTcomm/Globalcomm/Supercomm history takes us back to 2001, when there were so many parties being thrown during that show in Atlanta, we felt it was worthwhile to highlight a few of the more popular ones we'd heard about: Party Time.

In case you forgot, 2001 was also the year Nortel, which was rotting from the inside out, hired Elton John to play an exclusive concert for their employees and customers. We sure hope Sir Elton wasn't paid in stock.

— Phil Harvey, Barely Managing Editor, Light Reading