[10301] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Fri Jun 27 18:39:29 1997
To: George Herbert <gherbert@crl.com>
Cc: "Jack Rickard" <jack.rickard@boardwatch.com>,
"Ben Black" <black@zen.cypher.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:20:55 PDT."
<199706272120.AA18194@mail.crl.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 15:30:49 -0700
From: George Herbert <gherbert@crl.com>
I wrote:
>This test completely missed any issues related to inter-ISP
>connectivity and performance. You could score at the top of the
>pack with a ISP which was disconnected from the rest of the
>internet during the test period, in fact, a key indicator that
>the measurement is nearly worthless as an overall gage.
I had misread part of the description at Keynote.com
and was confusing it with another test.
It did test inter-ISP connectivity, but only
in a very few directions. My general commentary
and seconding of everyone else's criticisms stand.
-george william herbert
gherbert@crl.com
