[5570] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ungodly packet loss rates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ehud Gavron)
Mon Oct 21 23:44:32 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 20:33:17 -0700 (MST)
From: Ehud Gavron <GAVRON@ACES.COM>
In-reply-to: Your message dated "Mon, 21 Oct 1996 17:47:00 -0700"
<96Oct21.174725-0700pdt.18972-1+4@blue.velvet.com>
To: jbash@velvet.com
Cc: mrbill@texas.net, emv@simtel.coast.net, nanog@merit.net, GAVRON@ACES.COM
>[Quotes mercilessly reordered]
>I'm amazed at the attitude I'm getting from this list. You are,
>collectively, in the business of running a large network. I am a
Right
>paying user of that network. The network is not delivering appropriate
No. You're a minimal-paying user of a minimal provider
who has connected to our network.
>performance, as measured most importantly by the time I and others
>spend waiting around for characters to echo, Web pages to display, and
>whatnot. This time is long far more often than it's historically
>been, and far more often than a reasonable person might expect.
Its has no apostrophe when it's not possessive. At any
rate, consider this analogy.
Some of us pay $10K/month for 100% quality
Some pay $2-$5K/month for mostly near 100% quality
Some pay $400-$2K/month for a connection to that
Some pay $10-$30 a month for a connection to a connection
to that.
so shut up.
Ehud
>Although my immediate complaint is prompted by a specific incident,
Whiner.
