[5626] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: You are right [was Re: Ungodly packet loss rates]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Ford)
Tue Oct 22 20:21:08 1996
From: Peter Ford <peterf@microsoft.com>
To: "'Kent W. England'" <kwe@6SigmaNets.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.net'" <nanog@merit.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:32:58 -0700
Another pragmatic solution is to call the editors of comm week, network
world, data communications and suggest that they might get a lot of
mileage writing a story comparing and contrasting the performance of
ISPs. They do this for routers, bridges, FR services so they can
probably find a respectable consulting/measurement group to collect
information. Some of this could be live empirical data and some of this
could be survey.
cheers, peter
>>>> From Kent England
>
>Unfortunately, the practical solution to your problem is to shop around and
>the more you know about your unique topological concerns the better off
>you'll be. I wish there was a Net Consumers Report service that you could
>subscribe to, but we aren't quite there yet.
>
>So, John, relax a little knowing you are fundamentally right and your
>expectations are entirely reasonable and please accept my apology that the
>Internet isn't quite ready yet to meet your needs. I take solace in the
>fact that it has never been better and that it will continue to get better.
>
>--Kent
>speaking as a long time Internet services person
>
>
