[5644] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RE: You are right [was Re: Ungodly packet loss rates]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (edd@acm.org)
Wed Oct 23 09:11:08 1996
To: alex@relcom.eu.net
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:09:07 +0400 (AMT)
Cc: edd@amnic.net, kwe@6SigmaNets.com, nanog@merit.net, peterf@microsoft.com
In-Reply-To: <ADfHXRo0WN@virgin.relcom.EU.net> from "alex@relcom.eu.net" at Oct 23, 96 04:49:45 pm
From: edd@acm.org
Reply-To: edd@amnic.net
> As for me, it is interesting two technoques used simultaneously:
>
> 1) Journal asks ISP to make dialup-IP and 64K account for the testing;
> and asks where they coud try T1 connection.
>
> 2) Journal bue (anonimously) dialup account from the same ISP's.
>
> Then, every day in 1 months (or some 5 different days during this months)
> they measure CPS for - WWW to some interesting pages, FTP from some servers,
> quality of real-audio connections, etc...
>
> Then (since 1 months) it will be very interestind data.
Agreed. But you don't mention customer support, prices, services
(many ISPs give you phone number, id/password - and you're on your way. others
provide customized news, content, local information, support, etc...)
In other words, there is a difference between "real" ISP and "not-so" ISP...
-edd
