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Is the NAP.NET web server still a 90MHz Pentium running BSDI? Chris A. Icide wrote: > Interesting enough, > > Take this little tidbit. The methodology in general was performance > testing of the backbone's web site. (Which in itself is probably an > accurate measurement goal for the level of subscribers to that > magazine) However, Nap.Net's web site was sitting behind a > Fractional T1 off of our chicago node while the web page was > being overhauled during this test period. So, the rating for > Nap.Net reflects a Fractional (actually 22 channels) T1 > performance. This is interesting in the light that Nap.Net > still scored above the average and the median. > > Chris > > ---------- > From: Sean Donelan[SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 1997 5:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Internet Backbone Index > > I guess it was only a matter of time. The Keynote/Boardwatch > Internet Backbone Index > > http://www.keynote.com/measures/backbones/backbones.html > > I'm not going to comment on the methodology flaws, but it does > show what will fill the information gap. I do like the line "The > world's fastest network provides good service to its users only if it > does a good job of connecting to the rest of the Internet." > Unfortunately > I don't think this study really shows that. > -- > Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO > Affiliation given for identification not representation -- Joseph T. Klein | mailto:[email protected] Chief of Development | http://www.titania.net begin: vcard fn: Joseph T. Klein n: Klein;Joseph T. org: Titania Corporation email;internet: [email protected] title: Chief of Development x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE end: vcard
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