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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!!
So are we all going to all resort to name calling now to get our points across? Every time you deal with a dynamic object such as the Internet, where conditions can change on a minute by minute basis, benchmark results are close to useless. The only thing that benchmarks on a dynamic object can do is give you a rough estimate of the actual throughput.. The variables to be tested in something massive as the Internet and too numerous to count.. SO, lets get on with it :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ Jesse W. Wheeler Quality Assurance Analyst Reynolds & Reynolds Healthcare Systems Division Email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- >---------- >From: Jack Rickard[SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, June 27, 1997 2:00 PM >To: Ben Black; [email protected] >Subject: Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!! > >I'm not a marketing droid. But only a moron would think that overall >performance would NOT affect the download of a web page, which is >essentially what you are attempting to say. > >There are certainly other ways to do it. Approximately Internet User >Population raised to Internet User Population worth. > >Jack RIckard > >=================================================================== >Jack Rickard Boardwatch Magazine >Editor/Publisher 8500 West Bowles Ave., Ste. 210 >[email protected] Littleton, CO 80123 >www.boardwatch.com Voice: (303)973-6038 >=================================================================== > > >---------- >> From: Ben Black <[email protected]> >> To: Craig A. Huegen <[email protected]> >> Cc: Jack Rickard <[email protected]>; Peter Cole ><[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!! >> Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 2:28 PM >> >> for an exmple of somewhat more complete and better designed benchmarks of > >> this type: >> >> http://www.inversenet.com/about/backgrounder.html#2 >> >> note that they understand the numerous factors that contribute to overall > >> performance. only a marketing droid could think downloading 50k worth of > >> web pages is somehow an indicator of overall performance. >> >> >> b3n > |