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See the July Directory. We show about 30 pages of graphs, including one with an average for each period (nominally 4 hours I think) across the calendar month. ---------- > From: Michael Dillon <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; Gene Shklar <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!! > Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 2:39 PM > > >Thanks for the suggestions. We're considering doing a follow-up and > >perhaps making > >this a regular feature every 2 or 4 months thereafter. We've received a > >few suggestions > >for methodology changes/enhancements, > > I just thought of another solution to the problem of too many variables. > The numbers that you came up with this time are essentially meaningless > because there are so many variables involved that shift from time to time, > and by taking one month of measurements and boiling it down to a single > number, you simply don't learn anything useful. However, if you were to do > a similar test and come up with a single number for each day and then plot > that number for one month, then it would show some useful info. If a > provider has one bad day, it doesn't blow their average but it is still > clearly visible. And if a provider has 10 bad days, then that is also > visible and is arguably more useful than a single number which might be > seen as implying a slower network. Personally, I would rate an erratic > network as far worse than a slower one. > > > ******************************************************** > Michael Dillon voice: +1-415-482-2840 > Senior Systems Architect fax: +1-415-482-2844 > PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net > > "The People You Know. The People You Trust." > ******************************************************** >
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