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Mr. Black: That is not precisely true. How do you KNOW that the STUDY gives no details, when you can't have possibly SEEN the study YET. You don't think my logic is flawed. You don't know but snippets of what the logic IS. You don't like what you see of a summary sliver of the results from a PRESS RELEASE. Jack Rickard ---------- > From: Ben Black <[email protected]> > To: Jack Rickard <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!! > Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 3:53 PM > > the "study" gives no details on the systems used, where they were, who > provided net connectivity...far from scientific. the sort of thing one > would expect from marketeers. > > and just because overall system performance affects web downloads, does > that mean web downloads can be used to accurately and meaningfully > measure overall system performance? i think your logic is flawed. > > the net is not a big BBS, in case you haven't heard. > > On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Jack Rickard wrote: > > > 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 > >
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