March NSFNET T1 Usage by Service

Thu Apr 2 11:48:37 UTC 1992

 Merit/NSFNET.Information.Services-Interested.Parties at um.cc.umich.edu,
              Elise Gerich <epg at merit.edu>,
              Jessica Yu <jyy at merit.edu>,
              nsfnet-info at merit.edu,
              nsfnet-reports at merit.edu,
              smh at merit.edu,
              "Stefan Fassbender (GMD/EASInet)" <stf at easi.net>
In-Reply-To:  Message of Wed, 01 Apr 92 14:41:12 EST from
 <sgoldste at cise.cise.nsf.gov>

On Wed, 01 Apr 92 14:41:12 EST you said:
>Which just goes to illustrate that traffic-based cost-sharing models for
>[intercontinental] links are complicated by things like FTP where the origin
>address sends huge amounts of data for which it did not initiate the
>session.  Some countries/entities turn out to be (grossly) net exporters
>of data.  --SG
Yes, but I still contend that the MERIT provided traffic figures for the
incoming EASINet traffic are completely wrong by a factor 1000, sorry for
looking stubborn, but wrong statistics are worse than no statistics.


Olivier