Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!!

Fri Jun 27 22:45:47 UTC 1997

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

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> From: Ben Black <black at zen.cypher.net>
> To: Jack Rickard <jack.rickard at boardwatch.com>
> Cc: nanog at merit.edu
> 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
> > 
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> > 
> > ----------
> > > From: Ben Black <black at zen.cypher.net>
> > > To: Craig A. Huegen <c-huegen at quadrunner.com>
> > > Cc: Jack Rickard <jack.rickard at boardwatch.com>; Peter Cole
> > <Peter.Cole at telescan.com>; nanog at merit.edu; marketing at keynote.com
> > > 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
> > 