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

["Jack Rickard" <jack.rickard () boardwatch com>]

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.

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> From: Michael Dillon <michael () priori net>
> To: nanog () merit edu; Gene Shklar <GeneShklar () keynote com>
> 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.
>
>
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