Re: Quick Question on Industry Standard

["K. Graham" <kgraham () rogers com>]

Thanks for the info Sameer but I do not work at Rogers :)) .  I was a nocling but Rogers did not pick us up.
I work with a private company now :)) 

> Since you work at rogers, subscriber minutes is probably the preferred
> measurement. Since an individual service outage is not likely to have a
> significant impact on that regions total user base.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> > K. Graham
> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 3:26 AM
> > To: nanog () merit edu
> > Subject: Quick Question on Industry Standard
> >
> > > From my understanding there is a 99.97% up time value that most
> >
> > companies try
> > and match.  Is this a hard and fast rule or is this a value that
> > we all try
> > and emulate as best as we can?  Do I have the value incorrect?
> > Is it higher
> > or lower?  I had always thought that it was 99.97% but have not found
> > anywhere to reference that figure, it was just via talking with
> > others and
> > checking available uptime statistics.   My understanding also takes into
> > account that it does not include controlled downtime due to any
> > maintenances.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Kim