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Steven J. Crisp wrote:
> 
> Seth Fehrs (fehrs002@mc.duke.edu) wrote:
> :
> : There has been much complaining at Duke about using Sprint
> : Link as an ISP.  One of the problems in getting rid of
> : Sprint Link, or complaining to Sprint, is that we are part
> : of a consortium.  This is a first step in getting more than
> : one member of the consortium talking about the problem.
> : I'd like to see more members added if this works.
> 
> If you really want to see how piss-poor Sprint's connection is at least
> in terms of packet loss, go check out http://www.internetweather.com
> That site will give you statistics on the major national providers and
> how they are currently fairing (as well as how they have faired over the
> past 24 hours.) Sprint often has 100 percent packet loss on their
> network.
> 
> Steve Crisp

excuse my ignorance, but I thought that a lot of the hoo-ah about loss
of connectivity to the great evil bandwidth eater was just
sensationalism, but after looking at that site, lots of big-name
providers experience long periods of > 10%  packet loss.  Anyone else
hear about the i2 thing? 

In any case, is there any significantly provider provider than Sprint?

Aaron "please oh please pretty please Give me just a little
bandwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidth....."  Fu