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Aaron Fu wrote:
> 
> 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

Up until this year, Duke's service provider was MCI.  They offered a far
better service, one which proved to be less attractive (more $) than
Sprint's.  It seems the decision to switch to Sprint was made without
careful consideration of the major differences in quality between the
two providers.

Jimmy.
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