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Article #331Re: ISP Comparisons
From: Tom Glinos
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:00
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"Colin J. Stuckless" <colins@rc.gc.ca> writes: >Check out the July edition of Boardwatch magazine for some interesting >performance comparisons of major backbone providers. Although the tests >are US-centric, they did include Bell Canada which was ranked dead last. The report is flawed due to poor testing methodology. Although, it's marketing and sales value, are amazing. ISPs in the US are thinking about how to measure each others performance in a fair and objective manner. In my mind, I think consumers can and should come up with their own tools for doing this. Note: This is not as easy as it seems. -- ================= The hardest thing to see | Tom Glinos @ U of Toronto Statistics is the way things REALLY are. | tg@utstat.toronto.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 105a5a,f875c780b41e7cf X-Google-Attributes: gid105a5a,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,f875c780b41e7cf X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public From: tg@utstat.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos) Subject: Re: ISP Comparisons Date: 1997/08/30 Message-ID: <EFpvs7.BnJ@utstat.toronto.edu> X-Deja-AN: 269084717 References: <872557309.98@dejanews.com> <340383A6.5656@sympatico.ca> <340473DC.5EA06473@rc.gc.ca> Organization: U of Toronto Statistics Newsgroups: ott.online,can.infohighway