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

[Ben Black <black () zen cypher net>]

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Jack Rickard wrote:

> Inverse technology appears to be in the business of selling $50,000
> marketing reports to order for anyone with $50,000.00.  How would that be
> apt?

are you saying their results are irrelevant because they charge money?  
what is the cost cutoff before a report is invalid due to cost?  dazzle 
us with your keen insight.

> Finally, I'm amazed at how "trivial it is to point out useless and devoid
> of meaning this is", when you haven't seen the results yet.  It might be
> even EASIER once you've READ them.
>
>
> Jack Rickard
>
>
>
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> > From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
> > To: nanog () merit edu
> > Subject: Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index  A better test!!!
> > Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 3:00 PM
> >
> > I want to measure the response of each ISP's marketing department.  So I
> > will send a certified letter to their office of record in Deleware, and
> > report how long before I get the receipt back.  Maybe I well do this for
> 30
> > letters to get better data.
> >
> > So, we now have an interesting report of the accessibility of various
> ISPs'
> > web servers from Jack's house.  While it is trivial to point out how
> useless
> > and devoid of meaning this is, what is a wee bit harder is to describe
> what
> > would be a useful measure to Jack's audience and how that might be
> obtained.
> > Ben Black's pointing out
> http://www.inversenet.com/about/backgrounder.html#2
> > may be *very* apt, and somewhat ingenious, considering Jack's audience.
> >
> > Are there other good ideas or examples?
> >
> > randy