From: Randy Bush (no email)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 12:54:59 EST
> The Internet Metrics post in December was a good starting point for my
> research on backbone traffic, but I'm struggling to get more specific
> information. Specifically, I am trying to find out the market share for the
> major backbone providers (so far I've found WorldCom 37% and Sprint 16% of
> traffic).
> ...
> Interdiciplinary Telecommunications Program, CU Boulder
i submit that your metrics are subject to serious question. while we expect
little of boarwatch, i would hope academics would be a bit more responsible.
e.g. how do you assign the traffic share of the traffic going to a smallish
network which is multi-homed behind sprint, uunet, and which is also appears
at mae-west? hint: if you look from a uunet or sprint perspective, then you
assign it to uunet or sprint depending on perspective. but if you also peer
openly at mae-west, then you don't assign it to either.
so how about some prudent or accurate, as opposed to merely fast, ideas?
randy
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