From: rrv@uiuc.edu (Ross Veach) At 2:48 PM 11/4/95, Michael Dillon wrote:
10% packet loss is quite within the normal range of parameters for a packet switching network such as the Internet.
Sorry Michael, wrong answer. 1% packet loss is intolerable. 10% packet loss is all but useless for serious work.
And the 40% reported here (at MAE-East) is excrable. Except at the older MAE-East, it's not _links_ that are on the blink. It's the (too few) exchanges, and the very bad routing policies. Of course, the idiocy of choosing ATM kept most of the NAPs off-line, until they switched to FDDI. My solution is to take the contracts away from MFS and Ameritech effective immediately, and grant them to someone who knows what they are doing. I may not agree with all the older CIX policies, but at least it worked! Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2