ISPs. They do this for routers, bridges, FR services so they can probably find a respectable consulting/measurement group to collect Yes, they do. It would be better (sometimes) if they did not -:)
When I read their comparations I sometimes think to drom all my hardware (BAD in terms of this magasines) and bue new one (Bay Networks as BB routers, FORE ATM as ATM , etc...). Through it's strange idea (for example) to compare hight-end Bay router with CS7200 (middle-range router), or to compare middle-range Lt1010 with Cascade back-bone ATM switchs. And I am afraid thy would use the same technik for ISP comparation.
Well, besides being interesting ISP comparison *may* not be as objective and informative as we'd like to. In addition, what technique do you propose for such comparison? Just asking customers aren't enough, IMHO. And you can't count *every* ISP, even in the US... My 2c, Edgar -- Edgar V.S. Der-Danieliantz Armenia Network Information Center hostmaster@amnic.net Azatootianne 1, Yerevan, Armenia