resorting to petty insults and attacks is indicative of a weak position. try again with actual content. On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Jack Rickard wrote:

No, I don't think you "get it" at all Ben.

jack

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From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> To: Jack Rickard <jack.rickard@boardwatch.com> Subject: Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!! Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 6:58 PM

and we are getting what we pay for, aren't we?

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Jack Rickard wrote:

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We looked at some of the Inverse work. It appears that it is very influenced by whomever will pay $50,000 for the full report. We'll

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this work, and I'll pass on further comment beyond that.

I will say that there will be no $50,000 reports issuing from Boardwatch Magazine, Inc.

Jack Rickard

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From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> To: Craig A. Huegen <c-huegen@quadrunner.com> Cc: Jack Rickard <jack.rickard@boardwatch.com>; Peter Cole <Peter.Cole@telescan.com>; nanog@merit.edu; marketing@keynote.com Subject: Re: Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Index A better test!!! Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 2:28 PM

for an exmple of somewhat more complete and better designed benchmarks of

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this type:

http://www.inversenet.com/about/backgrounder.html#2

note that they understand the numerous factors that contribute to overall

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performance. only a marketing droid could think downloading 50k worth of

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web pages is somehow an indicator of overall performance.

b3n