jon, Kate,
Lack of specific performance data is surely disappointing; however,
I used to work for COMSAT, so understand the corporate mentality
of such dinosaurs. Let me suggest we mount an ongoing experiment
in which representative links of deserving carriers are monitored,
perhaps with pings launched from cron jobs, and the results submitted
for publication in respected national media, like ISOC, ACM CCR,
NY Times, etc.
One of my (failed) missions at COMSAT was to persuade the lawyers
to approve a tariff filing for a packet satellite service. Their
stated opposition was based on an assumption that COMSAT would have to
rebate charges for those packets not actually delivered to the
destination gateway. Our course is clear. File requests for refund
with the cognizant public utilities commission. The FCC would of
course laugh; however, the reaction of the <state> PUCs would be most
interesting, especially if it was pointed out that the rationale for
granting the license in the first place was service to the public
sector.
Dave
Lack of specific performance data is surely disappointing; however,
I used to work for COMSAT, so understand the corporate mentality
of such dinosaurs. Let me suggest we mount an ongoing experiment
in which representative links of deserving carriers are monitored,
perhaps with pings launched from cron jobs, and the results submitted
for publication in respected national media, like ISOC, ACM CCR,
NY Times, etc.
One of my (failed) missions at COMSAT was to persuade the lawyers
to approve a tariff filing for a packet satellite service. Their
stated opposition was based on an assumption that COMSAT would have to
rebate charges for those packets not actually delivered to the
destination gateway. Our course is clear. File requests for refund
with the cognizant public utilities commission. The FCC would of
course laugh; however, the reaction of the <state> PUCs would be most
interesting, especially if it was pointed out that the rationale for
granting the license in the first place was service to the public
sector.
Dave