I'll keep my reply brief, since this is a bit off topic. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michel Pelletier <michel@digicool.com> To: Robert OConnor <rocon@pivot.net>; <zope@zope.org> Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 10:23 AM Subject: RE: [Zope] access to zope.com ? a bad router [much deleted]
3) Every and all exchange points (NAPs) on the Internet are 100%+ capacity during peak hours.
I agree with the things Michel says in his message. I worked for the ANS part of UUnet for a few years and there are definitely a few things that will impact performance... how well does the provider run their network, and how good is their connectivity to other networks. Avoiding public peering points is a good thing. CW is a very big ISP and Exodus is a large hosting organization, and I think it is a bad thing for both CW and Exodus that they don't have private peering setup. I have witnessed slow connectivity through to Exodus at times as well (coming from ANS). ANS does not have private peering with Exodus (the packets travel through MAE-West). The moral of the story is this: when selecting an ISP try to find someone who not only claims to do a good job of running their own backbone, but also has good private peering setup with other large providers. (If you're going for a regional ISP, make sure that their backbone provider has good private peering). Kevin