I ran netmechanic on my site, and then ran it on Minerva's and wasn't
impressed by the numbers. It's got something to do with their routing, but
they gave me another address and it worked great. I'm also getting decent
numbers from my site now that I've moved it over, so you might want to contact
some of the providers and tell them about your results before making a final
decision.
Kathy E. Gill wrote:
> In my research for a new IPP that provides ColdFusion application server
> .... i ran across a site with a link to a tracer.
>
> So I ran traces via Carnegie Mellon to a variety of the providers - this
> was on a saturday evening, pacific time.
>
> the start was RTRBONE.NET.CMU.EDU
> http://www.net.cmu.edu/bin/traceroute
>
> bmi.net -- 17 hops, 156 ms, 174 ms, 170 ms (sigh, they were local)
>
> dynamicweb.net -- 15 hops, 43 ms, 43 ms, 42 ms
>
> evocative.com -- 22 hops (!), 138 ms, 137 ms, 140 ms
>
> iserver.com -- 14 hops, 53 ms, 52 ms, 50 ms
>
> localweb.com -- 17 hops, 47 ms, 46 ms, 50 ms
>
> media3.net - 12 hops, 29 ms 29 ms 29 ms
> (and they are not the most expensive)
>
> minerva.net - 21 hops (!), 50 ms, 73 ms, 53 ms
>
> pair.com -- 15 hops, 34 ms, 35 ms, 36 ms
>
> paconline.net -- 16 hops, 88 ms, 88 ms, 91 ms
>
> sitehosting.net -- 14 hops, 90 ms, 95 ms, 95 ms
>
> sohoweb.net -- 14 hops, 52 ms, 51 ms, 52 ms
>
> virtualscape.com -- 13 hops, 49 ms, 37 ms, 35 ms
>
> which is more important -- hops or times? why are there three times? are
> these data worth anything?
>
> the folks that say they have more than one connection to the backbone --
> does this mean that there should be fewer hops, no matter where someone is
> coming from?
>
> FWIW, I find sohoweb.net intriguing -- UNIX and NT, discounts if you use
> their "powered by" logo on your pages, T-3 and OC-12 (?) connections.
>
> TIA,
> Kathy
> (waiting for the techno-genius output from the list!)
>
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