From: "Geo." 

For an ISP I would think it's even more important to have less than what I
said, because there really shouldn't be any lost traffic within the ISP
unless they have badly overloaded segments. I was talking about a heavily
loaded network with lots of protocols and chatty machines, not a pure IP
environment.

Geo.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:40bf5cd2{at}w3.nls.net...
> Some benchmarks for your packet-loss crusade:
>
> o Local segment: What Geo. said; very few dropped.
>
> o Through traffic-throttling boxes: ask he who controls said boxen.
>
> o Commercial-grade service guarantee from ISP, to local sites (on the ISPs
> spine) - 2% max.  Via the public internet - 5%, if they'll risk a guarantee
at
> all.
>
> o Typical on the net in Asia, on a bad day - 20%.
>

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