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Non-Tech : E*Trade (NYSE:ET) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ecommerceman who wrote (8722)	10/3/1999 11:56:00 PM
From: Spytrdr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

i'm not totally satisfied with the ETrade website design though. once again, they should look for inspiration in Amazon's, a superb and clean looking site, where you can find anything very fast just a few clicks away. i just found out the reason (one of the reasons, at least) why Amazon's site is so fast: they use the services of InterNAP, a company gone public this week, that uses their own network to bypass the main clogged arteries of the internet. i've been doing some research on INAP, it's really cool (http://www.internap.com). maybe ETrade could use their services too. ----------------------------- more in InterNAP here: "BYPASS CONGESTED PEERING InterNAP has made a science out of developing technologies, techniques and services to deliver Internet packet data from point to point in the fastest and most reliable way possible, using existing Internet backbone infrastructure. InterNAP's solution to slow Internet performance is the P-NAP (Private Network Access Point). The P-NAP largely bypasses the public NAPs and private peering points, sending customer data along the shortest, most direct path across the Internet. P-NAP customers in effect ?cut ahead in line? - bypassing the often-congested public exchanges and private peering points - past other data being transferred across conventional Internet infrastructure. The P-NAP sends customer data out the correct Internet backbone immediately, right at our P-NAP, rather than at a randomly chosen public NAP or private peering point like other Internet access providers. For InterNAP customers, the optimizing effect of our proprietary network architecture and advanced routing technologies dramatically boost performance in both directions. Utilizing our proprietary network architecture and advanced routing technologies, we are able to route, or transfer, data to and from businesses that are connected to one or more of our P-NAPs, in a manner that minimizes the use of congested public exchanges and private peering points. This optimal routing of data traffic over the multiplicity of networks that comprise the Internet enables higher transmission speeds, lower instances of data packet loss and greater quality of service."