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AppareNet Bags Bottlenecks: Page 4 of 4

Good Catch

Additional testing with the AppareNet on the Internet provided fascinating results and pointed out issues with backbone providers and individual hosts. Scheduled tests can be used to verify QoS (Quality of Service) and bandwidth guarantees from your service or hosting provider.

AppareNet's ease of use and deployment belies the power within the system. It is worth a look if you're interested in uncovering the inefficiencies in your own network or even mine.

Technology editor Lori MacVittie has been a software developer and a network administrator. Most recently, she was a member of the technical architecture team for a global transportation and logistics organization. Write to her at [email protected].