Value of PingER
Has excellent grouping & long term reporting
- allows comparisons of affinity groups (ISP, location, experiment, collaboration …)
- good for baselines, trends, planning, setting expectations
- where is an application (e.g. Internet voice, FTP of code or event data) likely to work
- where to locate code development hosts, regional centers
Used for selecting routes, choosing ISPs, setting & verifying SLAs, prioritizing which links to upgrade, can application get performance it needs