> does anyone know about recent measurements on end-to-end packet loss in > the Internet? As part of developing a loss estimation technique (different from what Jasleen mentioned) we have some data on loss rates and patterns in the following paper: Mark Allman, Wesley Eddy, Shawn Ostermann. Estimating Loss Rates With TCP. ACM Performance Evaluation Review, 31(3), December 2003. http://www.icir.org/mallman/papers/least-per-dec2003.ps allman