Subj : Re: What VP will Kamala p
To   : Mike Miller
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Sat Aug 03 2024 17:35:08

 MM>  AT> A while back there was a Verizon commercial that said "According to
 MM>  AT> Ruemetrics, Verizon is the most reliable network." The silly thing is
 MM>  AT> the commercial infers that "Ruemetrics" is some well-known source of
 MM>  AT> information and that people should believe whatever conclusion they
 MM>  AT> concoct. However, nobody ever heard of Ruemetrics then, and now it do
 MM>  AT> even exist anymore.
 MM> 
 MM> The problem is you got the name wrong.  It's "RootMetrics", a company
 MM> that's been publishing  network data gathered from corowdsourced and
 MM> independent data gathering groups for over 15 years. 
 MM> 
 MM> They were bogut by Ookla a few years back, to expand Ookla's extensive
 MM> and extremely reliable network/systems  monitoring platforms. 
 MM> 
 MM> 
 MM> You talk about checking facts for yourself, then you make statements that
 MM> clearly indicate you don't practice  what you preach 

I see my mistake here. But at the same time, my mistake proves my point: Rootmetrics doesn't ring a bell either. The general public doesn't know what Rootmetrics is, but the elites at Verizon inferred that we all should.

How and why would anyone know about Rootmetrics? What is the significance? How does it apply to daily living?

It's NOT a household name. We know who Verizon is, we know who Pepsi is, but when someone says "Rootmetrics" it makes us think about measuring the roots of our potatoes to see how well they've grown.

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