There is alot of users that are very upset with the development and stability of the Internet.
Some IPS don't like some of these tools since it makes their networks appear to work badly. The better approach is to help the tools work better to more accurately reflect performance.
One place to look for performance information is the Quarterman Weather Report.
OC3Mon exists to make it possible to really measure performance of OC-3 links.
On one graph, fifty percent of the traffic going through an InternetMCI node was http.
IPNMoo -- A place to go and scream about your provider....