Open Measurement for an Open Internet Ben Scott: Open Technology Institute

Openness is crucial

Why?

● The Internet is vast, decentralized, and dynamic.

● Hence, measuring Internet performance is a complicated science.

● Complicated science requires collaboration, peer review, and above all, replicable results. Openness makes this possible.

M-Lab: a diverse partnership supporting open network research

M-Lab provides:

● Open, verifiable, public data and tools

● Facts at scale 700+ terabytes of raw, complex public data, and growing

● Open, global infrastructuredesigned and managed specifically for measurement

Open testing ecosystem

M-Lab's diverse suite of tools

12 tools, more on the way

● Browser-basedNDT, Glasnost, Shaperprobe, Neubot, and more

● Hardware-basedBISmark, SamKnows

● MobileMobiPerf, NDT, more on the way

Multiple vantages and methodologies provide important layers of meaning. There is no one way to measure. The key to any choice is to ensure that it's open and verifiable.

Global servers mean global data

100+ global servers, and growing. A bird's eye view:

Regulatory participants

● Austria, RTRMobile tool using NDT, supporting M-Lab servers

● Cyprus, OCECPR Adopting Hyperion dashboard, supporting M-Lab servers

● European CommissionSamKnows study running on M-Lab

● Greece, EETTHyperion dashboard using M-Lab's NDT and Glasnost tools, supporting M-Lab servers

● Thailand, NBTCInitial stages, supporting M-Lab servers to gather open data

● US, FCCConsumer Broadband Test, Measuring Broadband America report

Regulatory resources, available right now to everyone

Use the available data. M-Lab offers a huge, rich dataset (700+ terabytes). You can shed light on problems reported by a consumer right now (or before consumers report anything!).● Compare consumer reports to the available data. ● Engage with researchers and other experts to examine

the data and see what it says. ● If needed, conduct more targeted studies to learn more.

Visit: measurementlab.net/visualization, measurementlab.net/data

Using open data (Greece)

Using open data (Greece)

Using open data (France)

Using open data (France)

Key take-away: openness first

Any measurement solution must be open. Open means:

1. Open-source tools2. Openly available data3. Open, consistent infrastructure4. Open analysis5. Open collaboration with researchers and other stakeholders

M-Lab isn't the only way, it's just the biggest and most well-established.

How can you get involved?

1. Make it clear that "Openness" must be a requirement for any national regulator's measurement program.

2. Partner with M-lab. Engage with the data, host a server, adopt an M-Lab tool, (or suggest another way).

3. Engage with university researchers to answer your questions openly, using open data.

4. Tell M-Lab and Internet researchers what you need. The platform is there, the tools can be built.

Do you want to know more?

A community is waiting to answer your questions

● Ask now, or ● talk to us later today, or ● visit the M-Lab site, or ● contact us directly in the future

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