[CAnet - news] Google announces tools to determine if your ISP is blocking or throttling traffic
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:19:05 -0500
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Blocking P2P traffic obviously is in the self interest of many carriers who distribute video outside of their IP network and deliberately throttling traffic asymmetrically between low speed versus high speed subscribers should not be used a technique to push lower speed subscribers to purchase higher speed services-BSA] Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, and Stephen Stuart, Principal Engineer When an Internet application doesn't work as expected or your connection seems flaky, how can you tell whether there is a problem caused by your broadband ISP, the application, your PC, or something else? It can be difficult for experts, let alone average Internet users, to address this sort of question today. Last year we asked a small group of academics about ways to advance network research and provide users with tools to test their broadband connections. Today Google, the New America Foundation <http://www.newamerica.net/> 's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium <http://www.planet-lab.org/> , and academic researchers are taking the wraps off of Measurement <http://www.measurementlab.net/> Lab (M-Lab), an open platform that researchers can use to deploy Internet measurement tools. Researchers are already developing tools that allow users to, among other things, measure the speed of their connection, run diagnostics, and attempt to discern if their ISP is blocking or throttling particular applications. These tools generate and send some data back-and-forth between the user's computer and a server elsewhere on the Internet. Unfortunately, researchers lack widely-distributed servers with ample connectivity. This poses a barrier to the accuracy and scalability of these tools. Researchers also have trouble sharing data with one another. M-Lab aims to address these problems. Over the course of early 2009, Google will provide researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the U.S. and Europe. All data collected via M-Lab will be made publicly available for other researchers to build on. M-Lab is intended to be a truly community-based effort, and we welcome the support of other companies, institutions, researchers, and users that want to provide servers, tools, or other resources that can help the platform flourish. Today, M-Lab is at the beginning of its development. To start, three tools <http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools> running on servers near Google's headquarters are available to help users attempt to diagnose common problems that might impair their broadband speed, as well as determine whether BitTorrent is being blocked or throttled by their ISPs. These tools were created by the individual researchers who helped found M-Lab. By running these tools, users will get information about their connection and provide researchers with valuable aggregate data. Like M-Lab itself these tools are still in development, and they will only support a limited number of simultaneous users at this initial stage. At Google, we care deeply about sustaining the Internet as an open platform for consumer choice and innovation. No matter your views on net neutrality and ISP network management practices, everyone can agree that Internet users deserve to be well-informed about what they're getting when they sign up for broadband, and good data is the <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-280909A3.doc> bedrock of sound policy. Transparency has always been crucial to the success of the Internet, and, by advancing network research in this area, M-Lab aims to help sustain a healthy, innovative Internet. You can learn more at the M-Lab website <http://www.measurementlab.net/about> . If you're a researcher who'd like to deploy a tool, or a company or institution that is interested in providing technical resources, we invite you to get <http://www.measurementlab.net/getinvolved> involved. -- Posted By Google Public Policy Blog to Google <http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/01/introducing-measurement-lab. html> Public Policy Blog at 1/28/2009 03:32:00 P ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. ------ [email protected] [email protected] http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_072B_01C98164.23C9A4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:p=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" = xmlns:a=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:s=3D"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:rs=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z=3D"#RowsetSchema" = xmlns:b=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" = xmlns:ss=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" = xmlns:c=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" = xmlns:odc=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" = xmlns:oa=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" = xmlns:html=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" = xmlns:q=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:D=3D"DAV:" = xmlns:x2=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" = xmlns:ois=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" = xmlns:dir=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" = xmlns:ds=3D"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" = xmlns:dsp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" = xmlns:udc=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" = xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" = xmlns:sub=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/"= xmlns:ec=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" = xmlns:sp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" = xmlns:sps=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" = xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" = xmlns:udcs=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" = xmlns:udcxf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" = xmlns:udcp2p=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" = xmlns:wf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" = xmlns:dsss=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" = xmlns:dssi=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" = xmlns:mdssi=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-sig= nature" = xmlns:mver=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006= " xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns:mrels=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationshi= ps" xmlns:spwp=3D"http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" = xmlns:ex12t=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"= = xmlns:ex12m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messag= es" = xmlns:pptsl=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/= " = xmlns:spsl=3D"http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/Pub= lishedLinksService" xmlns:Z=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" = xmlns:st=3D"" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; 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Although no one disagrees that carriers have the right = to manage their network, it should be done on a non-discriminatory and = transparent basis both in terms of the sources of the traffic, application AND class = of user. Blocking P2P traffic obviously is in the self interest of = many carriers who distribute video outside of their IP network and = deliberately throttling traffic asymmetrically between low speed versus high speed subscribers = should not be used a technique to push lower speed subscribers to purchase = higher speed services—BSA]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><br> <span class=3Dbyline-author>Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet = Evangelist, and Stephen Stuart, Principal Engineer</span><br> <br> When an Internet application doesn't work as expected or your connection = seems flaky, how can you tell whether there is a problem caused by your = broadband ISP, the application, your PC, or something else? It can be difficult = for experts, let alone average Internet users, to address this sort of question = today.<br> <br> Last year we asked a small group of academics about ways to advance = network research and provide users with tools to test their broadband = connections. Today Google, the <a href=3D"http://www.newamerica.net/" title=3D"New America Foundation" id=3Dmmy1>New America Foundation</a>'s = Open Technology Institute, the <a href=3D"http://www.planet-lab.org/" title=3D"PlanetLab Consortium" id=3Dwr2.>PlanetLab Consortium</a>, and = academic researchers are taking the wraps off of <a = href=3D"http://www.measurementlab.net/">Measurement Lab</a> (M-Lab), an open platform that researchers can use to deploy = Internet measurement tools.<br> <br> Researchers are already developing tools that allow users to, among = other things, measure the speed of their connection, run diagnostics, and = attempt to discern if their ISP is blocking or throttling particular applications. = These tools generate and send some data back-and-forth between the user's = computer and a server elsewhere on the Internet. Unfortunately, researchers lack widely-distributed servers with ample connectivity. This poses a barrier = to the accuracy and scalability of these tools. Researchers also have trouble = sharing data with one another.<br> <br> M-Lab aims to address these problems. Over the course of early 2009, = Google will provide researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the U.S. and Europe. All data collected via M-Lab will be made publicly available for = other researchers to build on. M-Lab is intended to be a truly community-based effort, and we welcome the support of other companies, institutions, researchers, and users that want to provide servers, tools, or other = resources that can help the platform flourish.<br> <br> Today, M-Lab is at the beginning of its development. To start, <a href=3D"http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools" title=3D"Three client-server tools" id=3Ds-pk>three tools</a> running on = servers near Google's headquarters are available to help users attempt to = diagnose common problems that might impair their broadband speed, as well as = determine whether BitTorrent is being blocked or throttled by their ISPs. These = tools were created by the individual researchers who helped found M-Lab. By = running these tools, users will get information about their connection and = provide researchers with valuable aggregate data. Like M-Lab itself these tools are still in development, and they will only support a limited number of simultaneous = users at this initial stage.<br> <br> At Google, we care deeply about sustaining the Internet as an open = platform for consumer choice and innovation. No matter your views on net neutrality = and ISP network management practices, everyone can agree that Internet users = deserve to be well-informed about what they're getting when they sign up for = broadband, and <a = href=3D"http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-280909A3.do= c" title=3D"good data is the bedrock of sound policy" id=3Dm4xf>good data = is the bedrock of sound policy</a>. Transparency has always been crucial to the success of the Internet, and, by advancing network research in this = area, M-Lab aims to help sustain a healthy, innovative Internet.<br> <br> You can learn more at the <a = href=3D"http://www.measurementlab.net/about" title=3D"M-Lab website" id=3Dqmua>M-Lab website</a>. If you're a = researcher who'd like to deploy a tool, or a company or institution that is interested in providing technical resources, we invite you to <a href=3D"http://www.measurementlab.net/getinvolved" title=3D"get = involved" id=3Day6.>get involved</a>. <br> <br> --<br> Posted By Google Public Policy Blog to <a href=3D"http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/01/introducing-measur= ement-lab.html">Google Public Policy Blog</a> at 1/28/2009 03:32:00 P<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_072B_01C98164.23C9A4E0-- --===============1804535409== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============1804535409==--