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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Measurement Lab comes to Africa: Introducing a new source of data on Internet Quality

Posted on 02:54 by Unknown
As connectivity in Africa continues to grow, the quality of your Internet connection is as important as being able to get online. Regulators, academics, and users are interested in getting better data about connectivity and the quality of connectivity. This data can help inform decisions that improve Internet quality for everyone. To help fill this information gap, the Measurement Lab Research Consortium (M-Lab) has launched its first locations in Africa, in partnership with TENET in South Africa, and KENET in Kenya, Google Africa, and many other industry and academic partners.

M-Lab is a collaborative effort to provide a global, publicly available source of data on network performance. M-Lab takes a completely open approach, managing a global server platform designed specifically for network measurement. Researchers deploy open-source measurement tools on the platform, and users can run these tools to find out real-time information about their connection, such as speed, traffic shaping, and application throttling. Each time a test is run using one of these tools, data is collected. Currently M-Lab makes over 700 terabytes of raw, rich measurement data available to anyone who’s interested.


[Download throughput in S Africa by region]



[Download throughput in Kenya, median for the country]


Data is now being collected on African networks in South Africa and Kenya via local servers for the first time, providing a new and valuable source of information about the health and performance of the Internet in Africa. Examples of existing research informed by M-Lab infrastructure include the FCC’s Measuring Broadband America report in the US, a large number of peer reviewed academic papers, including primary research on deep packet Inspection, traffic shaping, traffic discrimination, and many other topics.

We invite you to learn about the data, and to access it here.
If you’re interested in learning more about M-Lab, please visit measurementlab.net.

Posted by Nnamdi Abraham-Igwe, Google Access Lead for Emerging Markets



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Measurement Lab arrive en Afrique : lancement d'une nouvelle source de données sur la qualité d'Internet

Avec la croissance continue de la connectivité en Afrique, la qualité des connexions Internet devient un enjeu aussi important que d'être en ligne. Autorités réglementaires, universitaires et internautes veulent obtenir de meilleures informations sur la connectivité et sa qualité. Ces informations peuvent aider à prendre les décisions qui amélioreront la qualité d'Internet pour tous. Pour combler ce manque d'information, le Measurement Lab Research Consortium (M-Lab) a ouvert ses premières implantations en Afrique, en partenariat avec TENET en Afrique du Sud, KENET au Kenya, Google Afrique et bien d'autres partenaires industriels et universitaires.

M-Lab est un effort collaboratif visant à fournir une source de données mondiale, publique, sur la performance du réseau. M-Lab s'appuie sur une approche complètement ouverte, gérant une plate-forme serveur spécialement conçue pour mesurer la performance des réseaux. Les chercheurs déploient des outils de mesure en open-source sur la plate-forme, et les internautes peuvent les exploiter pour obtenir des informations en temps réel sur leur connexion, telles que le débit, la bande passante et la limitation du nombre d'applications. Chaque fois qu'un test est exécuté avec ces outils, des données sont collectées. Actuellement, M-Lab exploite plus de 700 téraoctets de données de mesures brutes et riches, accessibles à toute personne intéressée.
Les données sont désormais collectées sur les réseaux africains en Afrique du Sud et au Kenya via des serveurs locaux et ce, pour la première fois, assurant une nouvelle source fiable d'information sur l'état et les performances d'Internet en Afrique. Parmi les exemples de recherches documentées par l'infrastructure M-Lab, citons le rapport Measuring Broadband America du FCC aux États-Unis, un nombre important d'articles universitaires approuvés par les pairs, dont les principales recherches sur l'inspection approfondie des paquets, la régulation de flux, la discrimination de trafic et bien d'autres sujets. 

Pour en savoir plus sur les données et à y accéder, cliquez ici.
Pour plus d'informations sur M-Lab, consultez le site measurementlab.net.

Posté par Nnamdi Abraham-Igwe, 
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