It has been an incredible long time since my last post. I will not even try to go over everything that has happened since, but among the most notable things we have released a new version of Dasu – our BitTorrent extension for ISP characterization and network experimentation at the edge (more to come on this) and the FCC and SamKnow’s have released their report on Measuring Broadband America.
My super-condensed version of the report: Everything is just great! Well, at least for the set of volunteer participants carefully selected by statistical experts from both the FCC and ISPs.
Before running to kiss your ISP provider you may want to take a look at the Technical Appendix, particularly the description of the selection/recruitment process: the panel was derived from an initial set of self-selected users recruited via initial public relations and social media campaigns, extended with additional users recruited by the ISPs themselves (no, I am not joking); a "representative" subset of this group was then selected for the study. The final panel included about ~7,000 users across al the United States, different ISPs, and alternative technologies (e.g. cable and DSL).
Really?!
