Here's The Proposal The FCC Says Doesn't Exist To Move Network Diagnostics To Proprietary Servers
from the oh-look-at-that dept
We recently wrote about some concerns by Vint Cerf and others that the FCC was considering a proposal to move some of their network diagnostics efforts -- which are a really good thing -- from the open M-Labs solution to proprietary servers run by the telcos. As we noted, the telcos denied that this was happening -- and Henning Schulzrinne, the CTO of the FCC, showed up in our comments to strongly deny that such a proposal existed.Yesterday, Vint Cerf distributed an open letter regarding concerns about the Measuring Broadband America measurement infrastructure. We share the objectives of the letter writers that “Open data and an independent, transparent measurement framework must be the cornerstones of any scientifically credible broadband Internet access measurement program.” Unfortunately, the letter claims: “Specifically, that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a proposal to replace the Measurement Lab server infrastructure with closed infrastructure, run by the participating Internet service providers (ISPs) whose own speeds are being measured.” This is false.It turns out his claim that "this is false" is... well... false. Attached below, we have the proposal that supposedly doesn't exist.
The FCC is not considering replacing the Measurement Labs infrastructure. As part of a consensus-based discussion in the Measurement Collaborative, a group of public interest, research and ISP representatives, we have discussed how to enhance the existing measurement infrastructure to ensure the validity of the measurement data. Any such enhancements would be implemented solely to provide additional resiliency for the measurement infrastructure, not to replace existing infrastructure. Any data gathered would be subject to the same standards of data access and openness.
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Paradox
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my point still obtains...
when 'laws' are enforced with extreme prejudice against the 99%, and all but unenforced against the 1%, that is called injustice and oppression...
power does not devolve voluntarily, kampers...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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Re: my point still obtains...
GO TAKE A BATH STINKBOMB
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Stolen Authority
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20004313-266.html
Congress, our elected officials who are “accountable” ;-) to the voters (see SOPA), are the de facto trustees of the Internet since it is WE THE PEOPLE’s Internet. I want to be able to call my Congressional offices and hold THEM accountable, I can’t do that with the FCC.
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Proprietary – privately-owned, privately-operated
Not MLabs
http://www.measurementlab.net/fr/news/2012/mar/28/m-lab-google-summer-code-2012-mentoring-o rganization
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Oh, and SamKnows wants sudo rights on every ISP-owned test server so they can check why the ISP's suddenly giving them bad data. I like that idea.
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