[kictanet] Measurement lab in Kenya

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Hi Ory,

Thanks for sharing about this great initiative. I am sure the findings will
be of great interest to all.

I don't mean to be contrary - but don't you think that the name of the
initiative will cause confusion? Nokia already have a continental
initiative called M-Lab, and the local one is housed at the iHub.

I am asking as an outsider to both the old and the new M-Lab - but mainly
with reference to the fact that the question "which M-Lab" may arise in the
future.

Best regards,

Brian


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Ory Okolloh <ookolloh at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Dear listers,
>
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>
> A few weeks ago, Measurement Lab Research Consortium (M-Lab) launched one
> of its first locations in Africa, in partnership with KENET Kenya, Google
> Africa, and many other industry and academic partners.
>
> M-Lab is a collaborative effort working to provide an open, global,
> publicly available source of data on network performance. To accomplish
> this M-Lab takes a completely open approach, managing a purpose-built
> global server platform designed specifically for network measurement.
> Researchers deploy open-source measurement tools on this platform, and 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.
>
> M-Lab’s presence in Kenya (and also South Africa) mean that this data is
> now being collected on African networks, giving a new and valuable source
> of information about the health and performance of African infrastructure.
>
> A more public launch will happen in a few weeks, for now I'm hoping to
> drive some initial research ahead of that and invite you to look into<http://measurementlab.net/data>the data, and to access
> it here <https://storage.cloud.google.com/?arg=m-lab&pli=1#m-lab>.
>
> If you’re interested in learning more about M-Lab, please visit
> measurementlab.net. Finally, M-Lab has a full time staff dedicated to
> answering questions and promoting research. Please don’t hesitate to
> contact them with any questions: http://measurementlab.net/contact
>
> Best,
>
>
> Ory
>
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