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From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Subject: Last Mile ISP Quality Measurements
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Subject: Last Mile ISP Quality Measurements
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
What are other last mile ISPs doing to measure the quality of their connections? We all know pinging various destinations. We also all know that pinging a destination doesn't necessarily tell you the whole quality story.
I currently have Smokeping pulling the HTTPS for about 20 - 25 of the "top" websites, per the old Alexa rankings. I feel as though I could be doing more. I am more closely wanting to emulate the end-user experience in a repeatable, quantifiable fashion. I'd like to do A/B comparisons as well. When I make X change, how does it change?
If I'm already doing the low-hanging fruit path, then so be it.
