[Bloat] dslreports bufferbloat tests

[Livingood, Jason]

On 4/6/16, 12:30 PM, "Bloat on behalf of Dave Taht"
<bloat-bounces at lists.bufferbloat.net on behalf of dave.taht at gmail.com>
wrote:

>Does anyone know how these nutrition labels are calculated?

This is a tough question because AFAIK the FCC has not provided too much
guidance. But I believe we can use the data from the FCC¹s SamKnows (MBA)
panel and that is considered a ³safe harbor². So my guess is any ISP
covered by the FCC MBA platform will use the SamKnows data to be covered
by the safe harbor. But at my company not all of our tiers are covered but
the FCC MBA program, so we and others have a gap to fill.

For tiers of service (speeds) and ISPs not covered by the FCC MBA platform
then one has to develop a methodology and document it and be prepared to
defend it with the FCC. And it will need to be documented in a reference
linked to from the disclosure.

My guess, though IANAL, is that the non-MBA numbers ISPs use will be
refined over time through the back-and-forth of complaint & inquiries
until it becomes more clear what the smaller number of acceptable
measurement methodologies are, and this will take quite some time (and
perhaps be a bit messy).

We shall see!

Jason