Google and Friends Release Net Neutrality Measuring Tools 126
angry tapir writes "Google and a group of partners have released a set of tools designed to help broadband customers and researchers measure performance of Internet connections. The set of tools, at MeasurementLab.net, includes a network diagnostic tool, a network path diagnostic tool and a tool to measure whether the user's broadband provider is slowing BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P-to-P) traffic. Coming soon to the M-Lab applications is a tool to determine whether a broadband provider is giving some traffic a lower priority than other traffic, and a tool to determine whether a provider is degrading certain users or applications. 'Transparency is our goal,' said Vint Cerf, chief Internet evangelist at Google and a co-developer of TCP/IP. 'Our intent is to make more [information] visible for all who are interested in the way the network is functioning at all layers.'"
Comcast (Score:5, Funny)
As a Comcast customer, I heartily look forward to trying out these tools on my Comcastic(tm) connection at home!
On another note, I also look forward to carrier-grade NAT in the near future, when Comcast decides they want to stay with IPv4 forever!
Sincere-O-meter (Score:5, Funny)
The set of tools, at MeasurementLab.net, includes a network diagnostic tool, a network path diagnostic tool and a tool to measure whether the user's broadband provider is slowing BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P-to-P) traffic.
Will there be a tool to tell me if Digital Max [cox.com] is really my friend in the digital world, or if he's just bullshitting me?
Re:Vint Cerf has a posse (Score:2, Funny)
This Glastnost thing ain't gonna work (Score:4, Funny)
It got Slashdotted:
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ComObjectCast and Friends Fire Back (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What about Glasnost (Score:1, Funny)
Hmm. Never heard of it. When I go to the Measurement Labs website I get sent to something called Glasnost. Not sure if it's the same thing or not. You said your was developed at the Max Planck Institute? Huh, so is this one. Man, I don't know what's up. Maybe you should email the MLabs folks and let them know.
douche
Re:God bless em (Score:3, Funny)
SDRTFA! (Someone didn't...)
You want SDNRTFA so as to not be confused with Someone did ...
Re:God bless em (Score:2, Funny)
you should use the apostrophized contraction "didn't" to save letters. so what you really want is SD'ntRTFA.