Representatives of Measurement Lab met with FCC Chief Technologist Henning...
Representatives of Measurement Lab met with FCC Chief Technologist Henning Schulzrinne Friday to discuss the broadband measurement program and “how to work together to operationalize the FCC’s commitment to open, transparent measurement,” an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnh2jn). Schulzrinne suggested…
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implementing a detailed open source specification, which would allow comparison of data and verification of results across servers, the filing said. He and M-Lab supported independent measurement implementations that would allow independent verification of the FCC’s collected results, the filing said. M-Lab suggested the data released openly to the public must be “granular enough to allow results to be replicated by external researchers,” and noted that M-Lab had the capacity to store and offer publicly large amounts of data. Schulzrinne proposed a technical advisory committee be formed to provide “clear, technically-justified guidance on measurement for the broader measurement program collaborative,” the filing said. M-Lab supported this proposal. The FCC’s 2012 “Measuring Broadband America” report was released last week, and M-Lab, which helps measure ISP speeds, had expressed concern about transparency issues going forward because it fears the companies will be able to measure some of their own speeds and not just the lab’s equipment (CD July 20 p1) .