Re: Last Mile ISP Quality Measurements

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

> measure the quality of their connections


Really depends on what you are trying to measure. Some metrics are going to
be great at telling you the quality and performance of the network at L3,
but thanks to the Stupid Content Provider Tricks that we use, won't tell
you anything about the L4/L7 experience that your customers may have.

Tons of different things you could measure, it's just putting them together
in such a way that all parties in the conversation have the same context
and understanding that can be exceptionally tricky.



On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 5:09 PM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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