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  • This research reveals that consumer access and performance are directly affected by the business relationships between interconnecting Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

    ISP Interconnection and its Impact on Consumer Internet Performance

    Read the M-Lab research team's report on ISP Interconnection pointing to consumer harm.

    Read the report!
  • Test your connection speed and receive sophisticated diagnosis of problems limiting performance

    NDT (Network Diagnostic Test)

    Test your connection speed and receive sophisticated diagnosis of problems limiting performance

    Go to NDT (Network Diagnostic Test)
  • Detect throttling and blocking of common applications

    Glasnost

    Detect throttling and blocking of common applications

    Go to Glasnost
  • Measure mobile performance and speed with an easy to use application

    MobiPerf

    Measure mobile performance and speed with an easy to use application

    Go to MobiPerf
  • Perform long-term testing of network performance and application-specific traffic throttling

    Neubot

    Perform long-term testing of network performance and application-specific traffic throttling

    Go to Neubot

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Latest Blog Post

Announcing improved performance for M-Lab BigQuery data

Today, M-Lab is happy to announce the public beta of new M-Lab BigQuery tables. These tables provide substantially improved performance and reduce the difficulty of writing BigQuery SQL.

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New Opportunities for Test Deployment and Continued Analysis of Interconnection Performance

In late April, Internet2, with contributions from M-Lab developers, released an updated version of the Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT), M-Lab’s most widely deployed performance measurement test. In addition to improved stability, the updated version of NDT makes it possible to measure network performance from a web browser without the need for browser plugins. This change removes a layer of complexity and hassle for developers and users. Anyone interested in Internet measurement can now create their own NDT client targeted for specific user populations, regions, and research objectives, using only HTML and Javascript.

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