Hi all,
TL;DR: Please install our web browser measurement plugin NetMet from WebStore:
https://bit.ly/netmet-plugin.
You might have read our Starlink research shared on this mailing list or on
other mediums (if not, here is the reference:
https://www.nitindermohan.com/documents/2024/pubs/starlinkWWW2024.pdf). We are
now looking into content delivery and web performance over Starlink compared
to terrestrial networks, aiming to uncover any hidden quirks. To do this
effectively, we need your help!
We've developed a Chromium browser-based plugin that periodically connects to
some of the top websites in your region and records various web browsing
metrics based on CDN server locations. Additionally, it performs Google M-Lab
speed tests and records your bandwidth performance and latency under load. At
the end of the test, we even provide a “score” of your network performance,
indicating its suitability for common web applications like browsing,
streaming, gaming, and teleconferencing. You can even view your historic
performance right within the plugin as well.
We would really appreciate if you could install the plugin in your browser from
the webstore: https://bit.ly/netmet-plugin. It works on all chromium based
browsers (Google Chrome, Opera, Brave, Edge, etc.). The code is fully
open-source and we also welcome suggestions to improve it:
https://bit.ly/netmet-repo.
If you are using Starlink, we kindly request you to install the plugin. It will
also function on non-Starlink networks, so feel free to try it out if you're
interested. Please share this with colleagues who might be using Starlink as
well. :)
P.S. We DO NOT collect any sensitive data from your network! We’re happy to
provide you with the data collected from your browser if you’re interested.
Thank you for your support!
Nitinder Mohan
Technical University Munich (TUM)
https://www.nitindermohan.com/
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