I know that many operators shift traffic based on network and internet quality (or don’t use certain networks at all). This is a great chance to share information about things operators have experienced or do to actively measure or otherwise to inform those decisions. - snip - For complete details, please see: https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/network-quality/ Submissions Due: Monday 2nd August 2021, midnight AOE (Anywhere On Earth) Invitations Issued by: Monday 16th August 2021 Workshop Date: This will be a virtual workshop, spread over three days: 1400-1800 UTC Tue 14th September 2021 1400-1800 UTC Wed 15th September 2021 1400-1800 UTC Thu 16th September 2021 Workshop co-chairs: Wes Hardaker, Evgeny Khorov, Omer Shapira The Program Committee members: Jari Arkko, Olivier Bonaventure, Vint Cerf, Stuart Cheshire, Sam Crowford, Nick Feamster, Jim Gettys, Toke Hoiland-Jorgensen, Geoff Huston, Cullen Jennings, Katarzyna Kosek-Szott, Mirja Kuehlewind, Jason Livingood, Matt Mathias, Randall Meyer, Kathleen Nichols, Christoph Paasch, Tommy Pauly, Greg White, Keith Winstein. Send Submissions to: network-quality-workshop-pc@iab.org. Position papers from academia, industry, the open source community and others that focus on measurements, experiences, observations and advice for the future are welcome. Papers that reflect experience based on deployed services are especially welcome. The organizers understand that specific actions taken by operators are unlikely to be discussed in detail, so papers discussing general categories of actions and issues without naming specific technologies, products, or other players in the ecosystem are expected. Papers should not focus on specific protocol solutions. The workshop will be by invitation only. Those wishing to attend should submit a position paper to the address above; it may take the form of an Internet-Draft. All inputs submitted and considered relevant will be published on the workshop website. The organisers will decide whom to invite based on the submissions received. Sessions will be organized according to content, and not every accepted submission or invited attendee will have an opportunity to present as the intent is to foster discussion and not simply to have a sequence of presentations. Position papers from those not planning to attend the virtual sessions themselves are also encouraged. A workshop report will be published afterwards. Overview: "We believe that one of the major factors behind this lack of progress is the popular perception that throughput is the often sole measure of the quality of Internet connectivity. With such narrow focus, people don’t consider questions such as: What is the latency under typical working conditions? How reliable is the connectivity across longer time periods? Does the network allow the use of a broad range of protocols? What services can be run by clients of the network? What kind of IPv4, NAT or IPv6 connectivity is offered, and are there firewalls? What security mechanisms are available for local services, such as DNS? To what degree are the privacy, confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of user communications guarded? Improving these aspects of network quality will likely depend on measurement and exposing metrics to all involved parties, including to end users in a meaningful way. Such measurements and exposure of the right metrics will allow service providers and network operators to focus on the aspects that impacts the users’ experience most and at the same time empowers users to choose the Internet service that will give them the best experience."