I sent the following note out the Internet Measurement Research Group (of the IRTF) mailing list last week. I'd love to hear from operations folk on these sorts of question... i.e., what would you love to be able to measure that you can't do terribly effectivly today?
As predominantly a content hoster, I'd love to know more about the path between my servers and the end user. Stuff like how much bandwidth is available (or, potentially available, to remove the congestion issue), in real time (i.e. as fast as PMTUD works). Really stuff so I can decide whether to deliver broadband or narrowband content, etc. I'd then like to know if there was congestion on that route so that when they complain that downloading stuff is slow, I can point at where the problem lies. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1628 407720 (x37720) | Si fractum Technology Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1628 407701 (x37701) | non sit, noli BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart@bbc.co.uk | id reficere BBC Technology, Maiden House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead. SL6 4UB. UK