Measurement Lab is pleased to announce the addition of Pavlos Sermpezis to our team as our new Director, Tech Lead. Many highly qualified and inspiring candidates applied for this position, and after extensive review we are pleased to announce Pavlos Sermpezis as Director, Tech Lead at Measuremen...

2023 was a big year! Here’s a summary of what we were up to and what's coming up next.

If you’ve clicked on the Visualizations page on our website in the last year or so, and tried to find recent data for any location, you’ve likely been disappointed. TLDR; - Our visualization site is BACK! Continue reading to learn more..

Over the past few years, M-Lab has supported an increasing number of local communities, municipalities, regional coalitions, and others who are interested in understanding the state of broadband service in their area. In every case, communities come to M-Lab because of the openness of our data. C...

‘How fast is my Internet?’ It seems like a simple question, but in fact there are several ways to approach the question and no one correct way to answer it. Given that there are so many different methods used to measure Internet speed, it’s not surprising that we get emails asking about peopl...

Hello M-Lab Community! TLDR; Interested in working with M-Lab? We are hiring a Project Director and have opportunities for contracts! Check out the job description and more information about the contract, and apply by March 31st!

We’ve reached a point in human history where, for many of us, the Internet has become a standard presence in our daily lives. In the United States, the Internet is simply part of how many of us engage with the world. In other countries (and parts of this one), the Internet remains unaffordable, u...

• When: Saturday, August 25, 2018 * Where: SIGCOMM, Budapest, Hungary M-Lab will be at this year's SIGCOMM hackathon in Budapest, Hungary. Check out the projects we're hoping to work on with folks on the hackathon wiki.

• When: Aug. 7, 2018 - Aug. 8, 2018, 9AM - 5PM * Where: New America, 740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005 Measurement Lab is turning 10! On August 7 and 8, we look forward to gathering the Measurement Lab community to showcase how the platform has evolved, learn from you about how ...

The Measurement Lab (M-Lab) global measurement platform contains the largest collection of open Internet performance data on the planet. Hundreds of thousands of people (and rising everyday!) test their Internet connections on M-Lab and provide that data to the public domain for research, analysi...

What is TCP? Since the beginning of the its existence, the Internet has expanded in scope, traffic, content, and a myriad of other ways. The protocols that make up the Internet’s backbone have mostly remained the same since they were developed in the 1980s. The Transmission Control Protocol (T...