[afnog] [Call for volunteers] Participate in a YouTube experiment and get a 10$ voucher on Amazon

Mark Tinka mark at tinka.africa
Wed Jan 18 04:40:06 UTC 2023


On 1/13/23 23:21, Amreesh Phokeer wrote:
> Dear Hans,
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> Without any disrespect, this call for volunteers is to support a 
> research project
> to understand the QoE challenges of end-users on one of the most used 
> streaming
> services on mobile Internet. IMHO, the outcome of the study could 
> inform mobile
> network operators on how to better optimize their network for better 
> service delivery.
>
> AFAIK and as a member of this community, AFNOG has always been very 
> receptive
> and supportive of research ideas coming from the academic community.

I don't see an issue with this survey request.

For something like this, I think content operators (like Youtube) need 
to be involved in discussions with operators, because by moving to QUIC, 
operators are underestimating its impact on the network, and other 
typical TCP traffic.

Mark.




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