[liberationtech] Computer Networks - Project Idea

[Eric S Johnson]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/google_donates_1_million_development_i
sp_monitoring_tools 

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> From: liberationtech-bounces at lists.stanford.edu [mailto:liberationtech-
> bounces at lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2011 23:44
> To: liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu
> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Computer Networks - Project Idea
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> Not to go all Tim Wu on the listserv or anything, but personally I would
> recommend a project centered around detecting throttling and QoS
> discrepancies within service providers - comparative analysis to determine
> mistreatment of identical services offered by both the incumbent service
> provider and a 3rd party vendor. Centralize the information in a
repository,
> and offer a web based querying method for the mass public to identify 3rd
> party service vs service provider treatment of application service
traffic.
> 
> Think of it as creating a public watchdog to keep ISPs honest in their
> horizontal markets, compounded with the premise of the governments
> recent national broadband study.
> 
> In any event, that kind of project should keep you busy for a while...
> 
> 
> Thomas Jones
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> http://theothertomjones.com
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> 
> On Mar 22, 2011, at 11:33 PM, katmagic wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:03:01 -0400
> > Steve Jakson <stjak1990 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I am a Graduate Student in Computer Science and I am supposed to do a
> >> Master's Project in Computer Networks. Can someone suggest me some
> >> idea so that I can develop and implement that idea and complete my
> >> project. At the same time I want to be part of your open source
> >> projects. So can you guys suggest me a project where it is mutually
> >> helpful to both of us.
> >> Waiting for your reply.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Steve
> >
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