[ncc-services-wg] New on RIPE Labs: A RIPE Atlas Probe for every RIPE NCC Member

On 08/11/2011 10:16, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> In the coming 6 months we will deploy user defined measurements and 
> the measurement pool. We will also show more "map" products for 
> situational awareness. We will convince you that speeding up RIPE 
> Atlas deployment by providing at least one probe for every member is 
> worth it. I am sure we can even convince the executive board that we 
> should start this already in 2012 and not wait for the 2013 budget 
> cycle. Watch this space. Daniel 

The board is unlikely to be convinced until we see something concretely 
useful.

Whilst I agree that the presence of a huge array of widely distributed 
probes gives us enormous potential, we still have to see concrete 
proposals of how they may easily be used for remote monitoring and 
debugging. What we have seen so far, is a tremendous start, but only a 
start.

However, Daniel and his team being the professionals they are, I have no 
doubt that we will see this in the coming months and I look forward to 
it with great anticipation. Wearing my day-job hat for a moment, this 
would be extremely useful for us and we would be prepared to spend 
considerably more that 2 - 3 engineer hours (on top of our normal 
registry fees) for this functionality.

All the best

Nigel