[atlas] Success Story: Zoom-in on Germany

Dear community,

we wrote an article as an example of how cross-pollination between two 
or more communities can create success. An overlap between IETF 
participants, RIPE Atlas users and listeners of a popular German podcast 
has led to growth in the deployment of RIPE Atlas probes.

We are still interested in expanding this platform in areas and networks 
that need more coverage.

For pictures & links, go here:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-success-story-zoom-in-on-germany

Text is bellow.

Regards,
Vesna


In July 2016, during the IETF meeting in Berlin, the popular "rfc 
podcast" had a special episode aired an interview with Daniel Karrenberg 
talking about the RIPE NCC and RIPE Atlas.

Thanks to the podcast listeners, and with the help of promotion on 
Twitter, the episode prompted many, many, MANY applications for new RIPE 
Atlas probe hosts.

Because of both summer vacations and a temporary shortage of probes, 
there was a delay in shipping - but when the new batch of probes arrived 
at our office, we started shipping them to applicants, most of whom were 
from Germany.

Currently, with regard to the number of active probes, Germany is 
leading with more than 1,000. This is more than the USA, which was in 
the lead for the previous few years.

If you want to zoom in to this success-story, you can take a look at 
this RIPEstat widget. There you can see that, between 22 September and 7 
October, the number of activated probes jumped from 999 to 1,157.

Thank you to all the hosts, in Germany and elsewhere, who are helping to 
build RIPE Atlas - the largest active measurements platform!

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Although we are happy that there is so much enthusiasm in Germany, we 
are still interested in increasing diversity of coverage. To this end, 
we're looking to reach out to:
- Regions, countries and areas within countries with fewer probes
- Networks (ASNs) with fewer probes
- Deploying RIPE Atlas anchors instead

If you would like to apply for your own RIPE Atlas probe, there is a 
special link just for the readers of this RIPE Labs article :)

If you already have a probe, and want to get in touch:
- Check out the Community pages
- Follow us on Twitter
- Be active on the mailing list