[atlas] Why has probe growth stagnated?

I think it’s quite easy to get a VM these days as well, so the needs have perhaps changed somewhat.

I know that hosting a VM anchor is a lot easier now, and people may have an easier time hosting a VM than a probe in some cases.

- Jared

> On Feb 14, 2019, at 12:13 PM, James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net> wrote:
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> Hard to get new probes these days.
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> On 14.02.19, 18:10, "ripe-atlas on behalf of Hank Nussbacher" <ripe-atlas-bounces at ripe.net on behalf of hank at efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
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>    On 12/02/2019 18:22, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
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>    As I am preparing my presentation I went to the stats page:
>    https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/network-coverage/
>    and found that even user growth continues upward as well as number of 
>    anchor probes, the number of actual probes has more or less tapered off 
>    as of mid-2017 and ends close to 10,000 probes.  Why is that?
>    Since Nov 2015 when we passed the 9000 probe mark, probe growth is 
>    negligible.
>    Why have all these new users (20,000 new uses since Nov 2015!) not added 
>    probes?
>    What are we doing wrong to entice users to install probes?
> 
>    Regards,
>    Hank
> 
>> I have been invited to a large CS dept in a university to give a 40 
>> minute intro into
>> what is RIPE ATLAS, how does it work, how do you get credits, how many 
>> probes
>> are there, what is an anchor, where are they located, how does the GUI 
>> work, what type of measurements
>> can one do, etc.  Very very introductory - just to whet their 
>> appetite.  A basic intro to RIPE ATLAS.
>> So I looked in:
>> https://atlas.ripe.net/resources/training-and-materials/
>> and didn't find anything (PS the webinar link is broken).
>> I am sure there must be some PPT/PDF presentation out there for this.
>> Pointers?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Hank
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