Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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Quantifying the Digital Quantifying the Digital DivideDivide

Warren Matthews, Les Cottrell (SLAC),

Enrique Cannessa, Hilda Cerdeira (ICTP/eJDS).

Presented at the Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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MotivationMotivation• Interested in connectivity and

performance to HENP Collaborators– Inter-regional connectivity

• ICTP– Performance to eJDS subscribers

Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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What is the eJDS ?What is the eJDS ?• The Electronic Journal Distribution

Service• Participating Members

– Egypt, Bangladesh, Brazil, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordon, Mexico, Pakistan

Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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Recommendations of Recommendations of TriesteTrieste

• To devote resources to monitor in real time the connectivity of research and educational institutions in developing countries and to encourage (and devote resources to) the development of the connectivity.

Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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The View from SLACThe View from SLAC• PingER

• Performance monitoring• Resource allocation• Troubleshooting• The benefit of a connection

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Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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Further WorkFurther Work• Monitoring from ICTP

• More targets• Other communities

• Monitor transitions• Further Analysis • Possible workshop in Trieste in

November

Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 9-11, 2003.

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This is a BOFThis is a BOF• Monitoring is essential to engineering

• If you don’t measure, you don’t know (I.e. what I can do for you)

• If you are measuring, share (I.e. what can you do for me)

• Interested ?• Indianapolis ?