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OMG! The Fourth Open Measurement Gathering Report is Out Now

The Open Measurement Gatherings
From 2024 to 2025, Measurement Lab, Censored Planet, IODA, and OONI organized four convenings called the Open Measurement Gatherings (OMG). The intention of these convenings was to build understanding, trust, and collaboration across open Internet measurement groups and this initiative was made possible with the support of the Open Technology Fund (OTF).

From September 8-12, 2025, the Open Measurement Groups groups gathered in Estoril, Portugal for the fourth convening of the two-year program.

M-Lab at Pulse Research Week with Internet Society and Giga

From December 8-11, 2025, Measurement Lab (M-Lab) joined the Internet Society Pulse Research Week. On Day 4 Pavlos Sermpezis, M-Lab’s Director, Technical Lead, presented the Internet Quality Barometer prototype at the Giga offices in Barcelona. M-Lab discussed with the audience how IQB could be adapted for education.

A Hands-On Tutorial with Reverse Traceroute

Internet paths are often asymmetric: packets from A to B usually take a different route than packets in the reverse direction from B to A. This post walks through a reproducible case study using Reverse Traceroute (RevTr) to compare forward and reverse paths for NDT speed tests.

Open Measurement Hackathon at the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2025

M-Lab, OONI, IIJ, Dioptra Research Group, Cloudflare Radar, Reverse Traceroute, and IODA hosted the Open Measurement Hackathon, October 31, 2025, following the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

OMG! Summary of the 3rd Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Ask Me Anything (AMA) event

On June 25, 2025, the Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) held a public event, “Open Measurement Gathering AMA”, featuring Censored Planet, IODA, OONI, and Measurement Lab.