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9:02 am on September 22, 2026 · 2026 (279), broadband (121), digital divide (11), indigenous (22), pulse (7), universal service (2)

RECAP 22 SEP 2026 – ISOC Pulse – Internet Frontiers: Navigating Data to Inform Public Discourse

September 29, 2026September 22, 2026 by ISOC Live

VIDEO | RECAP | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK

On 22 September 2026, Internet Society Pulse hosted an online workshop ‘Internet Frontiers: Navigating Data to Inform Public Discourse‘. The virtual workshop was a digital companion to an in-person workshop held earlier the same day in Washington DC.

While global conversations often focus on the next generation of satellite constellations and ultra-high-speed fiber, millions of people across North America remain marooned on the wrong side of the digital divide. Achieving universal access is not just a technical challenge; it is a complex puzzle involving regulatory bottlenecks, economic disparities, and data gaps. Together, participants moved past the marketing hype to analyze the empirical successes, systemic limitations, and real-world experiences of underserved Internet users in rural, tribal, and marginalized urban communities.

01 Opening and Welcome

Ryan Polk – Director, Internet Policy, Internet Society

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

02 PANEL – Access Stories in North America

Joel Templeman – Executive Director, Internet Society Manitoba Chapter
Stuart Reid – President, Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
Matt Rantanen – Co-Founder, Tribal Broadband Bootcamps
Monique Tate – Co-Director, Community Tech-NY (CTNY)
Raul Enriquez – Co-Director, Community Tech-NY (CTNY)
Moderator: Sharayah Lane – Senior Advisor for Indigenous Community Connectivity, Internet Society

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

03 Breakout Session

Jane Ruffino – User Experience (UX) Architect, Internet Society
Steve Song – Senior Director, Infrastructure Mapping and Development, Internet Society
Erica Mesker – Chief Development and Operating Officer, Connect Humanity
Dr. Traci L. Morris – Tribal Nations Policy Institute
Monique Tate – Co-Director, Community Tech-NY (CTNY)
J Stephanie Rose – University of Pittsburgh
Facilitator: Ryan Polk – Director, Internet Policy, Internet Society

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

04 TribalGeo

Sarah Oh Lam – VP Strategic Initiatives, Technology Policy Institute

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

05 Internet for All Native Americans

Dr. Traci L. Morris – Tribal Nations Policy Institute

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

06 Models for Sustainable Connectivity

Brian Vo – Chief Executive Officer, Connect Humanity

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

07 Closing Remarks

Ryan Polk – Director, Internet Policy, Internet Society

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

#DigitalDivide #DigitalEquity #InternetMeasurement #IndigenousConnectivity

5:13 am on January 7, 2026 · measurement (16), pulse (7), research (3)

RECORDING – Pulse Internet Measurement Forum – Spain

January 7, 2026 by ISOC Live

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK

On 8-9 December, 2025, the Internet Society hosted a Pulse Internet Measurement Forum (PIMF) at The Social Hub in Barcelona, Spain. The PIMF offers an opportunity to learn about the various projects that measure the development and resilience of the Internet, as well as how to utilize the openly provided data for research and reports on the challenges and opportunities for growing and securing the Internet.

01 Introduction

01 – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Robbie Mitchell – Senior Communication and Technology Advisor, Internet Society
Hanna Kreitem – Director, Internet Technology and Development, Internet Society
Michuki Mwangi – Distinguished Technologist, Internet Growth, Internet Society
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR

02 Measuring IPv6 Interoperability

02-01 – Measuring ICMPv6 Inconsistencies
Vaishnavi Raghavajosyula – Max Planck Institute for Informatics
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

02-02 – IPv6 Adoption, Performance, Security and Resilience of the Web Ecosystem
Sachin Kumar Singh – University of Utah
Theophilus Benson – Carnegie Mellon University
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

03 IXP and Peering

03-01 – Quantifying the impact of IXP shutdowns
Nishant Acharya – University of California, Davis
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

03-02 – IXPert
Pedro Marcos – Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande — FURG
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

03-03 – Quantifying Local Internet Traffic – An Ensemble of Methods
Martin Thodi – University of Cape Town
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

04 Internet Concentration

04-01 – Concentration and Consolidation of the Internet
Rashna Kumar – Northwestern University
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

04-02 – Who Owns the Internet? Analyzing market concentration in Global IP Address Space
Deepak Gouda – Georgia Tech
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

05 Infrastructure

05-01 – Internet infrastructure changes in the time of crisis
Antonios Chatzivasiliou – University of Crete
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

05-02 – Network-Physical Layer Mapping for Enhanced Internet Resilience and Security
Riya Ponraj – University of Oregon
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

05-03 – Assessing Internet Infrastructure Resilience under Power Grid Failures
Tanya Shreedhar – TU Delft
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

06 DNS Resilience

06-01 – Minimizing Unexpected Queries to DNS root servers
Dipsy Desai – University of Southern California
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

06-02 – Measuring DNS resilience
Philip Paeps – NSRC
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

07 Privacy

07-01 – More Space, Less Privacy? Measuring Effectiveness of IP-based Website Fingerprinting in IPv6
Muhammad Sumeer Ahmad – Stony Brook University
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

07-02 – QUICensor: A Global Measurement Study of QUIC Blocking
Karthik Nishanth – The University of British Columbia
VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP EN / ES / FR | SLIDES

08 Closing

08 – Closing and Next Steps
Michuki Mwangi – Distinguished Technologist, Internet Growth, Internet Society
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5:56 pm on December 12, 2025 · Ghana (7), isoc ghana (4), measurement (16), pulse (7), RIPE Atlas (2)

RECORDING – Internet Measurement Awareness Workshop, Ghana

December 12, 2025 by ISOC Live

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On 8 December 2025 the Internet Society Ghana Chapter (ISOC Ghana) hosted an Internet Measurement Awareness Workshop at the AAU Offices in Accra.

EMCEE: Emmanuel Gadasu – Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH) / E-Governance and Internet Governance Foundation for Africa (EGIGFA)

01 – Welcome and Introductions
Maud A. Ashong Elliot – President, ISOC Ghana
Yazid Akanho – ICANN
( YOUTUBE | AUDIO | RECAP )

02 – Measurement Tools and Use Cases
Brice Abba – AFRINIC
Jean-Baptiste Millogo – Internet Society
( YOUTUBE | AUDIO | RECAP )

03 – RIPE Atlas Platform: Live Demonstration & Hands-On Training
Stephen Suess – RIPE NCC
( YOUTUBE | AUDIO | RECAP )

04 – Internet Measurement in Ghana: Local Case Studies and Perspectives
Isaac Sakyi – MTN Ghana
Emmanuel Togo – GARNET
Fazel Atta-Opoku – National Communications Authority (NCA)
Vivian Affoah – Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Silas Peprah – PAIX Data Centres Ghana
Moderator: Maud A. Ashong Elliot – President, ISOC Ghana
( YOUTUBE | AUDIO | RECAP )

05 – Closing
Emmanuel Gadasu
( YOUTUBE | AUDIO | RECAP )

#InternetResilience #RIPEAtlas #ISOCGhana #AfricaInternet @isocgh @ICANN @AFRINIC @ripencc @MTNGhana @NCAGhana @MFWAghana @InternetSociety

9:55 am on April 30, 2025 · cybersecurity sig (3), measurement (16), pulse (7)

VIDEO – Apr 29 Cybersecurity SIG – Measuring Internet Security Resilience

April 30, 2025 by ISOC Live

On 29 April 2025, the Internet Society Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (Cybersecurity SIG) meeting included a presentation ‘Measuring Internet Security Resilience‘. Robbie Mitchell provided an overview of the Internet Society’s efforts to measure the resilience of the Internet with a focus on Pulse – a website that consolidates trusted third-party Internet measurement data from various sources to examine Internet trends and tell data-driven stories related to the availability, evolution, and resilience of the Internet.

PRESENTER
Robbie Mitchell – Communication and Tech Advisor, Internet Society

HOST / MODERATOR
Danny Glix – Secretary, Cybersecurity SIG

YOUTUBE | TRANSCRIPT | SUMMARY | ARCHIVE

X #CyberSecuritySIG#InternetResilience @isoc_pulse @internetsociety MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA | LI

7:23 pm on February 23, 2025 · Amreesh Phokeer (4), apricot (2), geoff huston (12), isoc pulse (4), measurement (16), pulse (7), Steve Song (1)

WEBCAST FEB 24 – Pulse Internet Measurement Forum Malaysia

February 24, 2025February 23, 2025 by ISOC Live

On Monday February 24, 2025 the Pulse Internet Measurement Forum (PIMF) will be convened in two 2.5-hour sessions held in conjunction with APRICOT 2025 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

The PIMF provides an opportunity to learn about the multiple projects that are measuring the development and resilience of the Internet and how you can use the data they openly provide for your research and reports on the challenges and opportunities for growing and securing the Internet.

AGENDA https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pulse-internet-measurement-forum-malaysia/

(all times MYT = UTC+8)

09:00 Welcome

09:10 Infrastucture Resilience
Steve Song, Internet Society — Mapping Terrestrial Cables, Open Fiber Data Standard
Mark Tinka, TransmissionCo — Protecting and Expanding Submarine Cables

10:20 The Importance of Measuring Locally
Alastair Strachan, RIPE NCC — RIPE Atlas 101
Anand Raje, ISOC Kolkata Chapter — Establishing India’s Indigenous Internet Measurement System
Amreesh Phokeer, Internet Society — Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA)

14:00 Security Resilience
Beau Gieskens ,APNIC — Real-time routing security at scale in DASH
Andrei Robachevsky, GCA — Unpacking the MANRS Observatory
Doug Madory, Kentik — The sorry state of AS-SET in the Internet Routing Registry
Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN — Digging in DNSKINDS

15:45 Market Resilience
Geoff Huston, APNIC — The Evolution of Internet Markets
Christoph Visser, IIJ — Gaming Internet Resiliency with CDNs: Benefits of a Multi-CDN Strategy

YOUTUBE LIVE https://youtu.be/YlEjEb_o4h0

REAL TIME TEXT – sessions 1 and 2 https://bit.ly/4keGpcE | Sessions 3 & 4 https://bit.ly/414I384

TWITTER #PIMFMalaysia #APRICOT2025 @ISOC_Pulse @stevesong @anandraje @amreesh @DougMadory @apnic @RIPENCC |MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA

SIMULCASTS
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/PIMFMalaysia (when available)

#PIMFmalaysia #apricot2025

6:38 pm on July 17, 2021 · measurement (16), MIRA (3), pulse (7)

WEBCAST JUL 21: Internet Society Pulse Webinar – Measuring the Internet in Africa / Mesurer l’Internet en Afrique (MIRA)

July 25, 2021July 17, 2021 by ISOC Live

On Wednesday 21 July 2021 at 13:00 UTC Internet Society Pulse hosts a webinar ‘Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA)“. MIRA is a joint Internet Society – AFRINIC initiative that seeks to determine levels of Internet resilience in African countries.

The initiative has already began conducting various measurements as outlined in the MIRA project overview and MIRA measurement infrastructure has been deployed in 11 countries so far, with 25 MIRA pods actively collecting data on latency, upload and download speeds.

This session provides an update on MIRA, the measurements taken so far, how to participate in the project, and the ongoing work to build an Internet Resilience Index, for which more than 20 indicators have been identified.

Le mercredi 21 juillet 2021 à 13h00 UTC Internet Society Pulse organise un webinaire « Mesurer l’Internet en Afrique (MIRA) ». MIRA est une initiative conjointe de l’Internet Society et de l’AFRINIC qui cherche à déterminer les niveaux de résilience d’Internet dans les pays africains.

L’initiative a déjà commencé à effectuer diverses mesures, comme indiqué dans l’aperçu du projet MIRA et l’infrastructure de mesure MIRA a été déployée dans 11 pays jusqu’à présent, avec 25 modules MIRA collectant activement des données sur la latence, les vitesses de téléchargement et de téléchargement.

Cette session fournit une mise à jour sur MIRA, les mesures prises jusqu’à présent, comment participer au projet et les travaux en cours pour construire un indice de résilience Internet, pour lequel plus de 20 indicateurs ont été identifiés.

PRESENTERS / PRÉSENTATEURS
Arthur Nguessan, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, AFRINIC
Dr. Josiah Chavula, Lecturer University of Cape Town
Amreesh Phokeer, Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society
Kevin G. Chege, Director, Internet Development Internet Society
Chris Ritzo, Program Management & Community Lead, Measurement Lab

MODERATOR/MODÉRATRICE
Susannah Gray, Director, Communications, Internet Society

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mira-update (ENGLISH)

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mira-update (FRANÇAIS)

AGENDA https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/6051

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/Register-for-MIRA-Webinar (EN/FR)

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3rtHgv5 (EN)

TWITTER #MIRA @isoc_pulse @afrinic @isoc_africa @MeasurementLab @JosiahChavula @InternetSociety

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive (EN only)
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI captions)
https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/
https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/mira-update

9:27 am on March 15, 2021 · measurement (16), MIRA (3), pulse (7), wacren (2)

WEBCAST TODAY – Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa | Mesurer la résilience d’Internet en Afrique (MIRA) #WACREN2021 @isoc_pulse @afrinic @KevinGChege @amreesh #AfricanInternetResilience #Internetmeasurement @InternetSociety @WACREN

March 15, 2021 by ISOC Live

On Monday March 15 2021 at 14:00-16:00 UTC, as part of the 6th Annual West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference the Internet Society and AFRINIC will present ‘Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA)‘ MIRA is a collaborative project facilitating and carrying out sustained Internet measurements in the African region, part of the Internet Society’s work on Measuring the Internet, and a key component of the Pulse Platform Internet Resilience focus area.

Le lundi 15 mars 2021 à 14: 00-16: 00 UTC, dans le cadre de la 6e conférence annuelle du Réseau de recherche et d’éducation de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre (WACREN), l’Internet Society et AFRINIC présenteront « Mesurer la résilience de l’Internet en Afrique (MIRA) ».‘ MIRA est un projet collaboratif facilitant et effectuant des mesures Internet soutenues dans la région africaine, une partie du travail de l’Internet Society sur la mesure de l’Internet, et un élément clé du domaine d’intervention de la résilience Internet de Pulse Platform.