Today Measurement Lab (M-Lab), in conjunction with Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, announced the addition of 3 new M-Lab servers in Wellington to collect data that helps sustain a robust Internet in New Zealand. 

Sascha Meinrath, Director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, one of M-Lab's founding partners, said "Local servers will bring broadband testing tools to the New Zealand public, allowing consumers to understand their broadband performance while contributing valuable data for policy makers and researchers. These tools will help New Zealand nurture fast, accessible, and reliable broadband networks and we look forward to continuing our partnerships with locals on the ground to forge a stronger Internet."

John Hine, Dean of Engineering at Victoria said "We're very pleased to be working in partnership with Measurement Lab to provide tools able to measure the performance of the New Zealand Internet.  It is particularly exciting to have these tools at the time that New Zealand's Ultra Fast Broadband is in its initial rollout stage.  Measurement lab complements other measurement tools we have been working on.  Measurement lab will allow us to expand the scope of our research and allow New Zealand users to assess the benefits of the new UFB network."

Josh Bailey, an engineer at Google who worked on the servers, said "As a New Zealander myself, I'm excited about working closely with the university and the local Internet community. Very significant investment has been made by the New Zealand government in the future of New Zealand broadband via the Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative -- the more data we have to support a high performing, open Internet in New Zealand, the better."

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