Connectivity CoP — July Session Recap
On July 23, 2026, M-Lab and Giga hosted the monthly Connectivity Community of Practice (CoP) call. Hunter Thompson, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity for the Vermont Department of Public Service, walked the group through Vermont’s Mobile Wireless Drive Test Program, and the community shared updates on the IQB-Edu framework, M-Lab’s historical stats dataset, a new QoE measurements design document, and UNHCR’s cellular data work in displacement contexts.
Connectivity CoP — May Session Recap: Shaping the Internet Quality Barometer for Education (IQB-Edu)
Two months after our March launch, the Connectivity Community of Practice (CCoP) gathered again on May 18–19, spanning time zones from Michigan to Uganda, Washington DC to Barcelona. The conversation centered on the Internet Quality Barometer for Education (IQB-Edu) — a new measurement framework designed specifically for school connectivity.