Agreement: Test Traffic Measurement Box Purchase and Service Agreement consisting of the Contract Form and these General Terms, including Annex A to E.
Contract Form: Contract form specifying the Customer’s name and address, the number of Test Boxes purchased, the total Purchase Price and Service Fee as well as a description of the local situation at the Site as provided by Customer.
Functional Specifications: The functional specifications applicable to the Test Box as set forth in Annex A hereto.
Hardware and Software Requirements: The hardware, software and network requirements necessary to install and operate the Test Box as set forth in Annex A hereto.
Installation Costs: Fee covering the costs made by the RIPE NCC in assisting Customer to install the Test Box.
Installation Document: Document ripe-168 subsections 2 and 3 describing the installation procedure.
Purchase Price: Total Price of the Test Box(es) to be delivered under this Agreement.
Rights of Use: Uses of the Test Box (including TTM Software) to which the Customer is authorised under this Agreement.
RIPE NCC: Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC), an association under the laws of the Netherlands with official seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Service Fee: Annual fee to be paid by Customer to the RIPE NCC for the provision of the Services.
Services: The services as specified in Article 4 of this Agreement.
Site: Location at which the Test Box will be used by Customer, as specified on the Contract Sheet
Test Box: Box provided by the RIPE NCC containing TTM Software for the collection of data on the performance of the network between providers such as network delays, packet losses or routing information, as further described on http://www.ripe.net/test-traffic.
TTM Data: The data which may be collected from the Test Box.
TTM Database: Database operated by the RIPE NCC containing TTM Data collected by the RIPE NCC.
TTM Software: Test traffic measurement software embedded in the Test Box.
A Test Box is an instrument for measuring quantities related to network performance, such as delay, packet-loss or routing information, according to the metrics defined in RFC's 2330, 2679 and 2680.
or equivalent or better hardware
Customer is free to discuss the analysis inside its organisation or the relevant RIPE working group. In order for TTM data or an analysis of data to be presented to the outside world, the data and analysis first have to be verified. To this end, Customer shall provide a write-up of the data and analysis that includes enough detail for anybody to independently re-implement the data and the analysis and to verify its conclusions. This write-up will be circulated by the RIPE NCC amongst (a subset of) the ISP's using a Test Box for a peer review. If there are objections to an analysis or the accuracy of the data, it will be discussed with Customer what changes in the publication will have to be made in order to make it acceptable. If an ISP still disagrees, they can ask that data related to their site is removed from the analysis. An ISP however cannot veto the publication of an analysis. Published data shall not include references to names of other ISP's, IP-addresses of Test Boxes and routers and the like if this is not strictly necessary.