{"id":44926,"date":"2016-12-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/news\/leduc-alberta-partners-cira-test-measure-and-benchmark-local-internet\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:57:37","slug":"leduc-alberta-partners-cira-test-measure-and-benchmark-local-internet","status":"publish","type":"cira_news","link":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/resources\/news\/state-of-internet\/leduc-alberta-partners-cira-test-measure-and-benchmark-local-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Leduc Alberta partners with CIRA to test, measure, and benchmark local Internet performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Leduc, Alberta\u00a0\u2013\u00a0December 15, 2016 \u2013 <\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The City of Leduc Alberta has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to deploy an Internet Performance Test to help city administrators understand the state of broadband infrastructure and use in their region.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Leduc, Alberta\u00a0\u2013\u00a0December 15, 2016 \u2013<\/strong><\/em> The City of Leduc Alberta has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to deploy an Internet Performance Test to help city administrators understand the state of broadband infrastructure and use in their region.<\/p>\n<p>This project is part of CIRA&#8217;s national pilot project to help municipalities create local Internet testing portals to support local smart-community and digital transformation efforts. Leduc is the first municipality in Alberta to join the trial and one of just two in Western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The test is accessible at <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/leduc\">http:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/leduc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Key facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Leduc is a growing metropolitan centre outside of Edmonton Alberta. The region is home to an expanding airport and a growing set of new commercial and retail businesses opportunities. Leduc is well-positioned as a hub within the Alberta economy, offering the infrastructure, skilled talent, and quality of life that attracts world-class businesses.<\/li>\n<li>Leduc&#8217;s Internet Performance Test is crowdsourced, meaning that individual users can test their connections and offer real-life data to the local government on how their connection is performing. The test also provides information on network health back to the user, helping them understand the speed, performance, and quality of their Internet connection.<\/li>\n<li>The test displays results in a heat-map, helping users and administrators understand areas for improvement and to easily highlight areas with strong and high-quality Internet adoption.<\/li>\n<li>This local test for Leduc is built on the infrastructure of CIRA&#8217;s Internet Performance Test. This allows local municipalities to deploy a test using the standard global M-Labs testing protocol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Executive quotes<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"quote-figure\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>High-performance broadband Internet infrastructure has become table-stakes in our current digital economy. CIRA&#8217;s municipal Internet testing program is designed to help Canadian cities and towns understand the state of their digital readiness and focus their attention on the areas for improvement. Helping municipal leaders measure and benchmark Internet adoption can help cities create data-driven smart-communities programs. Understanding issues around connectivity is critical for communities of all sizes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"name\">Dave Chiswell,<\/span> <span class=\"organization\">VP Product Development at CIRA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"quote-figure\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>We recognize the road communication and information technologies play in a modern city from both a residents&#8217; and business perspective, CIRA&#8217;s test is helping us measure and benchmark our digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"name\">Bart Pouteau,<\/span> <span class=\"organization\">Director of Communications and Information Support at the City of Leduc<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Additional resources<\/h2>\n<p>Test your Internet connection today at <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/leduc\">http:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/leduc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on CIRA&#8217;s work to help Canadian municipalities address their needs to Internet measurement, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/\">http:\/\/performance.cira.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About Leduc<\/h2>\n<p>Leduc is a growing, dynamic city in the heart of Canada&#8217;s economic engine and conveniently located at the crossroads of air, highway and rail transportation. The City of Leduc is a centre of innovation, entrepreneurship and quality of life. As a regional leader, the city, together with other municipalities in the area, plays a key role in protecting the integrity of the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and leading economic development in the region, including Aerotropolis. For information on non-emergency city services and programs, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leduc.ca\">www.leduc.ca<\/a> or follow us on Twitter @cityofleduc<\/p>\n<h2>About the Canadian Internet Registration Authority<\/h2>\n<p>The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) manages the .CA top-level domain on behalf of all Canadians. CIRA also develops technologies and services that help support its goal of building a better online Canada. The CIRA team operates one of the fastest-growing ccTLDs, a high-performance global DNS network, and one of the world&#8217;s most advanced back-end registry solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leduc, Alberta\u00a0\u2013\u00a0December 15, 2016 \u2013 \u00a0The City of Leduc Alberta has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to deploy an Internet Performance Test to help city administrators understand the state of broadband infrastructure and use in their region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"slim_seo":{"title":"Leduc Alberta partners with CIRA to test, measure, and benchmark local Internet performance - CIRA","description":"Leduc, Alberta\u00a0\u2013\u00a0December 15, 2016 \u2013 \u00a0The City of Leduc Alberta has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to deploy an Internet Per"},"footnotes":""},"topic":[1028],"class_list":["post-44926","cira_news","type-cira_news","status-publish","hentry","cira_news_type-cira-news-type-press-release","cira_topic-cira-topic-state-of-internet","cira_author-tanya-ocallaghan"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/44926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cira_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/44926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cira_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/topic?post=44926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}