Facebook Engineering Tool Mimics Dodgy Network Connectivity

itwbennett writes: Facebook has released an open source application called Augmented Traffic Control that can simulate the connectivity of a cell phone accessing an app over a 2G, Edge, 3G, or LTE network. It can also simulate weak and erratic WiFi connections. The simulations can give engineers an estimate of how long it would take a user to download a file, for instance, given varying network connections. It can help engineers re-create problems that crop up only on very slow networks.

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They should make a tool

[easyTree]

Which mimics massive and creepy privacy invasion - for profit.

Re: They should make a tool

[thedonger]

But it's not really a choice. Too many people use Facebook that it's such an inconvenience to not use it.

That may, in fact, be the dumbest thing written on the internet. At least so far today.

ipfw/dummynet

[cdrudge]

So they reinvented what was already available and much more flexible with ipfw/dummynet?

Re:ipfw/dummynet

[bill_mcgonigle]

So they reinvented what was already available and much more flexible with ipfw [freebsd.org]/dummynet [freebsd.org]?

So they made a linux version of dummynet and released it as Open Source with deployment and configuration tools?

Assholes.

Simulation?

[danbert8]

Just try it out using Comcast/Time Warner/AT&T/Verizon internet access! Pick your provider... They all suck.