 License
This web site contains a lot of information that is publicly available. This does not mean
that you can use the data freely. We have a simple licensing policy outlined below. The vast
majority of the users are free to use the data. For other users, we simple want to know what
you are doing, ensure that you are not misrepresenting the data and it gives us an opportunity
to provide you with the data in a more efficient format.
By using the Line Speed Meter results you agree to the following:
1. Consumer User. A consumer user is any user or
business who has an Internet connection or is planning on getting one.
You are interested in analysing your own data or any other data that we provide
in order to choose the best Internet connection, do personal research on
Internet plans or to understand the nature of Internet
connectivity. Consumer users can analyse all data for free and hyperlink to
any part of our web site.
2. Communications Company. A
communications company is any entity whose service we are
measuring. You may be using the data to provide technical comparisons,
as the basis for financial gain or as a mechanism to monitor your own network.
You may only analyse, aggregate, report on, study, review or reproduce the data
once you have obtained a license from tcpIQ. The cost of
the license depends on the number of users that you have and the
amount of data that you want to analyse. For the
majority of ISPs it is a token amount of money.
3. Research Organisation. A research organisation is any company, university or
organisation that uses the data in research, reports, data gathering, data
aggregation, data reselling, marketing or data analysis. You may
only use the data once you have obtained a license
from tcpIQ.
4. Government Organisation. Any government
organisation may use the data once you have obtained a license from tcpIQ.
5. Publisher. Any magazine, author, publisher, re-publisher, commercial web site or newspaper
needs to obtains license from tcpIQ (this type of license
is generally free).
License
Depending on your requirements the License may be free (especially for
universities). We are simply interested in knowing who you are, how you
are using the data and whether there is a way to help you better. The
license may entitle you to receive our entire database either offline on a DVD
or online using OLAP Cubes or raw access to the underlying tables.
Simply contact tcpIQ and we can discuss the
Line Speed Meter licensing further.
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