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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>[My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]</p>
<p>TL;DR <br>
I lead an academic research project to better understand the
motives behind network hardware upgrades. If you are operating a
network infrastructure and have 10 minutes to spare, we would
greatly appreciate you filling out this short (anonymous) survey:
<a href="https://tally.so/r/rjEkZR" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://tally.so/r/rjEkZR</a></p>
<p>== Longer version ==</p>
<p>My name is Romain; I am a senior scientist at ETH Zürich,
Switzerland, where I research the environmental impacts of
Internet infrastructure and how we can steer networks to become
more sustainable in the future.</p>
<p>There is increasing evidence that a large part of the Internet's
impact comes from the manufacturing, deployment, and recycling of
hardware, suggesting that networks could substantially reduce
their footprint by keeping network devices in operation for
longer, despite possibly higher energy consumption in older
hardware models. Some of my ongoing research aims to assess
whether this hypothesis is correct; happy to tell you more about
that if you are interested.</p>
<p>Assuming it is indeed correct that network hardware should be
kept in operation for longer, if we want to encourage this, we
must understand why networks are being upgraded today.</p>
<ul>
<li>What are the main motives behind network hardware upgrades
nowadays?</li>
<li>What factors are preventing or discouraging longer hardware
lifetime in networks?</li>
</ul>
<p>We prepared a short survey to help answer those questions. After
some brief contextualization questions to clarify the network type
and context, the core of the survey presents a list of possible
motives for hardware upgrades and asks, for each, how important it
typically is in your own network upgrades. The second half of the
survey contains (optional) questions related to the current
environmental sustainability practices in your organization. If
you are operating a network or working for an organization that
operates a public or private network infrastructure, we would
greatly appreciate you filling out this short (anonymous) survey:
<a href="https://tally.so/r/rjEkZR" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://tally.so/r/rjEkZR</a></p>
<p>And, naturally, you are more than welcome to share this survey
within your own network (of humans, I mean). Many thanks in
advance!</p>
<p>— <br>
Romain</p>
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<div style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.9em; margin-bottom: 0.2em; font-weight: bold;">Romain
JACOB</div>
<div style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.9em; margin-bottom: 0.2em;">Postdoctoral
Researcher</div>
<div style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">ETH
Zurich</div>
<div style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.2em;">Networked
Systems Group (NSG) </div>
<div style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Lead:
Prof. Laurent Vanbever</div>
<div> <a href="https://www.romainjacob.net/" style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.9em;" moz-do-not-send="true">www.romainjacob.net</a> <br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/RJacobPartner" style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.9em;" moz-do-not-send="true">@RJacobPartner</a><br>
<a href="https://discuss.systems/@jacobr" style="color: #1F407A; font-size: 0.9em;" moz-do-not-send="true">@jacobr@discuss.systems</a> </div>
<div style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Gloriastrasse
35, ETZ G84<br>
8092 Zurich <br>
+41 7 68 16 88 22 </div>
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