Same here. E-mail is not a compelling leverage over the hosts. They must be accessible in person or the probes will be gone sooner or later.
Best thing to do is to distribute only among reachable enthusiasts,
and collect as soon as the flame is about to fade.
By the way, has anyone noticed the drastic increase in the traffic consumed by the probes recently?
Isn't it another cause for that abadonment?
Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:
Amreesh Phokeer writes:
> Hi Martin,
>
> > On 30 Apr 2019, at 00:39, Martin Levy <martin@cloudflare.com> wrote:
> >
> > How can we fix the "abandoned" part? What part can an ambassador play in order to get abandoned probes back online?
>
> This is what happens when probes are distributed in the wild. In Africa, we have the same problem, now our strategy is to give it to interested collaborators only.
>
Yeah, that is my experience as well and why I have given up bringing
probes to ICANN meetings etc. I'm getting a tad tired of these people
who swear on the grave of their favorite cat that they would install
them, they actually never do and never aswer mail either. This on top
of those people who initial instll them and themn abandone them after
some time.