m-lab · jduckles · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026
diff --git a/src/content/articles/checking-node-probability.md b/src/content/articles/checking-node-probability.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "FAQ: Checking Node Probability and Status"
 description: How to use the M-Lab Locate Service API to verify your node's probability setting and registration status.
 tags: [node-operations]
 difficulty: beginner
+published: false
 ---
 
 **Q: How can I verify my node's current probability setting and registration status?**

diff --git a/src/content/articles/getting-started-advocates.md b/src/content/articles/getting-started-advocates.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description: A guide for digital rights advocates, community broadband organizer
 tags: [getting-started, advocacy, internet-quality, net-neutrality]
 difficulty: beginner
 starter: true
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab data is a powerful resource for internet advocacy — it's open, independently verifiable, and produced at a scale that individual communities or organizations cannot replicate on their own. This guide is for advocates, organizers, civil society researchers, and journalists who want to use M-Lab data to document ISP behavior, support communities, and build evidence-based arguments.

diff --git a/src/content/articles/getting-started-bigquery.md b/src/content/articles/getting-started-bigquery.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "Getting Started with M-Lab Data in BigQuery"
 description: How to get free access to M-Lab's BigQuery datasets, run your first queries, understand the data structure, and work efficiently with large tables.
 tags: [data-access, bigquery]
 difficulty: beginner
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab publishes all measurement data to Google BigQuery as a free, open dataset. Access is sponsored by M-Lab — queries against the `measurement-lab` project don't come out of your own GCP quota — but you must join the M-Lab Discuss group first to activate that sponsorship. **Saving query results to your own BigQuery tables, or running queries billed to your own project, will incur charges to you.**

diff --git a/src/content/articles/getting-started-isp-ixp.md b/src/content/articles/getting-started-isp-ixp.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description: A guide for ISP engineers, network operators, and IXP staff who wan
 tags: [getting-started, node-operations, data-access, network-operations]
 difficulty: intermediate
 starter: true
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab sits at the intersection of your network and the public internet, running standardized tests from measurement points at internet exchange facilities worldwide. For ISPs and IXPs, M-Lab data offers a window into how your customers experience your network — and hosting a node puts that measurement capacity directly in your infrastructure.
@@ -102,5 +103,3 @@ WeHe is a **client-initiated** test run by end users, not by network operators.
 - Email [support@measurementlab.net](mailto:support@measurementlab.net) for questions about BYOS, your network's data, or technical issues
 - The [M-Lab Discuss group](https://groups.google.com/a/measurementlab.net/g/discuss) is the primary community forum and is required for free BigQuery access
 
-<!-- FIXME: Add link to "Interpreting M-Lab NDT Results for ISP Network Diagnostics" article once created. -->
-<!-- FIXME: Add link to "Comparing M-Lab Performance Before and After Network Changes" article once created. -->
diff --git a/src/content/articles/getting-started-policymakers.md b/src/content/articles/getting-started-policymakers.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description: A guide for policymakers, regulators, and government staff who want
 tags: [getting-started, policy, internet-quality]
 difficulty: beginner
 starter: true
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab data has informed broadband policy at the national and international level — from FCC proceedings in the United States to regulatory filings across Europe, Latin America, and Asia. This guide points policymakers, regulators, and their research staff toward the resources most relevant to their work.
@@ -87,5 +88,3 @@ All M-Lab tests collect the user's IP address alongside measurement results, whi
 
 M-Lab regularly engages with policymakers and regulators. For inquiries about specific policy applications, data interpretation, or testimony support, contact [support@measurementlab.net](mailto:support@measurementlab.net).
 
-<!-- FIXME: Add link to "Using M-Lab Data for Broadband Mapping and Program Evaluation" article once created. -->
-<!-- FIXME: Add link to "Understanding ISP Performance Comparisons in M-Lab Data" article once created. -->
diff --git a/src/content/articles/getting-started-researchers.md b/src/content/articles/getting-started-researchers.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description: A curated starting path for academic researchers and data scientist
 tags: [getting-started, research, data-access]
 difficulty: beginner
 starter: true
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab's open datasets have been used in hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, government reports, and conference papers. This guide maps out the most useful resources for researchers coming to M-Lab for the first time, or looking to go deeper.

diff --git a/src/content/articles/internet-quality-beyond-speed.md b/src/content/articles/internet-quality-beyond-speed.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "Beyond Speed: Understanding Internet Quality Metrics"
 description: Why download speed alone is an incomplete picture of internet performance, and how M-Lab measures latency, packet loss, and working internet quality.
 tags: [internet-quality, measurement]
 difficulty: beginner
+published: false
 ---
 
 "How fast is your internet?" is the wrong question. Speed is one dimension of a multi-dimensional problem. M-Lab and the broader internet measurement community have been developing richer frameworks for understanding what makes an internet connection work well — or not.

diff --git a/src/content/articles/research-guide.md b/src/content/articles/research-guide.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "Analyzing M-Lab Data: A Researcher's Guide"
 description: Methods, tools, and best practices for using M-Lab's open datasets in academic research, policy analysis, and community broadband advocacy.
 tags: [research, data-access]
 difficulty: intermediate
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab data has been used in peer-reviewed publications, regulatory filings, government broadband reports, and advocacy campaigns. This guide covers how to approach M-Lab data for research purposes.

diff --git a/src/content/articles/tcpinfo-snapshot-analysis.md b/src/content/articles/tcpinfo-snapshot-analysis.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "Analyzing TCP INFO Snapshots: Data Characteristics and Research Patterns
 description: A practical guide to M-Lab's TCP INFO snapshot data in BigQuery — how snapshots are collected and thinned, why most rows are noise, how to filter to real tests, and how to use RTT variance data to study latency-sensitive applications like VoIP.
 tags: [research, data-access]
 difficulty: intermediate
+published: false
 ---
 
 M-Lab's TCP INFO sidecar records a time series of kernel TCP socket statistics for every connection on the platform. The BigQuery table is large, heterogeneous, and counterintuitive until you understand how collection and storage work. This article explains the mechanics, the quirks, and the correct patterns for research use.

diff --git a/src/content/articles/test-ndt.md b/src/content/articles/test-ndt.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "NDT (Network Diagnostic Tool)"
 description: NDT is M-Lab's flagship speed test — it measures single-stream download and upload throughput, latency, and provides TCP-level diagnostics for every test.
 tags: [tests, data-access, bigquery, speed-test]
 difficulty: beginner
+published: false
 ---
 
 NDT (Network Diagnostic Tool) is M-Lab's most widely used measurement test. It measures a connection's capacity for "bulk transport" — what most people know as download and upload speed — and records detailed TCP statistics that allow researchers to diagnose what is limiting performance. NDT has been hosted on M-Lab since the platform's founding in 2009 and is the backbone of [speed.measurementlab.net](https://speed.measurementlab.net).

diff --git a/src/content/articles/troubleshooting-tests.md b/src/content/articles/troubleshooting-tests.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: "Troubleshooting M-Lab Tests"
 description: Steps to take when an M-Lab test takes too long, fails to start, or never completes.
 tags: [troubleshooting, tests]
 difficulty: beginner
+published: false
 ---
 
 Most M-Lab tests complete in under thirty seconds. If a test is taking longer than that, or fails to start or complete, work through the steps below before reporting a bug.

diff --git a/src/content/articles/welcome-to-mlab.md b/src/content/articles/welcome-to-mlab.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags: [measurement, research]
 difficulty: beginner
 starter: true
 order: 1
+published: false
 ---
 
 Measurement Lab (M-Lab) is the world's largest open internet measurement platform. Since 2009, M-Lab has collected billions of measurements from users around the globe, all published as open data under a Creative Commons license.