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Re: Speed Test

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Post by op00to » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 10:47 AM UTC

edent wrote: post #6

Tried on several devices - it consistently under-reads. I'm on 500Mbps broadband. Ookla and fast.com show 350Mbps via WiFi. Cloudflare only 274Mbps. Similar results on Ethernet. Over 400Mbps on a proper speed test. Can't hit 300 on this. I assume their downstream is capped?

I'm able to hit 800 down and 400 up on the Cloudflare app. On fast.com i get 980/980, similar with ookla.

I wonder if it could be that various handoffs with cloudflare's network are more busy, but we don't really notice because we're not doing speed tests on it. :)

Re: Speed Test

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Post by tebbers » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 10:52 AM UTC

Pretty much bang on for me. 202 down, 195 up where my ISP has sold me 200Mbps symmetric. CommunityFibre in London, UK.

Re: Speed Test

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Post by maccard » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 10:59 AM UTC

johneth wrote: post #9

edent wrote: post #6

Tried on several devices - it consistently under-reads. I'm on 500Mbps broadband. Ookla and fast.com show 350Mbps via WiFi. Cloudflare only 274Mbps. Similar results on Ethernet. Over 400Mbps on a proper speed test. Can't hit 300 on this. I assume their downstream is capped?

I've read that often ISPs make exceptions for Ookla and fast.com speed tests by removing any sort of throttling to produce the best possible test results. I expect it isn't as easy for ISPs to treat Cloudflare like this, as it just looks like normal internet traffic.

Got a source for ISPs doing that for fast.com? Fast.com is netflix, so the same argument applies there - if you get 300mbps on fast.com you should get it on netflix too

Re: Speed Test

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Post by im_lince » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:01 AM UTC

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Re: Speed Test

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Post by cpfohl » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:02 AM UTC

eviks wrote: post #3

No way to use bytes instead of bits in the output?

Not how it’s usually measured…link speed is pretty much always in bits/s

Re: Speed Test

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Post by haunter » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:02 AM UTC

Pretty much spot on for me. 2gig/1gig fiber internet and I got 1.95 Gbps/960 Mbps

Re: Speed Test

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Post by superhumanuser » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:03 AM UTC

chewmieser wrote: post #2

Looks great! Didn’t realize there was much more that could be improved upon vs the alternatives but I think I’ll use this again next time. A dedicated domain would be nice. I probably wouldn’t recommend this to people like fast.com though due to the more complex interface, but I love it!

I'm a fan on https://fast.com

Minimal interface. More details behind a toggle if you need them.

Re: Speed Test

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Post by pseudo_meta » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:05 AM UTC

btw, on macOS, you can just enter `networkQuality` into your terminal for a speed test. No third-party website or tool of any kind needed, it's a built-in mac CLI.

Re: Speed Test

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:05 AM UTC

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Re: Speed Test

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Post by thomasfromcdnjs » Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 11:08 AM UTC

chewmieser wrote: post #2

Looks great! Didn’t realize there was much more that could be improved upon vs the alternatives but I think I’ll use this again next time. A dedicated domain would be nice. I probably wouldn’t recommend this to people like fast.com though due to the more complex interface, but I love it!

I love that it shows you the 90th percentile