Speed Test
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Speed Test
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#2Looks 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!
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#3No way to use bytes instead of bits in the output?
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#4Looks 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 actually really like the interface. You have the "generic" speed test information at the top and a lot more additional information at the bottom. It feels a bit overwhelming at first, though, granted.
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#5I have a 250 Mb/s connection, but this claims I have over 440 Mb/s download speed. When looking closer at the details I get 250 Mb/s on all tests except the 1 MB download, so it's probably because of some compression or caching or similar, but I don't get the point of the larger tests if they don't affect the final score. I have never downloaded anything faster than 250 Mb/s before, so this is not a good reflection of my actual internet speed.
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#6Tried 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?
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#7Tried 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?
Ookla traffic is known to be prioritised by ISPs. Maybe ISPs just haven’t caught up with Cloudflare yet and what you’re seeing now is more realistic speeds.
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#8Tried 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?
There's an alternative explanation is that it's possible your ISP hasn't learned to prioritise this speed test traffic unlike other speed tests, and that this is more reflective of general real-world performance?
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#9Tried 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.
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#10I have a 250 Mb/s connection, but this claims I have over 440 Mb/s download speed. When looking closer at the details I get 250 Mb/s on all tests except the 1 MB download, so it's probably because of some compression or caching or similar, but I don't get the point of the larger tests if they don't affect the final score. I have never downloaded anything faster than 250 Mb/s before, so this is not a good reflection o…
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