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Lots of people here have already mentioned the Netflix fast.com test, which is indeed good. But also worthy of recommendation IHMO is the Cloudflare one (speed.cloudflare.com). Main reason I say that is its one of the few that measures jitter (or at least openly exposes the measurement).
Fast doesnt do upload
I was on the phone with a buddy trying to troubleshoot Local file transfer speeds vs Speedtest results. Speedtest kept reporting 100Mb/s range speeds (the tier he was paying for). Local file transfers however were stuck in the 1MB/s range. After some questions and troubleshooting he discovered that he had used a 10Mb/s hub instead of a 1Gb/s switch that was sitting right next to it. A simple mixup. His internet conne…
> Is there a way I can test this more scientifically? How about the following?: 1. Choose a dozen or so public files on hosts known to have high bandwidth (Google or Microsoft perhaps). Maybe choose a couple of public legal torrents too. 2. Write a script to download all the chosen files (either sequentially or concurrently), and emit timing information. 3. Run that script a couple of times a day at random times. Try…
I wonder if one could route all traffic through a speedtest site
This could be an interesting business model for a VPN service. Host a popular speedtest and VPN endpoints on the same IP's. The challenge is to make the speedtest popular enough so ISP's will optimize for it.
I was cursing on my ISP for a long time till I understood that Im on a 100Mbit wifi. Then added a wire connection to my server and instantly 10x the speed :^] Dont be like me, have wires set up everywhere where needed.
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Fast doesnt do upload
> Fast doesnt do upload It does but it's hidden, you have to hit "Show more info" (once the main test has finished). A bit stupid, but I'm sure some committee thought it was an awesome idea to do it that way.
Is it after the speed test is over?
Yes, this is true. This is why Netflix runs fast.com: it serves Netflix content from Netflix servers, so if ISPs want to prioritize fast.com content they'll have to prioritize Netflix content as well. Of course, that doesn't help non-Netflix sites...
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why net neutrality is important.
If you are on a wireless network (either your upstream from a WISP, or internally on your own network), then I'd suspect some wireless air access control syndrome is the cause -- e.g. stations are usually randomly fighting for air, but when you pull down your big speed test file that ends up putting the network in a state where your station gets all the air time. Lo and behold all your traffic has better QoS. Basically your speedtest traffic, because it is a constant stream, shoved everyone else off the air and allowed your other traffic to get through at the same time as a result.
> Is there a way I can test this more scientifically? How about the following?: 1. Choose a dozen or so public files on hosts known to have high bandwidth (Google or Microsoft perhaps). Maybe choose a couple of public legal torrents too. 2. Write a script to download all the chosen files (either sequentially or concurrently), and emit timing information. 3. Run that script a couple of times a day at random times. Try…
Just have ping running in the background. You can observe the difference yourself
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> Fast doesnt do upload It does but it's hidden, you have to hit "Show more info" (once the main test has finished). A bit stupid, but I'm sure some committee thought it was an awesome idea to do it that way.
Where is this on mobile? I went to fast.com Is it after the speed test is over?
Yeah, you have to let it run thorough first, then the button appears.
(At least on desktop, I can't remember what it does on mobile)