[123630] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC releases Internet speed test tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Fri Mar 12 09:24:48 2010
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: jgreco@ns.sol.net (Joe Greco)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:09 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <201003121416.o2CEGTRv093042@aurora.sol.net> from "Joe Greco" at
Mar 12, 2010 08:16:29 AM
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> I noted that I got wildly varying numbers on a laptop and an iPhone (there
> is also an iPhone app) and the iPhone app doesn't ask for an address. Both
> on the same wifi and connection, and the numbers were off by a lot.
And I meant to include examples, but fingers committed the message
before I could stop 'em. Sorry.
PC/mLab:
Download speed: 4150kbps
Upload speed: 2364kpbs
PC/Ookla:
Download speed: 5044kbps
Upload speed: 1120Kbps
iPhone:
Download speed: 1.75Mbps
Upload speed: 0.23Mbps
I've gotten strange stuff each time I've tried their tests. I
particularly like the factor of 10 difference in upload speeds.
... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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