[185722] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Updated Ookla Speedtest Server Requirements
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Brown)
Tue Nov 10 10:54:29 2015
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From: Rich Brown <richb.hanover@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1447156801.20363.nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:54:22 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
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> On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:00 AM, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>=20
> The value of Ookla dropped significantly so we just let our license =
lapse=20
> and did what everyone else was doing and pointed our speedtest to:
> http://uk2.testmy.net/SmarTest/combinedAuto
> and manage with this free service just fine.
You might consider pointing people to the DSLReports Speed Test =
(www.dslreports.com/speedtest)
- It is also free (no cost), and HTML-based.
- It's graphically far more attractive than testmy.net
- It's easier for people to use. Click one button: it automatically =
selects the nearest test server and runs all the tests.
- It retains test history, so your customers can compare today's tests =
with earlier runs.
- It measures latency *under load*, which really affects a lot of =
people's perception of "network speed".
- I find DSLReports to be more accurate than testmy.net. In several runs =
today, testmy.net results average 90% of the up/download speeds seen by =
DSLReports, Ookla, and netperf measurements on my 7mbps/768kbps DSL =
connection.
-Rich=
