FWIW at one time we had three peers (no open internet/upstream to worry about) running speedtest.net servers and still saw a lot of variation in performance. The server on a network run by a world-famous optimization nerd reported much higher speeds and more consistent results than the one run by the fellow WISP or the one run by a IT consultant...
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > If your upstreams suck, your customer's speedtests should reflect > that.... and be addressed. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Timothy D. McNabb via Af" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:15:06 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Speedtest replacements? > > I hate to necro an old thread, but has anyone devised an alternative? > We’re looking at the same dilemma of our own speedtest. It’s always been > nice to have the Ookla speedtest not just in terms of performance, but the > ability to reference actual results as well (since customers sometimes > misinterpret the results). From the other speedtests mentioned ( > speedtest.io and openspeedtest) it appears that neither are something you > can install on a local machine. Our personal preference is so customers can > see what their speeds are within our control (the speedtest server is right > next to our upstreams). > > > > -Tim > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Tushar > Patel via Af > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:55 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Speedtest replacements? > > > > May be we will try that. But as a speedtest product from ookla, I am > surprised there isn't really good competing product in the market. One > would think there should be market for such product. No wonder they are > raising the price. > > Tushar > > > > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 8:23 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Why not just host a speedtest.net server and have your customers test to > it? > > > > -forrest > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Darren Shea via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > > We currently host our own speedtest server using Ookla's speedtest > technology, but Ookla is discontinuing the version we run, and > the licensing fees for the new version are very steep. I'm looking at > alternatives, such as OpenSpeedTest and speed.io, but would > like to get some feedback on these if anyone is using them. > > We once tried using Brandon Checkett's Fancy Speed Test, but the results > display was not really in line with what we wanted. > > Does anyone hosting their own, non-Ookla, speedtest server have some > success stories or horror stories about particular packages? > > > Thank you, > Darren > > > > >
