We found speedtest.net to be very unreliable even though we have a
server hosted in our datacenter. We also run speedtest mini and it is
not very reliable, especially for 25mbps or greater. Iperf, however,
works every time.
On 10/21/2014 7:09 PM, Jon Auer via Af wrote:
FWIW at one time we had three peers (no open internet/upstream to
worry about) running speedtest.net <http://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]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
If your upstreams suck, your customer's speedtests should reflect
that.... and be addressed.
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*From: *"Timothy D. McNabb via Af" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*To: *[email protected] <mailto:[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
<http://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:af-bounces+tim
<mailto:af-bounces%2Btim>[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Tushar Patel via Af
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:55 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Why not just host a speedtest.net <http://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] <mailto:[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
<http://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
