There was a very similar discussion on NANOG last month about the same topic. You can read the thread here:
https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2018-July/096205.html You may find it useful. Jon Wolberg On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:18 AM Brian Turnbow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Here in Italy the ministry of telecommunications has built a system for > consumers to "certify" the speed of their connection. > Most of the information is in Italian on the site > https://www.misurainternet.it/ > Basically they have placed servers is the major IXs and end users can > download the client runs tests and obtain a "certification" that can be > used > against the isp for breach of contract if the speeds are lower than > contracted . > > > The software is based upon ETSI EG 202 765-4, not y.1564, and at least > the > client side is open source with some English notes etc. > https://github.com/fondazionebordoni/nemesys > > > > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Jason Lixfeld > > Sent: domenica 12 agosto 2018 21:39 > > To: Mikael Abrahamsson > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Internet speed > > > > This thread has me thinking about cases where a MetroE customer might > call > > and complain about throughput issues, and troubleshooting would normally > > require a truck roll to hook up an Ethernet test set. > > > > Does anyone know of a Y.1564 client application, or know of any past work > > done around creating one? > > > > I’m wondering if a client-side application could be a practical > > alternative to > > said truck roll. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > >> On Aug 12, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018, [email protected] wrote: > > >> > > >> It also selects a public server which is outside of your AS thus > taking > > >> into > > consideration the busy international links which are outside of your > > administration andas a result for a 30Mbps package the measure shows 15 > > for example. > > > > > > My experience is that speedtest.net works well up to around 500 > > megabit/s, after that it starts to get unreliable. This of course means > > their > > test server needs to be not on the other side of the world, but for North > > America and Europe this shouldn't be the case. > > > > > > Without knowing exactly your conditions, I'd say your customers > getting > > > 15 > > megabit/s in Speedtest.net on a 30 megabit/s package actually indicates > > that > > there is a real problem. > > > > > > 1. Require that your customers do the measurement wired (not wifi), > > directly connected to your equipment (if you provide one). > > > > > > 2. If speedtest.net isn't nearby you or you have a weird network path > to > > them that doesn't work well, look into how you can improve it, plus host > > your own speedtest server. If speedtest.net testing servers aren't able > to > > provide 30 megabit/s to your customers, you most likely actually have a > > connectivity issue negatively affecting your customers, not only for > their > > testing. > > > > > > I frequently test 500-1000 megabit/s subscriptions. If customer gets > 200 > > megabit/s in a wired test, it's typically indicative of a problem. If > they > > get > > 500-800, that's usually fine and it's other issues outside of your > control > > that > > is affecting this (different operating systems have different TCP window > > scaling settings etc). > > > > > > But getting 15 meg out of 30, I'd say you have a problem you should > look > > into. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
