On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 08:11:51AM -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 08/25/2014 09:50 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > >When Verizon offered FIOS, I was outa there. So far, besides the > >escalating prices, I have been happy with the 15M/5M they offer, and > >500 microsecond ping times to friends on the other side of Beaverton > >is kinda cool. > > What tool do you use to test your speed? I've run the tool on > speedtest.net a number of times. This morning, around 8:00, I got 28.48 > Mbps download speed, 5.30 Mpbs upload speed, and a 12 ms ping.
I also use internet speed test. Their ping numbers are useless, because their OOKLA servers are chosen geographically, not by routing distance. If packets are going between ComCan't and FrontRear, for example, they pass through Seattle (probably) or Oakland (maybe) and half a dozen switches, even if they are going to your next door neighbor (on a different service). If the packets go through the same fiber switch, to other customers using the same service in the same area, you are mostly seeing packet queueing delay through the switch, very small. For ping times, I use linux ping(8). When I want details of the path the packets take, I use linux traceroute(8). The latter can be messy, because packets can take many routes from here to there. For your amusement, here is the traceroute from my Beaverton laptop to dicksteffens.com in Phoenix AZ (XX = redacted): traceroute to dicksteffens.com (199.96.XX.XX), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 XX.kl-ic.com (192.168.XX.XX) 0.809 ms 0.777 ms 0.749 ms 2 static-50-53-XX-XX.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net (50.53.XX.XX) 4.656 ms 4.669 ms 4.594 ms 3 50.126.112.133 (50.126.112.133) 4.518 ms 4.494 ms 4.484 ms 4 ae2---0.cor01.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net (74.40.1.217) 9.376 ms 9.362 ms 9.337 ms 5 ae4---0.cor01.sttl.wa.frontiernet.net (74.40.1.221) 9.310 ms 9.285 ms 9.258 ms 6 ae0---0.cbr01.sttl.wa.frontiernet.net (74.40.5.122) 11.140 ms 10.687 ms 10.656 ms 7 10gigabitethernet1-3.core1.sea1.he.net (206.81.80.40) 20.566 ms 21.805 ms 21.783 ms 8 10ge13-4.core1.sjc2.he.net (72.52.92.157) 33.700 ms 33.714 ms 33.689 ms 9 10ge14-7.core1.lax2.he.net (184.105.213.5) 33.626 ms 33.821 ms 33.797 ms 10 10ge2-3.core1.phx2.he.net (184.105.222.85) 38.721 ms 40.688 ms 50.646 ms 11 stable-host.gigabitethernet1-8.core1.phx2.he.net (216.218.208.22) 40.633 ms 40.604 ms 43.534 ms 12 stable-host.gigabitethernet1-8.core1.phx2.he.net (216.218.208.22) 43.514 ms !X * * ... Beaverton - Seattle - San Jose - Los Angeles - Stablehost.com in Phoenix Here is the traceroute from my wife's Portland desktop to my Beaverton router, which actually takes longer because DSL is so slow: traceroute to XX.keithl.com (50.53.XX.XX), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 XX.XX.com.XX.168.192.in-addr.arpa (192.168.XX.XX) 0.349 ms 0.222 ms 0.221 ms 2 192.168.XX.XX (192.168.XX.XX) 0.822 ms 0.979 ms 1.166 ms 3 207.225.XX.XX (207.225.XX.XX) 41.915 ms 43.110 ms 44.436 ms (note: DSL modem) 4 ptld-agw1.inet.qwest.net (207.225.85.185) 45.914 ms 47.263 ms 40.523 ms 5 * * sea-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net (67.14.41.18) 46.694 ms 6 ae14.edge2.Seattle1.Level3.net (4.68.62.189) 48.272 ms 49.562 ms 50.957 ms 7 ae-2-52.edge1.Seattle3.Level3.net (4.69.147.170) 53.230 ms 54.509 ms 55.618 ms 8 CITIZENS-CO.edge1.Seattle3.Level3.net (4.59.232.6) 57.099 ms 58.167 ms 60.067 ms 9 ae2---0.cor01.sttl.wa.frontiernet.net (74.40.5.121) 66.590 ms 67.867 ms 69.056 ms 10 ae1---0.cor02.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net (74.40.1.222) 70.980 ms 52.569 ms 52.295 ms 11 ae0---0.cor02.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net (74.40.1.186) 52.525 ms 74.40.1.218 (74.40.1.218) 51.924 ms ae0---0.cor02.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net (74.40.1.186) 51.824 ms 12 ae0---0.car01.tgrd.or.frontiernet.net (74.40.1.182) 96.872 ms 95.829 ms 50.38.7.46 (50.38.7.46) 53.056 ms 13 50.126.112.138 (50.126.112.138) 53.575 ms 52.792 ms 50.38.7.178 (50.38.7.178) 50.190 ms 14 static-50-53-XX-XX.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net (50.53.XX.XX) 53.439 ms 54.540 ms 52.748 ms ... Portland - Seattle - Beaverton - Tigard(?) - Beaverton Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
