Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-23 Thread Matt Jenkins
a.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless? We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux server o

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-23 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
A very common occurring reason for what you are describing would be a 'Ethernet Connection / Speed / Duplex Mismatch', in the customer's connection path. Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom On 8/23/2012 9:52 AM, Bret Clark wrote: I initially brought up the question because I have

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-23 Thread Bret Clark
I initially brought up the question because I have Verizon FiOS at home and not matter what time of the day can run a speed test to the same server and see my 30Mbps DN/15 Mbps up. If I run and Iperf test between my FiOS connection and one of our wireless business customers with 10Mbps circuit

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-23 Thread Paolo Di Francesco
arry A. Weidig (lwei...@excel.net <mailto:lwei...@excel.net>) >> >> Excel.Net, Inc. – http://www.excel.net/ >> >> (920) 452-0455 – Sheboygan/Plymouth area >> >> (888) 489-9995 – Other areas, toll-free >> >> *From:*wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-23 Thread Paolo Di Francesco
Hi Jack you are right about the two points, but also it's not a problem of education but sometimes "honesty" and trustness I will do an example: I turned on some graphs for a customer who was complaining all the time about speed. The issue was that his upload was always full and therefore that

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-22 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
404-1118 >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Bret Clark >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wirel

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-22 Thread Blake Covarrubias
> Mobile: (662) 404-1118 >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Bret Clark >> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wir

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-22 Thread Matt Jenkins
http://www.speedtest.net/mini.php On 08/21/2012 12:22 PM, Bret Clark wrote: We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux server off of our BGP

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-22 Thread Matt Jenkins
test..are they inaccurate with wireless?   We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-22 Thread Scott Reed
.Net, Inc. -- http://www.excel.net/ (920) 452-0455 -- Sheboygan/Plymouth area (888) 489-9995 -- Other areas, toll-free *From:*wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Bret Clark *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22 PM *To:* WISPA General List *Subject:* [W

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
The visualware servers are Accurate and u can deploy them on your network as well. The Dulles,va server is located off the ashburn peering point so that's the one I always use and suggest. Leon Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Bret Clark wrote: > We mostly deal with business

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Jack Unger
Two points - 1. Customer education. I think it's the job of each WISP to educate their customers that the Internet is a huge network with multiple hops needed to get anywhere. Yes; I know it seems stupid to us to have to do this but much of the p

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread can...@believewireless.net
We are lucky as most speedtest.net servers are within 2ms of us. (Probably because we are in two main colos.) Ran one on my desktop at the office yesterday for a prospect and pulled 88 Mbps/92 Mbps from my 100Base-T connected desktop. We are 3 wireless hops from some tests and 5 from others. The

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Larry Weidig
2:22 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless? We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux server off of our BGP edge routers down to the customer and IPERF

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Joey Craig
mmett Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:25 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless? You're going to get a bunch of people bashing the tests, but there's generally a reason for a low number. It very well could be nothing on your netwo

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Nick Olsen
PA General List" Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless? We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux server off of our BGP edge routers down to the customer and IPERF always shows t

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Mike Hammett
d peering point could be to blame. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Bret Clark" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22:02 PM Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccur

Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Joey Craig
com/> Firenet1.Com Phone: (662) 510-0764 Mobile: (662) 404-1118 _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurat

[WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless?

2012-08-21 Thread Bret Clark
We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux server off of our BGP edge routers down to the customer and IPERF always shows the customer getting the bandwidth they signed up for. We use QoS to control bandwidth a