Speedtest (the app) gives consistent results for a variety of test sites, including UofToronto, Bell Canada, Primus. All are significantly higher numbers than testmy.net (320Down, 450Up versus 190Down, 215Up on testmy.net Toronto site).
../Dave On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 08:53, o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 7:39 AM Alvin Starr via talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On 2023-08-24 10:50, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > > Rogers and Bell have web sites for testing your internet speed. The > > > advantage of using one should be that it is a pretty pure test of the > > > ISP's infrastructure. > > > > > I know that Bell has tuned their traffic management rules to prioritize > > speed test sites. > > > > I would be very surprised if Rogers is not also doing the same thing. > > > > The Bell and Rogers hosted sites are the most likely to take advantage > > of traffic management to enhance their stats. > > So you may get results that are close to the maximum that the network > > can support but nowhere near what the network is able to deliver under > > its current load. > > > > > > Network performance testing is best done with tools like iperf. > > > I found a website called testmy.net that seems to do a very good job. > Gives graphing of the results and shows the variability of connection > quite well imo. > > HTH > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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