Take a look at visualware.com those tests are more accurate than speed test.net
Leon Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Blake Covarrubias <bl...@beamspeed.com> wrote: > Matt, > > How much bandwidth on average are you seeing to your speed test servers? > > We're considering becoming a speedtest.net host, but are concerned about the > amount of bandwidth generated by users outside our network. > > -- > Blake Covarrubias > > On Aug 22, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Matt Jenkins <m...@smarterbroadband.net> wrote: > >> We setup a speedtest server. So when customers connect to speedtest.net they >> reach our local server. The test data never leaves our network. >> >> >> On 08/21/2012 12:27 PM, Joey Craig wrote: >>> We only guarantee from the customers radio to our servers and we make sure >>> the customer is aware of that. We use Jperf/Iperf also…works very well. >>> How can you guarantee ANYTHING beyond your network? You are absolutely in >>> the right. >>> >>> Joey Craig >>> Network/RF Engineer >>> 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 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 the customer >>> getting the bandwidth they signed up for. We use QoS to control bandwidth >>> and make sure to not oversubscribe any one link....small ratios of 3:1. >>> >>> Of course eventually at some point the customer runs one of those stupid >>> bandwidth test on the Internet and the results are woefully inaccurate (not >>> in our favor)...but of course customers take the results as gospel. >>> AAARRRRGGGGHHHH! >>> >>> It's not our internet connections, we have three 100Mbps BGP links and none >>> of them run at more then 50% during peak loads. >>> >>> Has anyone else found those Internet speed test to be woefully inaccurate? >>> Or is something else going on that I'm missing? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Bret >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> >>> Wireless@wispa.org >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
