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Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test
From: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal () dataix net>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 04:35:13 -0400
When is speed ever ensured past someone else's edge/border ? You may pass through your upstream that fast but once you are out in the open range you are free game to all the lions, tigers & bears.., There is always going to be something eating you. Best off letting it be the Spanish queasiness from the night before than the results from speedtest.net -- Jason Hellenthal JJH448-ARIN - (2^(N-1)) On Apr 4, 2013, at 4:14, Mike <mike-nanog () tiedyenetworks com> wrote:
On 04/03/2013 02:48 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:07:48 -0700, Mike said:These speedtests are pure unscientific bs and I'd love to see them called out on the carpet for it.As far as I know, it's possible for the end-to-end reported values to be lower than your immediate upstream due to issues further upstream. But if it reports 20MBbits/sec down and 5MBits/sec up, then the link is able to go *at least* that fast. (If anybody's got evidence of it reporting more than the link is technically capable of, feel free to correct me...)Yeah, I do... I've had T1 lines reported at 4.7mbps down and 2.8mbps up. These tests are hogwash. Mike-
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- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Ben Aitchison (Apr 03)
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- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Warren Bailey (Apr 03)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Nick Hilliard (Apr 03)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Warren Bailey (Apr 03)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Nick Hilliard (Apr 03)
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- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Chris Hindy (Apr 03)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Owen DeLong (Apr 03)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Mike (Apr 04)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Jason Hellenthal (Apr 04)
- RE: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Frank Bulk (Apr 05)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Alex Pressé (Apr 02)
- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Steve Haavik (Apr 04)
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- Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test Andy Warner (Apr 04)