Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

[Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>]

Mark,

What does this Viavi's QT-600 platform cost? Does it test 10G or only 1G?

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 3:26 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu> wrote:

> After faffing about for quite some time with Ookla and iPerf, we have now
> settled on Viavi's QT-600 platform:
>
>
> https://www.viavisolutions.com/en-us/products/qt-600-ethernet-probe-portfolio
>
> We shall use it as a private system, primarily to activate and handover
> customer services, and on rare occasions, perform post-delivery testing.
>
> We are no longer interested in indulging endless speed tests that are
> practically meaningless and leave ISP's with the burden of explaining
> things they can't control.
>
> Mark.
>
> On 16/Jan/19 18:52, Colton Conor wrote:
>
> As an internet service provider with many small business and residential
> customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers
> complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc.
>
> We have a SNMP and ping monitoring platform today, but that mainly tells
> us up-time and if data is flowing across the interface. We can of course
> see the link speed, but customer call in saying the are not getting that
> speed.
>
> We are looking for a way to remotely test customers internet connections
> besides telling the customer to go to speedtest.net, or worse sending a
> tech out with a laptop to do the same thing.
>
> What opensource and commercial options are out there?