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Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems
From: Matthew Walster <matthew () walster org>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 13:28:55 +0000
On 5 December 2016 at 14:50, Graham Johnston <johnstong () westmancom com> wrote:
Are there others? What is your preferred one and why?
​Generally I don't bother with speed testers unless I'm wanting a quick guesstimate -- I wouldn't recommend using them as a measure of how "fast" an internet connection is because there's always other factors in contention, and it only tests the path to the speedtester. Having said that, despite the obnoxious adverts on the site, speedof.me provides a really nice non-flash interface that is an excellent teaching tool for showing people how TCP congestion windows work, and lets you demonstrate to people the effect of buffers in a network etc. I'll be taking notes if anyone provides anything else similar that does a similar (if not better) job, maybe one that can be self-hosted too! M​
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- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems, (continued)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Hank Nussbacher (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Mike (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Theodore Baschak (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Janusz Jezowicz (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Eric Dugas (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Nick Ryce (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Baldur Norddahl (Dec 06)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Mike O'Connor (Dec 06)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Baldur Norddahl (Dec 06)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Roland Dobbins (Dec 05)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Alex Moura (Dec 06)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Matthew Walster (Dec 06)
- Re: Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems J (Dec 06)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Curtis Generous (Dec 06)
- Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems Hank Nussbacher (Dec 05)