There was an afmug thread about this exact issue several months ago. On Dec 5, 2016 9:57 AM, "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> wrote:
> Ah, this is the first I've heard of slow fast.com performance with > someone actually connected to them. Usually it's an ISP that's a few AS > hops away from Netflix. > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > To: "Steven Miano" <mian...@gmail.com> > Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 9:51:30 AM > Subject: Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems > > A lot of people have crappy performance to those. For example, from a 10G > server to fast.com I was pulling around 9Mbps up/down. 1 hop away from a > Netflix open connect appliance. > > On Dec 5, 2016 9:49 AM, "Steven Miano" <mian...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > fast.com is a dead fast/simple download result page. > > > > ...also with a huge customer base - it is often closer to > > speedtest.<ISP>.net|com than some of those others. > > > > There is also a speedtest-cli available on Linux/MacOS (via Brew). > > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Graham Johnston < > johnst...@westmancom.com> > > wrote: > > > > > For many years we have had a local instance of the Ookla speedtest.net > > on > > > our network, and while it is pretty good some other tests seem include > > more > > > detailed results. > > > > > > I am aware of the following speedtest systems that an operator can > likely > > > have a local instance of: > > > > > > * Speedtest.net > > > > > > * Sourceforge.net/speedtest > > > > > > * Dslreports.com/speedtest > > > > > > Are there others? What is your preferred one and why? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Graham > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Miano, Steven M. > > http://stevenmiano.com > > > >