Although I liked that this document mentioned latency 10 times, not measuring latency *with load* is like measuring the safety of a car only when it is parked.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Farber <far...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 20, 2015 at 6:55 AM Subject: [IP] Measuring broadband performance...or not? To: ip <i...@listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: *From: *Suzanne Johnson <f...@pobox.com> *Subject: **Measuring broadband performance...or not?* *Date: *May 20, 2015 at 9:32:35 AM EDT *To: *"DAVID J. FARBER" <d...@farber.net> Why Is It So Dang Difficult To Get Accurate Information About Broadband Speeds? Your cable company sells you a broadband plan advertising download speeds of “up to 25Mbps.” But it feels sluggish to you so you check out an online speed test site and it tells you you’re only getting a fraction of that speed. Then the FCC comes out with its Measuring Broadband America report which — if you can even make heads or tails of it — says your ISP is actually exceeding its advertised download speeds. Why don’t all of these things agree? A new report [PDF <https://consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/669739.pdf>] from the Government Accountability Office finds that while there are multiple sources for information on broadband performance, there is disagreement about exactly what information should be shared and how to present it. .....clip http://consumerist.com/2015/05/15/why-is-it-so-dang-difficult-to-get-accurate-information-about-broadband-speeds/ Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/26973280-5ba6a701> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=26973280&id_secret=26973280-3b04af21> Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=26973280&id_secret=26973280-063e9b28&post_id=20150520095517:D39CCCAE-FEF7-11E4-B297-AEFB9996D0A2> <http://www.listbox.com> -- Dave Täht Open Networking needs **Open Source Hardware** https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricRaymond/posts/JqxCe2pFr67
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