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Re: Speed Test Results
From: "Octavio Alvarez" <alvarezp () alvarezp ods org>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:19:31 -0800
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:18:40 -0800, jacob miller <mmzinyi () yahoo com> wrote:
Am having a debate on the results of speed tests sites.Am interested in knowing the thoughts of different individuals in regards to this.
They are just a measurement, which need to be correctly used and interpreted (that's the difficult part). Reading bad numbers is not necessarily an indication of a link problem. Reading "good enough" numbers is only meaningful for the duration of the test. To me, the big problem is that they don't state all the details of the tests (for example, how exactly to they do the transfer). Geographical location is good, but sometimes not enough. Do they use http, https, ftp or their own JS implementation of whatever weird protocol they though of? How do I know if I'm hitting my firewall, web cache or ALG? I only use them to get a generic overview of the link. -- Octavio. Twitter: @alvarezp2000 -- Identi.ca: @alvarezp
Current thread:
- Speed Test Results jacob miller (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Leigh Porter (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Bret Clark (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Joe Maimon (Dec 23)
- RE: Speed Test Results Paul Stewart (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Cutler James R (Dec 23)
- RE: Speed Test Results Brandon Kim (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Cutler James R (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results C Tate Baumrucker (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Octavio Alvarez (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Alex Brooks (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Livingood, Jason (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Joel Maslak (Dec 28)
- Re: Speed Test Results Joel Maslak (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Joel jaeggli (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Michael Holstein (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Graham Beneke (Dec 23)
- Re: Speed Test Results Joe Hamelin (Dec 23)
- RE: Speed Test Results Frank Bulk (Dec 25)
- Re: Speed Test Results Graham Beneke (Dec 23)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: Speed Test Results Leigh Porter (Dec 23)