Free and Open Source Speed Test. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.

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      3 months ago

      ISPs give special preference to speedtest.net, so that their metrics will look better. Which means it rarely reflects actual reality. Theres a good chance this test is closer to the actual speeds you’re getting everywhere but on speedtest.net.

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        3 months ago

        I’m the author of the project. The servers are simply overloaded af unfortunately. It’s a fairly popular project and we don’t have enough servers to support this many concurrent users.

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          3 months ago

          Thank you for the project. Maybe you can have an indicator saying

          • Server load level = 4/5 Measured speed might not be indicative of true speed
          • Server load level = 2/5 Measured speed is close to true speed

          This could set an expectation for the users of the side

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          3 months ago

          Hello there, I didn’t expect you to popup. (Nice project BTW)

          Would it be possible to get more companies to sponsor it? It seems like it is free advertising especially for ISPs (as long as they don’t favor IPs)

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        3 months ago

        Forgot to mention earlier, Steam is an example of a real world situation where I do actually hit around 1.5 Gb/s down

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        3 months ago

        Certainly true in regards to real life use, but it’s a good way to check that there isn’t some issue on my end that’s limiting the speed I am paying for

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        3 months ago

        Fiber to the home is pretty neat. I could actually more than double the speed to 3Gb/s symmetrical for about $14 more per month, but frankly even the current speed is way more than I need. Will probably step it down a bit when my promotional discount ends.