To clarify that, not getting my customers to hit my servers, I'm talk8ng about getting other providers customers to hit my servers
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 8:45 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm curious, did you happen to try different servers from speedtest.net? > > I've been seeing a couple odd things about the automatic selection lately. > > I don't know anything about hosting the servers, but is there a mechanism > similar to SEO that people can implement to get specific target users > hitting their servers by default? > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 8:20 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > >> You can say and publish 'Up-to' all you want. All the customer hears is >> 'guaranteed on my test, no matter what else I'm doing' >> >> What I really want is a device that would connect up to the customers >> electric mains, so they can test that they're really getting their 200A >> electric service multiple times a day. Or to test their water service >> delivery, randomly, hopefully while they're in the shower. >> >> On 1/28/2020 8:08 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: >> >> If there's no actual issue besides a test showing "I don't get what I pay >> for", refer them to the up-to explanation for residential service. It >> should be in everyone's TOS and list the 50+ variables of why a speedtest >> won't always be perfect or accurate. >> >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 8:00 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> You can't win. >>> >>> I had to tell one customer we would only troubleshoot speedtest.net or >>> fast.com results, he was using some automatic speedtest and then >>> reviewing the report and complaining he wasn't getting what he was paying >>> for (our traffic graphs and preseem graphs say otherwise). He was using >>> something like testmy.net. >>> >>> This is a new thing, I'm waiting for speedtests that automatically >>> complain to the ISP and demand a refund. Even if everything works fine >>> including streaming. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:37 PM >>> To: af@af.afmug.com >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WIFI and 4mb Speedtest.net >>> >>> On 1/28/20 17:24, Josh Baird wrote: >>> > That's great and all, but most users will go to speedtest.net >>> > <http://speedtest.net> by default. This is why you should consider >>> > running your own Ookla server. >>> >>> >>> We dealt with that by having a policy of not supporting speedtest.net >>> results, and direct them to the test we will support. >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >
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