On a 25 Mbps plan for example, we provision the speed bucket to 28 Mbps flat. We use Preseem for the rate limiting. Generally on a speedtest, we see 26-27 Mbps on tests when provisioned for 28 Mbps on a 25 Mbps plan. If you provisioned to 26 Mbps, you would probably see exactly 25 Mbps.
I think it's great to overprovision to keep customers happy. The difference is negligible when you bump it 1-3 Mbps over the rate plan just to help the speedtest get at least what they pay for. It's easier than arguing with the customer. On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 9:29 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Two part question: > > > > 1) If you set a speed limit, like 10 Mbps, using Preseem or Mikrotik queue > or something similar, what do you expect to see at a speedtest site like > speedtest.net? I’m thinking something like 9.5 Mbps. I’m assuming the > bandwidth manager is looking at line rate but the speed test looks at > payload. > > > > 2) Do you “gross up” your speed limits so that the customer will see 100% > of the advertised speed when they run a speedtest? If so, by how much? Or > do you assume any reasonable person when they see 9.5 Mbps but are paying > for 10 will say “close enough”? I seem to remember that back when we were > doing lineshared DSL, Verizon grossed up the modem line rates, but AT&T > didn’t. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>
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