On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:39 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > Even fast.com isn't reliable; ISPs recognize those types of tests and > can "optimize" for them.
Given the traffic shaping technologies that are apparently available to ISPs at this point, there probably isn't any test that can guarantee to mirror your use cases with certainty. Some of the apps/channels on my roku have the ability to do their own tests which might match the performance I would get while streaming video from them. Also, I keep a collection of local Linux ISOs, which I occasionally update using bittorrent. I like to think that the total throughput I see on those downloads is a reasonable real world estimate of the maximum I should expect from other activities. Of course, some ISPs limit bittorrent; but on my Comcast connection I regularly see speeds that are consistent with the speed tier to which I am subscribed. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
