-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/12/2010 11:26 AM, Scott Berkman wrote: > So have other people noticed that the Ookla/Speedtest.net/Speakeasy > Bandwidth test often comes up VERY short on upload bandwidth results for > anything other than residential-grade asymmetrical services? > > We often get complaints from customers saying "I'm not getting the upload > bandwidth I'm paying for", and when we ask what they are using to determine > this, the answer is almost always either Speakeasy or Speedtest.net. > > We certainly don't depend on or recommend these sites to customers (we have > our own internal tools and usually recommend FTP or iperf), but everyone who > deems themselves semi-knowledgeable seems to find their way there anyway. > Do these sites simply not have the downstream bandwidth to handle the upload > tests? If that?s the case I'd really like to see the admins add a > disclaimer of some form directly to the site. > > Thanks, > > -Scott
I'm seeing big disparity between upload and download speeds. I had the same thought as to the testing platform expecting asymmetrical speeds typical of a residential link. Why didn't they go with NDT? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuadI0ACgkQQr/gMVyFYyT5ywCfTjlYgTs9qV3AaXHsHX3wkm15 QJYAoJoSxNzDqrdX86MoLNB+gObbhZ9/ =qGyL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
