FCC releases Internet speed test tool

Fri Mar 12 17:06:22 UTC 2010

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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?

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