Testing Internet Speeds and Capacity
Marshall Eubanks
tme at americafree.tv
Mon Nov 23 22:40:14 UTC 2009
On Nov 20, 2009, at 2:11 AM, shake righa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how does one truly test internet speeds provided by your provider.
>
I am going to go back to your original question and ask, for what
purpose ?
> Speed test sits give different results that one provided by the
> provider.
>
Could well be. Speed tests for one purpose (say, TCP web) may be
largely irrelevant for other purposes (say, UDP video).
If it really matters - i.e., if you have an application or use case or
customer where speed is crucial, then test it using that
application, or find a test that mimics that application.
If you care about interpreting your tests, you might start here
http://shlang.com/writing/tcp-perf.html
Regards
Marshall
> Regards,
> Shake
>
>
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