FCC releases Internet speed test tool

Bret Clark bclark at spectraaccess.com
Fri Mar 12 14:45:38 UTC 2010


Joe Greco wrote:
>
> I've gotten strange stuff each time I've tried their tests.  I
> particularly like the factor of 10 difference in upload speeds.
>
> ... JG
>   
Yeah...these test are algorithm based and rarely accurate! On our 
100Mbps Internet connection (which I know handles 100Mbps) best I could 
get is 10Mbps down and 14Mbps up.
Wish someone would come up with a much better mouse trap. The only test 
I've ever found to be fairly accurate is iperf or a simple FTP test.




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