New Telecom Speedtest.net and Ookla speedtest servers

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#146542 21-May-2014 11:27

Although the new Speedtest.net servers have been in our network for a while, the large upgrade over the weekend included updating our own speedtest page to use the new servers. Now, instead of a single server (in Auckland), you have a choice between a speedtest server in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. These servers are new equipment, are as close to our core P nodes as possible, and have stacks of capacity.

http://telecom.co.nz/speedtest

Cheers - Neil G

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#1050427 21-May-2014 12:58

Wonder why it wasn't tested with IE11?

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#1050432 21-May-2014 13:09

Works fine for me in IE11. Ran a test on the Auckland server and got the results after few seconds.

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#1050442 21-May-2014 13:24

linw: Wonder why it wasn't tested with IE11?

Works fine in IE 9, 10 & 11 for me, plus the usual Chrome & FF...

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#1050463 21-May-2014 14:19

Ah, thanks guys. Wondered about my installation. Not sure how to fix it, though.

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#1050468 21-May-2014 14:34

"Use filters on all jack-points"
I'm guessing PL or SBiddle did not do the write up on this page :)

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#1050498 21-May-2014 14:59

coffeebaron: "Use filters on all jack-points"
I'm guessing PL or SBiddle did not do the write up on this page :)

Chuckle - just a few minutes after I posted this I got an internal message from PL moaning about the wording :-) But he didn't stop there, he's already sent off better wording to the team responsible and we're trying to get it changed to better reflect the value of a splitter :-)

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#1050504 21-May-2014 15:04

For the best results, close all applications and windows

Obligatory jokes about non-Windows OS performing better, or how can you run the test if you close windows... ;)

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#1050532 21-May-2014 16:02

Talkiet: Chuckle - just a few minutes after I posted this I got an internal message from PL moaning about the wording :-) But he didn't stop there, he's already sent off better wording to the team responsible and we're trying to get it changed to better reflect the value of a splitter :-)

I have a fibre connection - what kind of filter do I need on my phones? ;)

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#1050538 21-May-2014 16:08

does this mean the death of zeus? or will it live on..

for http download tests, somewhat my goto server for testing :)

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#1050540 21-May-2014 16:10

hio77: does this mean the death of zeus? or will it live on..

for http download tests, somewhat my goto server for testing :)

Zeus no longer performs any business critical role as far as I know, so you shouldn't rely on it staying around.

The new servers have MUCH better connectivity than Zeus.

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#1050542 21-May-2014 16:15

Talkiet:
hio77: does this mean the death of zeus? or will it live on..

for http download tests, somewhat my goto server for testing :)

Zeus no longer performs any business critical role as far as I know, so you shouldn't rely on it staying around.

The new servers have MUCH better connectivity than Zeus.

Cheers - N

hmm, so no more 450M bin file to pull for single threaded tests?, thats unfortunate..

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#1050544 21-May-2014 16:18

hio77:
Talkiet:
hio77: does this mean the death of zeus? or will it live on..

for http download tests, somewhat my goto server for testing :)

Zeus no longer performs any business critical role as far as I know, so you shouldn't rely on it staying around.

The new servers have MUCH better connectivity than Zeus.

Cheers - N

hmm, so no more 450M bin file to pull for single threaded tests?, thats unfortunate..

It's not 450MB, but go do some research into the ookla and speedtest.net tests. I don't have the links or filesizes to hand, but they have some rpetty decently sized files available directly over HTTP from each speedtest.net server. (several tens of MB at least)

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#1050589 21-May-2014 18:14

Neil I think he was referring to the 450meg file that sits on Zeus that was not part of the Ookla application.

I think the zeus domain name is still there, so theoretically I think you can still get there. But we offer not guarantees that you won't wake up one morning and it's gone :)

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#1050590 21-May-2014 18:19

cbrpilot: Neil I think he was referring to the 450meg file that sits on Zeus that was not part of the Ookla application.

I think the zeus domain name is still there, so theoretically I think you can still get there. But we offer not guarantees that you won't wake up one morning and it's gone :)

Yep, exactly what I was trying to get across :-)

Within the speedtest.net / ookla install there is a 31MB uncompressible jpg file accessible but you might have to download the speedtest min application and look at the files to be able to derive the URL.

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#1050595 21-May-2014 18:32

Talkiet:
cbrpilot: Neil I think he was referring to the 450meg file that sits on Zeus that was not part of the Ookla application.

I think the zeus domain name is still there, so theoretically I think you can still get there. But we offer not guarantees that you won't wake up one morning and it's gone :)

Yep, exactly what I was trying to get across :-)

Within the speedtest.net / ookla install there is a 31MB uncompressible jpg file accessible but you might have to download the speedtest min application and look at the files to be able to derive the URL.

Cheers - N

31MB! how can i eat away bandwith with that!

on a serious note, i used to use speedtest.net files, but moved onto zeus as it was a very close testing server, will have to move back for testing when it finally disappears!

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