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#185529 26-Nov-2015 14:18
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I use the OOKLA speedtest every day.

Today a new option is being offered: Speedtest beta

"The new generation of Speedtest is here! ... Try it Now"

This takes me to a new URL: http://beta.speedtest.net/server/4118

... with a BEGIN TEST button:



... which does absolutely nothing when I click on it.  frown

I have Flash.
I have NOT opened an account.

The "old" OOKLA works perfectly.

Have other Geekzoners got this to work?




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  #1436187 27-Nov-2015 17:25
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JohnButt: [snip]
Testing to a nice router in the ISP would also compromise our tests in a more important way - we test from our probes through the ISP, unlike Speedtest which is from your computer to the ISP, so does nothing to show if the ISP is performing any service let alone a good one.  We also test downloading a speedtest file and find that is often much faster than our files, i.e. when the ISP or their backhaul is congested shows on our tests but not the actual connection which is the Speedtest result.

Speedtest methodology only tests the last mile, which rarely has anything to do with the ISP
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Hmm John, you're not quite right here - I see what you are thinking, but you're not really being fair or accurate here.

In Spark we have three speedtest servers, (Akl, Wlg and Chc). Those servers are connected to the Internet in exactly the same way (same network elements, same basic config, different size access links) as the CDN platforms we host. I won't tell you how much of our Customer BB traffic comes from the CDNs but it's _A LOT_... So it IS a valid place to put the Speedtest servers and it does measure the service experience for a vast amount of the traffic consumed by our customers.

Certainly testing to servers outside our network will ALSO test some other parts of the E2E route, but as soon as you exit the ISP network you are no longer testing the network that the ISP has direct control over.

Customers can easily test to speedtest.net hosts outside our network as well.

To say "unlike Speedtest which is from your computer to the ISP, so does nothing to show if the ISP is performing any service let alone a good one" is a very bad way to try and get your point across.

Cheers - N




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