From: Sam <shorewall@net153.net>
To: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Bloat] We built a new bufferbloat test and keen for feedback
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 15:30:22 -0600 [thread overview]
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On 11/4/20 3:30 PM, Sam Westwood wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Sam and I'm the co-founder and COO of Waveform.com. At
> Waveform we provide equipment to help improve cell phone service, and
> being in the industry we've always been interested in all aspects of
> network connectivity. Bufferbloat for us has always been interesting,
> and while there are a few tests out there we never found one that was
> fantastic. So we thought we'd try and build one!
>
> My colleague Arshan has built the test, which we based upon the
> Cloudflare Speedtest template that was discussed earlier in the summer
> in a previous thread.
>
> We measure bufferbloat under two conditions: when downlink is saturated
> and when uplink is saturated. The test involves three stages: Unloaded,
> Downlink Saturated, and Uplink Saturated. In the first stage we simply
> measure latency to a file hosted on a CDN. This is usually around 5ms
> and could vary a bit based on the user's location. We use the webTiming
> API to find the time-to-first-byte, and consider that as the latency. In
> the second stage we run a download, while simultaneously measuring
> latency. In the third stage we do the same but for upload. Both download
> and upload usually take around 5 seconds. We show the median, first
> quartile and the third quartile on distribution charts corresponding to
> each stage to provide a visual representation of the latency variations.
> For download and upload we have used Cloudflare's speedtest backend.
>
> You can find the test here: https://www.waveform.com/apps/dev-arshan
> <https://www.waveform.com/apps/dev-arshan>
>
> We built testing it on Chrome, but it works on Firefox and mobile too.
> On mobile results may be a little different, as the APIs aren't
> available and so instead we implemented a more manual method, which can
> be a little noisier.
>
> This is a really early alpha, and so we are keen to get any and all
> feedback you have :-). Things that we would particularly like feedback on:
>
> * How does the bufferbloat measure compare to other tests you may have
> run on the same connection (e.g. dslreports, fast.com <http://fast.com>)
> * How the throughput results (download/upload/latency) look compared
> to other tools
> * Any feedback on the user interface of the test itself? We know that
> before releasing more widely we will put more effort into explaining
> bufferbloat than we have so far.
> * Anything else you would like to give feedback on?
>
> We have added a feature to share results via a URL, so please feel free
> to share these if you have specific feedback.
>
> Thanks!
> Sam and Arshan
>
> *************************
> Sam Westwood
> Co-Founder & COO | RSRF & Waveform
> E sam@waveform.com <mailto:sam@waveform.com>
> D (949) 207-3175
> T 1-800-761-3041 Ext. 100
> W www.rsrf.com <http://www.rsrf.com> & www.waveform.com
> <http://www.waveform.com>
>
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Looks pretty identical to what fast.com gave me. I'm on 50/50 fiber and
firefox 82.
https://www.waveform.com/apps/dev-arshan?test-id=58dfa326-23d4-44a3-9059-b6011b104ccb
--Sam
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-05 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-04 21:30 Sam Westwood
2020-11-04 23:43 ` Michael Richardson
2020-11-04 23:54 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-11-05 1:52 ` Y
2020-11-05 0:23 ` Dave Collier-Brown
2020-11-05 11:48 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-11-05 13:24 ` [Bloat] Comparing bufferbloat tests (was: We built a new bufferbloat test and keen for feedback) Dave Collier-Brown
2020-11-05 14:24 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-11-05 16:06 ` Arshan Khanifar
2020-11-05 17:25 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-11-06 16:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-11-06 16:17 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-11-06 17:05 ` Sebastian Moeller
2020-11-08 22:07 ` Arshan Khanifar
2020-11-14 3:37 ` Dave Taht
2020-11-14 23:14 ` Michael Richardson
2020-11-05 8:21 ` [Bloat] We built a new bufferbloat test and keen for feedback Sebastian Moeller
2020-11-05 21:30 ` Sam [this message]
2020-11-07 21:22 Rich Brown
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