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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]
Message-ID: <9d191cd0-c61a-40f0-2f07-af63a96ad7ea@net153.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABks0J1r+bG7LoPhkn+rwz+72pDWdzGtdVCR+6=v+AobuXgrjA@mail.gmail.com>

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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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  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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