From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-x22a.google.com (mail-io0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A3393B25E for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 22:59:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-io0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id 190so90481730iow.1 for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 19:59:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc; bh=RwgZpIpYhPTYpiJwrt14VLULgraJ48cW3+8u1k/cwHQ=; b=FZMLqyP926X84es5rOIgbwgGuwmTkfCxyIrED1hBuYSR9XXPbWxO/phxGOk9u4jE/D Fc+WB84OyYdw45av2g/ElidZ8hIyAANmaqTu9Fd6o7zswXMjCBTdRUwMQuoEiR9ZErpV WTgn6iDbpNDvu93IoTFUeBVviNf+B/oB0MjTa6D57wOKTyYUFhaucTR8P6ghw6PobSPN ZZw4tKuZHdbjjh8L4GDNfcIBJqILXokeGm8S4MLZYmkAZGdvNucugY8a0j45GKG+Arlg 4bRPRgDPC5d+p0e9xP0/g/tY5qZEo2KC/444jDqrRUvSnjJo1AwVJxue/r/MA6ma2TY+ aM4g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=RwgZpIpYhPTYpiJwrt14VLULgraJ48cW3+8u1k/cwHQ=; b=TpncAUYYIxZEw7rs3PPyUbidEtdQ8sb9stwAGRUQpLfC3ZgIOTgZVbvwG3FJieM7XC 2uUydrHcjxJ+Uv1zkFVJdG1jvhR9OebUplEnOPe4IkgSUH9fOQVTHqtMLEPbCPljl40H HmH1DI7aDmNQoKlWK7swrtRZvSZte5yAWLqG0uZ0lXZOzg08JumCfmtEoIu/nhITfUBZ xA8VDnEKc/refFqZ0vuWg1YAJ1ly6Cj86U/GW6JH738cBrRKEbFGCWjYu0f3Z0TN8Gem 3qdh+hkYqgC/7FENel5O0DL9Wx3lDyOESYO7bwoNzdqrgUgAJhsehesaObcTH1R/ykTo mq8w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FVxyVR+DIRfz9BupCLhsZERtxswNS5wn/t1jTmZTuH48H12I+wCS3PB3iHAAUTfNH6iu/QzrSXjDoZHng== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.36.137.131 with SMTP id s125mr927447itd.93.1463626767875; Wed, 18 May 2016 19:59:27 -0700 (PDT) Sender: justinbeech@gmail.com Received: by 10.50.178.40 with HTTP; Wed, 18 May 2016 19:59:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 12:59:27 +1000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: eAvoQhwlCxCB4RDdUMH2pPZCukg Message-ID: From: jb To: David Lang Cc: bloat Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [Bloat] anyone have info on the netflix speed test (fast.com)? X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 02:59:28 -0000 I had a quick look, it just does some parallel XHR fetches over port 80 from their server, which at least ( for me ) was not located at my nearest amazon/netflix POP, but is located in the USA at a 200ms ping time, so the speed reading was slow to ramp up, and lower than it should be. They instrument it and collect info but only report the download speed to the user in megabits. I'm following a topic in neogaf in which various people are running it, and it either gives about the same result as speedtest.net or a lessor result (probably if the user is further from california). They may start adding local servers or may not. It doesn't measure or report latency or upload speed or anything else. Its main virtue is the short domain name, and that it starts immediately on page load, and finally because it is quite simple, it has wider browser compatibility. On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:51 AM, David Lang wrote: > /. is talking about a new speed test to show your download speed. It doesn't > show upload speeds or ping time. > > David Lang > _______________________________________________ > Bloat mailing list > Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat