Among friends of mine, we can publicize this widely. But those friends probably would like to see how the measurement would work. On Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:13pm, "Rich Brown" said: > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel > Dave, > > I'll sign too. (And I like the 98th percentile measure for each direction to give > a single number that represents what's happening. It could include ping loss rate, > as well...) > > But more importantly, an open letter would likely be more powerful than the > results I got from sending a note to the purveyors of speed tests. I've appended > the note I sent about six weeks ago. And here's a paraphrase of their responses. > (None of them seem to have twigged to the value of measuring bloat.) > > speedtest.net - We wanted to follow up and let you know that are developers were > informed of your ideas. > > speedof.me - We may add such features in future versions > > testmy.net - I think you're really going to like my next version... you'll be > provided a much deeper insight. > > There's a flock of other vendors - I just googled "Internet speed test" and got a > dozen or so more. Many are served by Ookla/Speedtest.net, but many seem to have > independent implementations... > > I'll pull together a list of people to send the open letter to (trade press, etc) > > Rich > > ----- Summary of note sent to these speed test vendors in early August 2014 ----- > Hi! > > I would love to see real-time latency measurements, and a summary of min and max > times in the final report. Your page currently displays a single "latency" value, > but it appears that it's simply the measurement before you start the data > transfers. It's really interesting to see that low value, but also the range/max > of the latency. > > Why is latency interesting? I'm a member of the CeroWrt project that is working to > reduce latency in home routers (and everywhere else). Our research has led to the > development and testing of the fq_codel algorithm that virtually eliminates > bufferbloat (high latency during heavy traffic). You can read about the project > at: http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt > > I'm asking you to consider implementing the web-equivalent of our "Quick Test for > Bufferbloat"http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki/Quick_Test_for_Bufferbloat > By showing what happens to latency during transfers, people can become aware of > the problem, and that there's a fix for it. (I'm using the CeroWrt firmware at my > house. Ping times to Google only go up by ~20-30 msec even when I max out the DSL > link in both directions.) > > >