[Bloat] dslreports bufferbloat tests

Dave Taht dave.taht at gmail.com
Tue Apr 5 22:21:54 EDT 2016


On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Brandon Applegate <brandon at burn.net> wrote:
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>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Does anyone know what the "quality" portion of dslreport's metric means?
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> Basically - packet loss.
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> https://www.dslreports.com/faq/17930

Sigh. I ranted. I might rant harder.

http://blog.cerowrt.org/post/bufferbloat_vs_quality/

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>> Quality Grades
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> Quality refers to average detected packet loss / re-transmit percentages during download phase. The higher the packet loss / re-transmit percentage the more inefficient the connection is, and a very poor result may be indicative of congestion, inside wiring issues or other problems that need addressing.
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> 1% or less - A+
> 2.5% or less - A
> 3% or less - B
> 5% or less - C
> 12% or less - D
> over 12% - F
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