[Bloat] [Bulk] Re: anyone have info on the netflix speed test (fast.com)?

[jb]

They certainly have the ability to test from within ISPs as they have
deals with some ISPs for streaming so they have the relationships, and
servers, not just amazon pops.

But then in order to not fall afoul of the same problem speedtest.net
has - of often being a speed test between a customer and their ISPs
internal network where the nearest server sits - they'd have to
purposely dodge using (say) TekSavvy, for customers of TekSavvy.

Either way, clearly for some users, the server choice is not yet
optimal, even vs the server choice for netflix video, otherwise it
wouldn't have resolved the DNS for my test, to a US server (netflix is
in Australia, and streams locally, so it could have tested to there).

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:56 PM, David Collier-Brown <davec-b at rogers.com> wrote:
> For Toronto, they tested from a well-respected nearby ISP (Tek Savvy,
> originally from my home town, Chatham)
>
> --dave
>
>
> On 18/05/16 10:59 PM, jb wrote:
>
> 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 <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>
> /. is talking about a new speed test to show your download speed. It doesn't
> show upload speeds or ping time.
>
> David Lang
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