[Bloat] fcc request for standardized speed testing

David Collier-Brown davec-b at rogers.com
Thu Dec 19 20:05:12 EST 2024


That's far too sane (:-))

The provided platform could be the "other end" of FLENT.

--dave

On 12/19/24 19:19, Kenneth Porter via Bloat wrote:
> Rather than have ISPs do the testing, we just need a way for customers 
> to share their own measurements. The FCC can provide a platform where 
> they can be shared from different test sites.
>
> I just got Sonic 10 Gbps and the installer told me I'm the second 
> person he's seen use Waveform's bufferbloat speed test. Alas, it hung 
> up on me in the "warming up" phase so I fell back to Ookla's test. 
> After he left, I got Waveform's test to work by clearing cookies. (I 
> got a good 900/900 value with an "A" bufferbloat rating without cake 
> enabled. I don't yet have any 10G gear.) I initially thought uBlock 
> Origin was interfering with the client scripts so I disabled it but it 
> didn't fix it. Some googling later gave me the tip to clear cookies. 
> Platform was Firefox on Win10 x64.
>
>
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