<div dir="ltr">If the tool were to list ISPs in descending order of a bloaty factor from best (like this<div>one) <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/375736">http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/375736</a></div><div>to worst (like I don't know yet), what would be the ranking factor?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Call B the "blue" series of latencies.</div><div>Call G the "idle" series<br></div><div>Call O the "orange" series</div><div><br></div><div>What is fn1(fn2(B),fn2(G),fn2(O)) that generates an open-ended bloat factor, where 0 is no problem ?</div><div>What is fn1() that takes a series of latencies and produces one latency?</div><div>What is fn1() that takes three latencies, and produces a bloat factor?</div><div><br></div><div>And then having obtained a "bloat factor" for one result, do you combine them using an average?</div><div><br></div><div>Also should there be another input such as connection speed.</div><div>Should higher speed lines be held to a higher standard?</div><div><br></div><div>The "bloat factor" can be what is reported next to Ping on a test result.</div><div>Should it be an infinite set of numbers from 0 .. infinity or should it be a grade </div><div>A+ down to F ?</div><div>(a grade would be more user-friendly).</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Dave Taht <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.taht@gmail.com" target="_blank">dave.taht@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/ZytYb4ZkMdY" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/ZytYb4ZkMdY</a><br>
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