[Starlink] ookla's latest speedtest app does latency under load

[Ricky Mok]

I noticed Ookla changed the measurement method in the web version as well.

They measured download throughput using two different servers instead of 
one.

Ricky

On 5/12/2022 4:18 PM, Dave Taht wrote:
> Yea. peak 2500ms latency on download, 600ms on upload, that's about 
> right. :/ The upload figure appears to be a bit lower (better) than 
> what I measured 1 year ago, here (for the 30 or so new subscribers on 
> this list, this was why I started it): 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1puRjUVxJ6cCv-rgQ_zn-jWZU9ae0jZbFATLf4PQKblM/edit
>
> I don't know if ookla are throwing out arp related stuff, or using the 
> 99th percentile to calculate the final figure. I hope to learn more 
> about their calculations in the coming weeks.
>
> I do keep hoping we can get more updated flent data over longer 
> intervals than 20s. With starlink changing their allocation scheme 
> every 15s, what number do you pick?
>
> And like I said, some packet caps of this app would be good, too.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 4:07 PM Nathan Owens <nathan at nathan.io> wrote:
>
>     Here's a test I did today:
>     https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/5112435305
>
>
>
>     On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 4:04 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Ookla has just put out an ios and android app that also
>         continuously
>         measures latency under load.
>
>         I'm interested in calibrating the results of that vs a vs flent
>         benchmarks verses starlink. Can someone here give this a shot?
>         More
>         details here:
>
>
>         https://www.ookla.com/articles/introducing-loaded-latency
>
>         IDEALLY, this would be over wifi -> starlink , with a packet
>         capture
>         in the middle. But I'd settle for a few test results from starlink
>         folk of this new app, first.
>
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