<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:34 PM dan <<a href="mailto:dandenson@gmail.com">dandenson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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See, you're coming around. Cake is autorating (or very close, 'on<br>
device') at the wan port. not the speed test device or software. And<br>
the accurate data is collected by cake, not the speed test tool. That<br>
tool is reporting false information because it must, it doesn't know<br>
the other consumers on the network. It's 'truest' when the network is<br>
quiet but the more talkers the more the tool lies.<br>
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cake, the kernel, and the wan port all have real info, the speed test<br>
tool does not.<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div>I'm running a bit behind on commenting on the thread (apologies, more later) but I point you back at my statement about NTIA (and, to a certain extent, the FCC): </div><div><br></div><div>Consumers use speed tests to qualify their connection.</div><div><br></div><div>Whether AQM is applied or not, a speed test does not reflect in all circumstances the capacity of the pipe. One might argue that it seldom reflects it.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, those who have "real info", to use Dan's term, are currently nearly powerless to use it. I am, if possible, on both the ISP and consumer side here.</div><div><br></div><div>And yes, Preseem does have an iron in this fire, or at least a dog in this fight.</div><div><br></div><div>Ironically, the FCC testing for CAF/RDOF actually *does* take interface load into account, only tests during peak busy hours, and /then/ does a speed test. But NTIA largely ignores that for BEAD.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jeremy Austin</div><div>Sr. Product Manager</div><div>Preseem | Aterlo Networks</div><div><a href="http://preseem.com" target="_blank">preseem.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Book a Call: <a href="https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/jeremy548" target="_blank">https://app.hubspot.com/meetings/jeremy548</a></div><div>Phone: 1-833-733-7336 x718</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:jeremy@preseem.com" target="_blank">jeremy@preseem.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.08px;white-space:pre-wrap">Stay Connected with Newsletters & More: </span><a href="https://preseem.com/stay-connected/" title="https://preseem.com/stay-connected/" style="color:rgb(0,82,204);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.08px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank"><u>https://preseem.com/stay-connected/</u></a><br></div></div></div></div>