Unfortunately this is not an aggregate capacity test but a single connection test so I don’t think AirBnB selected a test that is matched to the question their prospective guests are interested in. That test certainly has it’s uses as a diagnostic tool but perhaps not to say how fast someone’s Internet access may be. There’s a recent MIT paper about this that is worth reading: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3898339

 

Jason

 

From: Bloat <bloat-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net> on behalf of Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 14:57
To: bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>, "rpm@lists.bufferbloat.net" <rpm@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: [Bloat] Fwd: Airbnb

 


Airbnb internet metric:

 

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From: Simon Barber (sibarber) <sibarber@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 9:58 AM
Subject: Airbnb
To: dave.taht@gmail.com <dave.taht@gmail.com>

 

As the growing flexibility to work and live from anywhere continues, being able to determine a listing’s wifi speed before booking is a must-have for digital nomads, remote workers, roadschoolers, traveling families, gamers, and creatives alike.

 

 

Wish they measured latency under load to give you a better score of your wifi experience!

 

Simon

 


 

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Fixing Starlink's Latencies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9gLo6Xrwgw


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