OT: Internet connection tests

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I use speedtest.net, but that's an umbrella for many servers.

I never really settle for the one with the lowest ping that gets
auto-chosen.  Mostly because lowest ping doesn't mean they're not shaping
traffic or throttling.  Many, many, many speed testing sites have servers
that throttle to certain speeds.

I tend to use the Towerstream server in Chicago.  It's always been really
fast for me.  Ping is 23-26ms, instead of the 15ms that a site that
auto-selects gives me, but the transfer throughput is what matters in a
speed test, and that's the fastest I've found.

If you want to test your ping/QoS, use pingtest.net separately.  It's a
sister site.  That one is safer to let autoselect.

mark->

On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 10:58:11AM -0500, Richard Kreiss thus spoke:
> Just upgraded my Verizon service.  With the change, at a lower price, I got
> the FIOS Quantum service which is "50/25 Mbs"
> 
> On their site it tested at 83.69/38.88.  I checked a couple of other sites
> offering speed checks and have gotten some a bit slower and other really
> slow.
> 
> When the site allows me to select a location, the connection speeds at or
> above those advertised.  One site was substantially slower.  I know this can
> be caused by the equipment and condition of the line being used for the
> test.
> 
> I am wondering what site some of you use to test your connections.
> 
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> 
> Office: 410-653-2813
> 
> 
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