Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test

[Mike <mike-nanog () tiedyenetworks com>]

On 04/03/2013 02:48 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:07:48 -0700, Mike said:
>
> > These speedtests are pure unscientific bs and I'd love to see them
> > called out on the carpet for it.
>
> As far as I know, it's possible for the end-to-end reported values to be
> lower than your immediate upstream due to issues further upstream.
>
> But if it reports 20MBbits/sec down and 5MBits/sec up, then the link is
> able to go *at least* that fast.
>
> (If anybody's got evidence of it reporting more than the link is technically
> capable of, feel free to correct me...)



Yeah, I do... I've had T1 lines reported at 4.7mbps down and 2.8mbps up.

These tests are hogwash.

Mike-