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FTTP - Speed Testing
Bestgear:
Hi Guys
Just wondered what is considered as a sensible way to measure FTTP throughput given that most of the usual suspects hosts are unlikely to have sufficient bandwidth to run your line flat out.
I find that Vodafone (two that are offered by Speedtest.net (app) are up there, but are variable.
All my cable is cat6 (checked with a certifier), and I am using Untangle in a VM (intel nics) and get a respectable performance - see attached image.
I have also tested with a PC directly into the ONT, so no router, and it is not any better for me.
I have not unboxed the BT provided router so cant use their own "account" speed test.
Thoughts?
Alex Atkin UK:
I think the only practical way is to do it between 3am and 6am when less people are likely to be online.
Even then, I've seen faster speeds in real-world usage on Three 5G than any speed test I've done, but that's probably partly down to the difference in a mobile network vs a hardline.
Weaver:
You could try speedtest.aa.net.uk, it’s not so heavily used, I would assume, but probably better to pick an odd time, as previous posters said. You really need a speed-tester that is in your own ISP’s network, ideally, so that you won’t have to cross the wider internet of course.
dee.jay:
What happens if you follow the "if you are testing 500/1000mbps product, click here" ?
Ixel:
I tend to use:
- iperf to a server which has either at least a 1Gbit or 10Gbit connection. Oracle Cloud for example is one place I use, as I use their service
- nperf.com
- speedtest.net
- DSLreports or Waveform's Bufferbloat Test (https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat)
- Various UK mirror servers for ISO images like CentOS (better during early hours of the morning I guess though)
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