Don't believe Ookla. They make tests with dedicated servers, not used in production, which are designed to fool the users. https://packetstats.com/ is ways more reliable to measure your real network performance with independent servers.
am I missing something or is this simply a ping test tool? Ookla tests bandwidth and throughput compared to this.Don't believe Ookla. They make tests with dedicated servers, not used in production, which are designed to fool the users. https://packetstats.com/ is ways more reliable to measure your rel network performance with independent servers.
This is a repeated test with independent worldwide Internet servers using random packets. Not ping.am I missing something or is this simply a ping test tool? Ookla tests bandwidth and throughput compared to this.
Ah this brings back memories, I started at v1.5 with dialup. The day we moved to 256 ADSL, finally getting lower ping..I used to play counter strike (started at v1.1)
Yet the webpage describes itself asThis is a repeated test with independent worldwide Internet servers using random packets. Not ping.
Ookla tests bandwidth and throughput toward botched servers from your ISP designed to give you perfect immediate results for the very last mile. But internet is more than that. You need DNS servers and a lot of relays on the way before reaching your final destination. (Traceroute) There are the real performance killers located and Ookla does not test that.
You need to test via ethernet to see how fast your service is, otherwise your test is limited by your wifi subsystem.I pay for a gig from Verizon fios. My last speed test wireless was 591 download and 295 upload
This is just a ping & packet test, not so much as a speed (megabits per second) tool. Ookla isn't a great test, but it'll show max potential throughput in MBps. Google's speed test often gives me a different result than Ookla, so likely the truth lies somewhere between.Don't believe Ookla. They make tests with dedicated servers, not used in production, which are designed to fool the users. https://packetstats.com/ is ways more reliable to measure your rel network performance with independent servers.
But it just tests the last mile. Crappy ISP servers behind are today the major hurdle on Internet communication.Ookla isn't a great test, but it'll show max potential throughput in MBps.
Everything you said is true. But there’s no way to test speeds from every site you might hit, so if last-mile testing is the best that can be done, so be it.But it just tests the last mile. Crappy ISP servers behind are today the major hurdle on Internet communication.
Even Google is a well known test, so the cheating servers frequently mock it up.
Did you wonder why your Internet feels sluggish while you get fantastic Ookla results?
Those were the days. I started around beta 3 when it was still very clearly a mod for Half Life and stuck around until 1.3 or so. I'd occasionally play with a few friends over a 33.6 kbps modem connection, but it was expensive and we mostly ended up taking turns playing against bots (that weren't part of the game and had to be downloaded separately). I stopped play CS when Steam came around and wouldn't accept my (legitimate) Half Life CD key, telling me that another user had already used the key. I wasn't until Valve released Half Life and CS for Mac OS X in 2013 that I gave it another try.I still remember those days when using a dial up modem with a limited amount of hours per month. My parents (I was a teen back then) would ask me to disconnect since they wanted to make or were waiting for a phone call !
I used to play counter strike (started at v1.1) and when an update was released I'd make sure I bought a video game magazine which offered along with the usual demos the necessary update which would have been cumbersome to download.
The very problem is not really the one distant server you are just using. But more or less every website is crippled with hundreds of "business partner's servers" that must be DNS'ed before being reached and the result is frequently a pity.Everything you said is true. But there’s no way to test speeds from every site you might hit, so if last-mile testing is the best that can be done, so be it.
But no, my “internet” never feels sluggish. I’m well aware that my last-mile service is faster than the hosting servers I’m connecting to.
The very problem is not really the one distant server you are just using. But more or less every website is crippled with hundreds of "business partner's servers" that must be DNS'ed before being reached and the result is frequently a pity.
Today's internet is badly ill.
I run AdGuard home on a RaspberryPi to handle and filter DNS requests on my local network. It definitely speeds up browsing.
Sure, your internet speed is determined by the server to which you are connecting, and everything between. If you're connecting to a slow server, or your data is routed over a slower path, you're going to have a slow connection.Don't believe Ookla. They make tests with dedicated servers, not used in production, which are designed to fool the users. https://packetstats.com/ is ways more reliable to measure your rel network performance with independent servers.
Ookla tests the connection to their local specialized servers, optimised to deliver good results.Does Ookla omit any portion for which the ISP is responsible?
Right, but that doesn't directly answer my question:Ookla tests the connection to their local specialized servers, optimised to deliver good results.
They test only the last mile, not the server chain behind, which is used operatively for the regular internet.
Most of the lag you may experience in daily internet usage, comes from there; when these servers are overloaded.
That's obviously not possible.If it captures everything the ISP is responsible for, and only omits parts that are outside the ISP's control,