[c-nsp] Internet speed

[Jon Wolberg]

There was a very similar discussion on NANOG last month about the same
topic.  You can read the thread here:

https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2018-July/096205.html

You may find it useful.

Jon Wolberg

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:18 AM Brian Turnbow <b.turnbow at twt.it> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Here in Italy  the ministry of telecommunications has built a system for
> consumers to "certify" the speed of their connection.
> Most of the information is  in Italian on the site
> https://www.misurainternet.it/
> Basically they have placed servers is the major IXs and end users can
> download the client runs tests and obtain a "certification" that can be
> used
> against the isp for breach of contract if the speeds are lower than
> contracted .
>
>
> The software is based upon ETSI EG 202 765-4, not y.1564,  and at least
> the
> client side is open source with some English notes etc.
> https://github.com/fondazionebordoni/nemesys
>
>
>
>
> Brian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
> > Jason Lixfeld
> > Sent: domenica 12 agosto 2018 21:39
> > To: Mikael Abrahamsson
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Internet speed
> >
> > This thread has me thinking about cases where a MetroE customer might
> call
> > and complain about throughput issues, and troubleshooting would normally
> > require a truck roll to hook up an Ethernet test set.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a Y.1564 client application, or know of any past work
> > done around creating one?
> >
> > I’m wondering if a client-side application could be a practical
> > alternative to
> > said truck roll.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > >> On Aug 12, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018, ringbit at mail.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >> It also selects a public server which is outside of your AS thus
> taking
> > >> into
> > consideration the busy international links which are outside of your
> > administration andas a result for a 30Mbps package the measure shows 15
> > for example.
> > >
> > > My experience is that speedtest.net works well up to around 500
> > megabit/s, after that it starts to get unreliable. This of course means
> > their
> > test server needs to be not on the other side of the world, but for North
> > America and Europe this shouldn't be the case.
> > >
> > > Without knowing exactly your conditions, I'd say your customers
> getting
> > > 15
> > megabit/s in Speedtest.net on a 30 megabit/s package actually indicates
> > that
> > there is a real problem.
> > >
> > > 1. Require that your customers do the measurement wired (not wifi),
> > directly connected to your equipment (if you provide one).
> > >
> > > 2. If speedtest.net isn't nearby you or you have a weird network path
> to
> > them that doesn't work well, look into how you can improve it, plus host
> > your own speedtest server. If speedtest.net testing servers aren't able
> to
> > provide 30 megabit/s to your customers, you most likely actually have a
> > connectivity issue negatively affecting your customers, not only for
> their
> > testing.
> > >
> > > I frequently test 500-1000 megabit/s subscriptions. If customer gets
> 200
> > megabit/s in a wired test, it's typically indicative of a problem. If
> they
> > get
> > 500-800, that's usually fine and it's other issues outside of your
> control
> > that
> > is affecting this (different operating systems have different TCP window
> > scaling settings etc).
> > >
> > > But getting 15 meg out of 30, I'd say you have a problem you should
> look
> > into.
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