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jflitney
Joining in
12 months ago

Speed test

Has anyone else tried automatically scheduled speed tests?

I used testmy.net set for 5 mins and after a few tests it dropped to 5mbps

Tried with a powershell script for Ookla cli, same thing.

Changed interval to 10.5 mins for Ookla and it worked.

I'd like to know if Virgin are blocking tests, that's what it look like.

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person

    I never had any issues running speed tests.  Not that I run them that often as I don't see the need.  I do keep an eye on my BQM every day though.

    • jflitney's avatar
      jflitney
      Joining in

      There really should be a button to Mark as Unhelpful Answer

    • jflitney's avatar
      jflitney
      Joining in

      Only over a short period, probably 24 hours, to check for dropouts. trying to isolate whether internet issues are Virgin or the switch or the WAP.

      • carl_pearce's avatar
        carl_pearce
        Community elder

        I tried several times within 5 minutes and no drop:

  • legacy1's avatar
    legacy1
    Alessandro Volta

    What the point in running a wasted use of bandwidth that could be used for good use? It is a fact speed test servers will never be able to test everyone speed all the time if everyone did this and VM network or any network can't deal with that thing.

    • carl_pearce's avatar
      carl_pearce
      Community elder

      legacy1 wrote:

      What the point in running a wasted use of bandwidth that could be used for good use? It is a fact speed test servers will never be able to test everyone speed all the time if everyone did this and VM network or any network can't deal with that thing.


      See above ğŸ™„

      • legacy1's avatar
        legacy1
        Alessandro Volta

        carl_pearce wrote:

        legacy1 wrote:

        What the point in running a wasted use of bandwidth that could be used for good use? It is a fact speed test servers will never be able to test everyone speed all the time if everyone did this and VM network or any network can't deal with that thing.


        See above ğŸ™„


        And? use BQM, like I was upgrading my linux mint to 21.3 the other day and it was like dial up VM was not to blame not that I mind waiting for it to update but that just shows real use bandwidth we are all still limited even if VM are not to blame