[AusNOG] International traffic speeds

[Phillip Grasso]

On the speed side, give mlab tools a go. Its used by Internet researchers,
academics and others to measure Internet performance.  Many of the 'speed
tester' sites are on overloaded servers with much other to provide a
reliable measurement. You might get geo-redirected to Sydney servers, so
perhaps hard code the overseas servers for your testing.

Whilst this list is pretty technical, i'd advocate you go 'old school' and
ask around amongst the community if you're unsure about coverage and
quality of a wholesale provider, Yes call or email people and discuss it
;-).. There's lots of people on this list that would probably be willing to
offer their experiences using both providers.







On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Tim Warnock <timoid at timoid.org> wrote:

> > Hi All,
> >
> > Looking for a convincing way to get some concept of the "real"
> international
> > speeds we are getting on our network that doesn't involve transit
> provider
> > FUD.
> >
> > Does anyone have any good suggestions of good ways to test such things in
> > ways that have reliable speed and coverage? (Particularly interested in
> > testing PIPE and Vocus in case anyone was wondering...)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
>
> Because MCP:
> Take the fastest computer you have (with good SSD).
> Install BARE Windows 7 (format the machine!)
> Do your driver/windows updates.
>
> Then do your testing. On a routable IP.
>
> Perform tests like HTTP, FTP, IPERF as well as things like Speedtest.net
> (including testing with different browsers)
>
> International speed faults are super hard to diagnose due to the long fat
> pipe effect.
>
> Good luck.
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