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if only we had a distributed group of people, all of whom with a vested interest in figuring this out, that could help us with doing speed tests in variety of c
by orenmazor 13y ago
if only we had a distributed group of people, all of whom with a vested interest in figuring this out, that could help us with doing speed tests in variety of configurations…
- leobelle 13y agoNetflix is already doing this: http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/usa http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/usa
- orenmazor 13y agoOh wow. I was being tongue in cheek about us techies, but looks like Netflix beat me to it here. awesome!
- Xylakant 13y agoA rough look at the data suggests that Verizon DLS used to be around a stable 1.4 Mbps until October 2013 and is on a continuous decline since then with a current low of 1.17 Mbps. That would support the OPs theory, but it's only a single datapoint that may have other underlying causes.
- paulgb 13y agoInterestingly, the net neutrality ruling wasn't until last month.
- twoodfin 13y agoI believe that's a few months after Netflix started heavily using Cogent as a provider, and thus Cogent's peering disputes with Verizon and Comcast began: http://gigaom.com/2013/06/17/having-problems-with-your-netflix-you-can-blame-verizon/ http://gigaom.com/2013/06/17/having-problems-with-your-netfl... My company uses Cogent as an ISP, and remote workers have had nothing but trouble trying to use VPN and other connections back home via Comcast or Verizon because the Cogent/Comcast+Verizon peering points are severely overloaded, dropping packets at a 5%+ clip at some times during the day.
- yxhuvud 13y agoIt can also be so simple that there is some pipe that is full somewhere along the way that will be upgraded eventually.
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