As long as you're using the browser it seems like a skewed test to me. But I haven't seen different results with the cli version vs the browser test. I use speedtest-cli in ubuntu. It's python and it's in the repo. Here's CenturyLink's server compared to the ones in Regina and California: gsker at veeta:~>speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Testing from CenturyLink (XXX.XXX.XX.XXX)... Selecting best server based on latency... Hosted by CenturyLink (Saint Paul, MN) [17.01 km]: 43.071 ms Testing download speed........................................ Download: 35.72 Mbit/s Testing upload speed.................................................. Upload: 4.68 Mbit/s gsker at veeta:~>speedtest-cli --server 8200 Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Testing from CenturyLink (XXX.XXX.XX.XXX)... Hosted by Access Communications Co-operative Limited (Regina, SK) [1037.63 km]: 101.369 ms Testing download speed........................................ Download: 33.67 Mbit/s Testing upload speed.................................................. Upload: 4.35 Mbit/s gsker at veeta:~>speedtest-cli --server 3864 Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Testing from CenturyLink (184.100.75.148)... Hosted by California Internet Solutions (Los Angeles, CA) [2451.55 km]: 116.198 ms Testing download speed........................................ Download: 30.28 Mbit/s Testing upload speed.................................................. Upload: 4.64 Mbit/s BTW, Ookla has an HTML5 test too: http://beta.speedtest.net/# http://www.gsmarena.com/speed_test_no_longer_requires_flash-blog-15380.php You could compare the results from HTML5 and flash. Gerry On Mon, 14 Nov 2016, Ryan Coleman wrote: > speedof.me is a very good non-flash tester. > > I would never use an Ookla nearby server. I almost always do my baseline tests to a server in Regina, SK or California. Local results are often provided by the ISP itself and, therefore, skewed. > >> On Nov 14, 2016, at 12:08 PM, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Greetings >> >> I have been using www.testmy.net as a non-flash based (its html 5 >> IIUC) connection tester. >> >> My ISP on the other hand believes that only flash based tests like >> Ookla's are any good. >> >> Looking for thoughts and opinions on the differences between the two >> and which might actually be more accurate. >> >> Regards >> >> Dee >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >