From 4a956f30eed0778b29d37194d23dd8bc52df867b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franklin van de Meent Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:39:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: More about testing issues --- README.md | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e43829d..2d1c74d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -53,9 +53,19 @@ Note on testing --------------- With these kind of tools you are testing the available bandwidth of -the slowest connection between your device and the host. For example, -when your web server connection is slower than your own network, you -are actually testing the server's bandwidth instead of your own. +the slowest connection between your device and the host. When your web +server connection is slower than your own network, you are actually +testing the server's bandwidth instead of your own. + +There can be many causes for slow connections, like the type of wiring, +other devices, interference, packetloss or the peering between network +providers somewhere along the route. + +For example, I tested this speedtest from my own server to my home +network both connected from Amsterdam and I got only 70 Mbit but using +my provider's speedtest I get double at least. Doing the same to my +LiquidSky box in Frankfurt I easily get over 900 Mbit. So there is a +bottleneck somewhere between the web server and my home ISP. Unlicense