Internet Speed
Infrastructure
network speed test
SHOW HN2023
55points
51comments
#1,011of 3,109 in 2023
Top 33%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Performance: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean UI that works well on mobile
From 2 comments
Very nice UI! Can I make some suggestions? - Latency, traceroute (or server location), ingress network or any other 'advanced' stats would be nice. Maybe hidden in an accordian?…
averageRoyalty on HNWorking well for me. Looks good on mobile. Thanks for not putting a bunch of useless crap all over the screen like a lot of these kinds of sites do.
satiric on HN
Live real-time chart is useful
From 1 comment
why are there multiple versions of anything? people can choose the one they like, and all are different somehow. I personally prefer fast.com because it's quick to type in and…
ssalka on HN
Supports IPv6
From 1 comment
I am pleased to see that it supports IPv6. Even today, plenty of new services are lacking.
chaz6 on HN
Objections
Test server location is unknown, so results may not reflect real speed
From 2 comments
Some constructive feedback - without me know where your server is, this test feels pointless. It's just showing my the speed between my computer and your server which could be…
amanzi on HNI don't think this server has enough bandwidth to accurately measure download speed. It told me my speed was 90.59 MB/s, but the test at fast.com gave me a more plausible 310…
greenyoda on HN
Results often lower than fast.com and speedtest.net
From 3 comments
I don't think this server has enough bandwidth to accurately measure download speed. It told me my speed was 90.59 MB/s, but the test at fast.com gave me a more plausible 310…
greenyoda on HNSays 1.6Gb/s here but fast.com says 4.0Gb/s
teaearlgraycold on HNYou may be getting throttled, since both times I tried, the speed started out faster and then quickly slowed down.
greenyoda on HN
Upload reported as 0.00 Mbps for some users
From 1 comment
Um ... my upload speed shows as 0.00 Mbps. Is it broken?
gavinsyancey on HN
No clear purpose compared with existing speed tests
From 2 comments
Why use this instead of one of the various other speed tests? Off the top of my head: 1. Ookla SpeedTest https://www.speedtest.net 2. Netflix Fast https://fast.com 3. Cloudflare…
afruitpie on HNInteresting, but as others have commented, why? Is this something that you plan to turn into a product or is this just for fun? Compared with other tools this runs for much…
s1mon on HN
Requests
Show server location and latency
From 3 comments
Some constructive feedback - without me know where your server is, this test feels pointless. It's just showing my the speed between my computer and your server which could be…
amanzi on HNVery nice UI! Can I make some suggestions? - Latency, traceroute (or server location), ingress network or any other 'advanced' stats would be nice. Maybe hidden in an accordian?…
averageRoyalty on HNWould be interesting to see the latency graphed at the same time.
circularfoyers on HN
Add a share button or results link
From 1 comment
Very nice UI! Can I make some suggestions? - Latency, traceroute (or server location), ingress network or any other 'advanced' stats would be nice. Maybe hidden in an accordian?…
averageRoyalty on HN
Open source code on GitHub
From 2 comments
Very nice UI! Can I make some suggestions? - Latency, traceroute (or server location), ingress network or any other 'advanced' stats would be nice. Maybe hidden in an accordian?…
averageRoyalty on HNwhat is this? No description. No Github. Im all for test your internet speed like libre speed, where I can actually test my local wifi. How is this front page?
vanillax on HN
Fix MB/Mbps label typo
From 1 comment
Some constructive feedback - without me know where your server is, this test feels pointless. It's just showing my the speed between my computer and your server which could be…
amanzi on HN
Questions
Why build this when other speed tests exist?
From 2 comments
Why use this instead of one of the various other speed tests? Off the top of my head: 1. Ookla SpeedTest https://www.speedtest.net 2. Netflix Fast https://fast.com 3. Cloudflare…
afruitpie on HNInteresting, but as others have commented, why? Is this something that you plan to turn into a product or is this just for fun? Compared with other tools this runs for much…
s1mon on HN
Is it privacy based and what data is stored?
From 1 comment
Is this privacy based?
Mrirazak1 on HN
Where is the server hosted and what does bandwidth cost?
From 1 comment
Very nice UI! Can I make some suggestions? - Latency, traceroute (or server location), ingress network or any other 'advanced' stats would be nice. Maybe hidden in an accordian?…
averageRoyalty on HN
Alternatives named
fast.com
From 2 comments
Some constructive feedback - without me know where your server is, this test feels pointless. It's just showing my the speed between my computer and your server which could be…
amanzi on HNWhy use this instead of one of the various other speed tests? Off the top of my head: 1. Ookla SpeedTest https://www.speedtest.net 2. Netflix Fast https://fast.com 3. Cloudflare…
afruitpie on HN
speedtest.net (Ookla)
From 2 comments
Why use this instead of one of the various other speed tests? Off the top of my head: 1. Ookla SpeedTest https://www.speedtest.net 2. Netflix Fast https://fast.com 3. Cloudflare…
afruitpie on HNI don't think this server has enough bandwidth to accurately measure download speed. It told me my speed was 90.59 MB/s, but the test at fast.com gave me a more plausible 310…
greenyoda on HN
speed.cloudflare.com
From 2 comments
Why use this instead of one of the various other speed tests? Off the top of my head: 1. Ookla SpeedTest https://www.speedtest.net 2. Netflix Fast https://fast.com 3. Cloudflare…
afruitpie on HNCloudflare is more representative of the general speed. Fast gives me 300Mbps (what my ISP "promises") while cloudflare's give me 75Mbps
is_true on HN
testmy.net
From 1 comment
Another speed test site is https://testmy.net The site claims superior accuracy (which I can't confirm but probably someone here can evaluate one way or the other). The site…
jrapdx3 on HN
iperf3 with public servers
From 1 comment
Alternative: use the iperf CLI tool with one of the servers listed on https://github.com/R0GGER/public-iperf3-servers . I prefer this, since I already use iperf to measure speed…
rodlette on HN