And if they prioritise it etc then they are just prioritising netflix. It was a great idea!
Comment on FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 6 months agofast.com is pretty good, too. No nonsense, and run by a company renowned for server throughput optimization, so it should rarely be on their end if it’s a slow result
Nighed@sffa.community 6 months ago
nickhammes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
A couple of speed tests will give you most accurate results if you really need them. fast.com tends to estimate my speeds a bit higher than ookla or Google’s tests, but they’re all clustered within about 5Mbps.
One outlier in either direction would also be an interesting result, but I have yet to observe that.
NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
It’s also Netflix, and I’ve found networks that throttle speeds to streaming sites also throttle speeds to fast.com which can be really helpful if you’re aware of it and really annoying if you aren’t