Ask HN: Fast.com vs. Speedtest.net

2 points

2 years ago

I got intro an argument with a T-Mobile rep on what “correct internet experience” looks like.

I have strongly believed in fast.com being the real experience of what multi-cloud internet experience is on a network vs using Speedtest, where hidden under options you can choose to speedtest to a server within an ISP or Telco network (which is a cheat on the how your real internet experience will be).

Eg I was on T-Mobile network in Atlanta and using fast.com to get 5Mbps vs Speedtest which was showing 350Mbps (connecting to a Atlanta server)