Read below π why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests
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@mastodonmigration @rikviergever maybe a mastodon hug-of-death is happening?
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever You know what it also doesn't have? Screen reader accessibility. It's pretty much unusable with any screen reader for various reasons, unlike Ookla Speedtest which works very well. BTW, this sucks.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever thank you for sharing!
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever Given that librespeedβs closest test server is a 14 hour flight away, itβs a noble idea but entirely impractical.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever Hmm, not bad.

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Interestingly I get higher numbers from this than Speedtest gives me, including the ping.
@the5thColumnist @rikviergever for the ping lower is better.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever
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@rikviergever Works for me, choses Amsterdam and that is close enough. Speeds are accurate.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
Gives me a download speed, but no upload reading. Tried it three times. Not that impressed
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
I already use OpenSpeedTest, but there's no alternatives for when I ssh into my servers and am limited to the cli.

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Interestingly I get higher numbers from this than Speedtest gives me, including the ping.
@the5thColumnist @rikviergever librespeed regularly overreads - my ISP runs their own instance for testing and it frequently tells me that my internet is faster than my devices or connection can physically do.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever @gabrielesvelto this was very needed
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever Does libre mean my eyes have to bleed?
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@the5thColumnist @rikviergever for the ping lower is better.
I know that's what I though that was weird, two readings better and one worse
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever Accenture was that final nail for bugtraq too. it had some sort of zombie resurrection by them that went nowhere.. https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2021/Jan/
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever This got my speed wrong by a factor of 15.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever I'd like to use it but no servers available to me except in the fascist state to the south. Can't use it now but ookmarked for future consideration.

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R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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@rikviergever Given that librespeedβs closest test server is a 14 hour flight away, itβs a noble idea but entirely impractical.
But you still understand the warning that a corporate "internet speed test" is a strip search by chimps?
The speed test that doesnt sell images of my underwear and bank pin # is not as useful at guessing my internet speeds.
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But you still understand the warning that a corporate "internet speed test" is a strip search by chimps?
The speed test that doesnt sell images of my underwear and bank pin # is not as useful at guessing my internet speeds.
@kevinrns @james @rikviergever
LibreSpeed doesn't have a good selection for Ping for me either, but once you use it with a certain server, you can compare later to see if the ping has gotten worse. LibreSpeed was very accurate at telling my upload and download speeds.
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why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
LibreSpeed - Free and Open Source Speedtest
Free and Open Source Speedtest. Run it right now in your browser, or self-host on a PHP, Golang, Rust or Node server. License: LGPL.
(librespeed.org)
@rikviergever I generally use fast.com , and while I am sure it does the same overcollection of data, itβs Netflix, so they already know. But I will give this a try.