Rik ViergeverMar 7

Read below 👇 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."

https://librespeed.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1rmalpy/news_librespeed_opensource_alternative_made_in/

#FOSS #opensource

LibreSpeed - Speed Test

Free and Open Source Speedtest. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.

Show threadRik ViergeverMar 7
"Calling it 'speed test data' dramatically undersells what is actually happening. Ookla captures more than 1,000 attributes per test. If you have given the app location access, it collects your precise GPS coordinates and links them to your home IP address, building a physical map of network locations tied to real households. 250 million consumer-initiated tests happen per month. That is 250 million data points per month from people who thought they were just checking their internet speed."
Show threadMatthew "Smiffy" Smith
@rikviergever I will need to set up something local, to get decent numbers. But I am in Australia, and picked Japan as my nearest node - and I was very impressed by what I got. Bedankt voor het delen!
Mar 8 at 10:17amWeb
Show threadMelvin GundlachMar 9

@grumpysmiffy @rikviergever You could try Linode’s speedtest. It’s not open source, but has no tracking scripts or stuff like that. It’s more of an advertisement for their servers.

They have two speed test locations in Australia.

https://www.akamai.com/de/cloud/speed-test

Show threadMatthew "Smiffy" SmithMar 9
@melgu Ooh, thank you - I had no idea that they had one!