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It’s hard to tell if these results hold any meaning or not. Where did the numbers come from? Are these just averages from their users? If so, I’d imagine a huge
by harles 5y ago
It’s hard to tell if these results hold any meaning or not. Where did the numbers come from? Are these just averages from their users? If so, I’d imagine a huge selection bias pushing these numbers up. Are these households only or do they include data centers? I’m betting the US has a higher density of servers per capita than most countries.
Using the median or including standard deviation seems like the only way to approach an even slightly useful picture.
- _delirium 5y agoYeah, it's just averages of whoever happens to go to speedtest.net and do a speed test in a given month, with a minimum of 300 users for a country to be listed. For some of the countries, if you click through they give medians for sub-entities (states/provinces or cities). As you'd expect, they're significantly lower than the means on the front page. Not sure why they don't give country-level medians. A few examples for major cities (median downloads in Mbps): Austin 182, NYC 169, Milan 153, San Francisco 144, Calgary 130, DC 122, Beijing 121, Paris 119, Miami 118, Shanghai 117, Toronto 99, Minneapolis 96, Rome 90, Montreal 65.
- ggggtez 5y agoImportant to note, most broadband providers realized they were getting hammered by speed test in the ratings, and so launched their own (fake) speed tests that show them over performing what they actually can do. So customers suffering from bad internet are more likely to be directed by their ISP to other services rather than speedtest.