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I built a site to map internet speed results. Help me collec

I put together a site that pairs a user's lat/long with their speedtest.net results in the hopes of helping people determine what areas have decent speeds.

Right now it's just on a development domain, no branding or anything.

»mapper.getpuddles.com/

Upcoming features:

* grid/table of latest/best results
* limit map results to specific ISP/service/price range
* heatmap weights. right now no weight is given to the color based on the speeds.

I built this because one of the main problems I found when deciding to buy a house was not knowing what internet services were available in the area. I had to signup, put in zip codes, accept spam mail, etc. from all the local ISPs before being able to figure out what services were the area where I was buying a home. Hopefully, Speed Mapper can resolve this.

I also think it will be interesting to see where coverage isn't available, or where speeds are the fastest in the country.

Interesting project but I think you will have problem getting enough responses for a valid map.

Most states are participating in the broadband mapping project. Have you checked what is available in your area?

/tom

I'm not in the states, so no, I haven't checked that.

I agree, getting enough data to make it useful will be hard. Unfortunately, I can't find the lat/long of the results on speedtest.net. I'm sure they protect them or something.

This isn't so much about finding out where coverage is (i.e. broadband mapping) it's about finding out actual speeds that people are getting, maybe in your area, or from your provider. I want to shine some light on how little people are receiving for what they are paying.

It might be a good idea to put each result into a predetermined grid to improve anonymity. Maybe 300x300 m or so? I don't mind so much, but the page did put me across the street.

Also, if you're looking to show that people don't get the speed they pay for, they also should be able to state what they pay for.

Anonymity comes from there being no way to link the results to you. Right?

I'll add the "what do you pay for up/down" question in the morning. Thanks for that.

Ya, the geolocation isn't perfect. I was afraid to allow users to determine where they want their results placed because I would end up with people putting their results in the middle of the ocean for the hell of it.

For the same reason some have their house blurred on Google Street View, some might want their dot not placed on their house. Folks are strangely weird about stuff like that sometimes.

If I've got 100 Mbs service and the neighbor nextdoor to my left has 30 Mbps service and my neighbor nextdoor to the right has 1.2 Mbps service what does your site indicate to visitors?
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It should show that 100Mbps is availabe in that area.

This information would sway my decision when buying a home.

It says it requires my browser to give my location. ????