Ookla Begins Ranking ISPs And will soon begin displaying value for money Back in May, Internet speed testing outfit Ookla opened up their data vault for public, government and private research. They also started offering the public a comprehensive net index, which allowed the public to view speedtest results by country, city, or state. Ookla has now announced that they've also started ranking ISPs by speed, a list that is right now dominated by cable companies. Ookla also says they'll soon add a value component to their listings: In the near future, Ookla will add a Value component to Net Index, allowing consumers to see the cost breakdown associated with broadband services by country, state, city, and even by ISP. The Value Index is currently in development, but to date Ookla has collected survey information from more than 100,000 broadband-only participants. Preliminary data shows the current average monthly cost for broadband in the U.S. at $47.32, with the average cost per Mbps at $5.06, although this varies greatly from state to state.
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  needforspeed59Cruise Ship Just Passing Through
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Glendale, AZ | Value Index Will the value index include temporary discounts (even if they are for a year) or the actual rate card that all end up paying eventually? How will it account for bundling?
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Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4 | Re: Value Index said by needforspeed59:Will the value index include temporary discounts (even if they are for a year) or the actual rate card that all end up paying eventually? How will it account for bundling? I am sure it will use the statistical mean for all of those who responded and replied what they were paying. So it would include those who are getting discounts and those who aren't.
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|  EricthornIt only hurts when I laughPremium
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Paragould, AR
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| More ammo? /rant on
I wish I could use this as ammo to get my ISP off their lazy asses. In April they finalized a deal to get 150mbs of additional b/w from AT&T. Rather that letting the network be, so that those of us paying for their highest tier (59.99/mo for 2mb down/512k up) might actually see an improvement in speeds during the evening hours when the oversold and underprovisioned network is at it's worst, they instead bump the tiers and raise the prices. Now I'm at 62.95 for a 4mb down/1mb up, and of course it's rarely above 1mb down between 3pm-12am. I've sent them pics of Netflix messages about our connection being too slow and pausing, at 10:30pm at night. Now, I see my town is ranked 32 out of 32 coming in at 1.92mbs. When talking to their support and customer service, I'm always told they don't guarantee any speed, can't control congestion outside of their network, and that if I'm not happy I can try the competition. That consists of the lowest AT&T DSL at 768k, or satellite at even worse.
Maybe I just need to move...
/rant off
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| Re: More ammo? well someone's gotta pay for that new line. You will since you're a customer, and since their a muni provider, everyone else will pay too and you'll get shitty sevice! gotta love muni providers right?
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Charlotte, NC | Re: More ammo? I thought muni providers were the best thing since sliced bread. | |
| | | | | | Re: More ammo? only people on here think so. | |
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| | . This is great data - hopefully this, plus the CRTC wanting to know what WE think, gets our stagnant ISP's off of their asses.
Although I doubt it will.... | |
| | |  56403739Less than 5 months leftPremium
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Naples, FL
kudos:2 | Re: Some detailed info top 15: Speed & line quality While it would be nice to have 100 MB symmetrical for $25, this gets the job done for $39 and is rock-solid:
I can't run the tests from my Florida line at the moment or I'd post that too...
Speed is nice, but usability and stability is just as important. Some of those high-ranking speedsters fail there. | |
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| | DSLR Speed Tests What is wrong with the speed tests on this site? Why are they so different than other speed test servers?
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| | | | Re: DSLR Speed Tests There is nothing wrong with the speed tests here as far as I know but its like you said they all use different servers. Just like Im testing to different servers than you do. | |
| | | | | Re: DSLR Speed Tests said by FLATLINE:There is nothing wrong with the speed tests here as far as I know but its like you said they all use different servers. Just like Im testing to different servers than you do. Most of the DSLR speed tests are under neglect and not configured to test speeds above basic DSL. Once you get into the higher broadband speeds you really need Ookla servers configured to run maximum streams.
Currently the DSLR ones are giving questionable data vs external ones like speedtest.net which are managed and optimized for speed. The comparison of data sets speaks for itself. | |
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| | Powerboost? do they take into account many ISPs speed boost. I bet that inflates the number for some.
Getting an extra 5 megs for at the start really jacks up those speed tests | |
| | | | Re: Powerboost? Speed boost obviously is not taken into account based on what I actually get, and what is shown on the site for my ISP in my City. If I download a large enough file so that speed boost is not a significant factor, I get 1/3 less bandwidth than the numbers published on that site. | |
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Rockford, IL
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| Marketing propaganda I am sure they are getting their pockets greased for promoting a favorable 'value for the money' Their speedtests are inaccurate. A lot of big ISP's use their servers and or software for their own tests which display inaccurate data too. Ping times results are no where near real time.... Wasn't the FCC duped into using them at the beginning also.
I put no confidence or credibility in their results.
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