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Old 27-04-2015, 12:02   #9
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Re: New DSLReports speedtester

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
I think it tries to calculate the line capacity based on highest transfer rate reached then tell you if you're hitting it or not.

It's in beta so I fully imagine it's buggy right now.
Looks like that dial has been changed to (or replaced by) a "Buffer bloat" dial. The buffer-bloat dial shows any increase in your latency during the test beyond idle latency, which I suspect was also used for the "line capacity" indicator.

Very good metric to display IMO, I wish more speedtest sites and diagnostics would use it - it's a very basic tool yet very important tool that most consumer sites seem to miss completely. It's practically the first check I do to determine if a link is saturated or not.
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