I’ve run ookla-speedtest-bin from the command line (available in the AUR) along with going to speedtest.net with the following browsers.
Chromium
Brave
Edge
Firefox.
The first three browsers (all chromium based) give numbers on par with the command line utility. Firefox, on the other hand, is markedly slower. I’ve run the test multiple times over a couple of days and the results are consistent. I like Firefox, and I don’t think this is a “bug” necessarily, but it is an interesting result nonetheless.
Yes, right now I get the same result, however, it will change depending on time of day/night and has more to do with the test server and traffic load I think or it has in the past.
Ie, I don’t think it means anything.
Here’s what I’m getting (Brave on top, Firefox on bottom). I’m currently using my WiFi antenna because I’ve pulled the ethernet cable for my work laptop. I can try plugging that in and see if I get different results.
Edit: It also depends on where you are connecting to do the test. If i pick your Baltimore MD location for the server it drops very significantly although still 30X faster than your getting and that is a long way from my location.
It also depends on extensions you are using. If you are testing against an extension laden firefox while the chromium ones are not the results will be heavily biased
Well there is one provider of fiber but that’s because they installed their own fiber cables to the premises that no other provider can use it for my area and they have their own issues as well.
Currently 75Mbps download and 30Mbps upload. A few years back the fastest Internet here was only 4Mbps download and only about 0.6Mbps upload. I’m more than happy with my results.
Connected via ethernet. Virtually identical results in Firefox-based browser (Librewolf) and Chromium-based browser (Vivaldi).
As a side note, I have no idea why my upload speed is so low. Same results using the same browsers in Debian SID. I’ve had similar results for ages. I have an Ookla account and viewing my speed test history shows similar results going back several years. So it really isn’t browser related. Doesn’t seem to affect anything I do on the web. Curious though as to why?
In most home use cases, ISPs provide a non-symmetrical connection, favored for download not upload.
However, having said that…fiber appears to be symmetrical.
Ugh, I’m still waiting for fiber, so I’m not going to give my speedtest results as they’re practically 1990’s level… Having said that, I’m not experiencing the difference you’re reporting.
These numbers seem kind of ballpark/arbitrary–there are about 30 more variables that play into this methinks including the website itself, the other open tabs, time of day, region, isp, etc etc etc.
What would give these numbers some meaning is if you had forum members from coast to coast, like five of us, do the same test with the same browsers at the same time, three times a day. Something like that.
That’s just like my opinion, man.
Yea, this isn’t a test. It’s merely an observation I made on my PC that I threw out to the community. The feedback has been valuable. Including learning that some of you have Super Sayan bandwidth levels
Hah, still want to know why Rick has more than an intercontinental data cable going to just his house (I dunno if anyone remembers the old T1, T2, T3 terminology, but T3 was just 45mbps, which even I now surpass…wow sometimes change is good).
And @ricklinux that just means I’m jealous
