Choose what to test

TL;DR

Almost all speed tests offer no options on what to start. Astound speedtest, the SpeedOf.me API Sample Page and TestMy.net do allow the user to choose which type of test should be started.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

User Control and Freedom is an important usability principle. With speed tests you can say that the user is in control as he or she can choose which type of test should be started.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we visit the homepage of the speed test in Brave (a secure web browser which offers you a clean speed test without ads or cookiebanners) and investigate whether it is possible to start different types of tests separately.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir will be tested.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest offers 2 options on what to start (download and upload)
  2. Bandwidth Place offers no options on what to start
  3. Bredbandskollen offers no options on what to start
  4. Broadband Speed Checker offers no options on what to start
  5. Cloudflare offers no options on what to start
  6. Comparitech offers no options on what to start
  7. DSLReports offers no options on what to start
  8. Fast offers no options on what to start
  9. Fireprobe offers no options on what to start
  10. Google Fiber offers no options on what to start
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance offers no options on what to start
  12. LibreSpeed offers no options on what to start
  13. M-Lab offers no options on what to start
  14. Meter.net offers no options on what to start
  15. N Perf offers no options on what to start
  16. Ookla Speedtest offers no options on what to start
  17. Open Speed Test offers no options on what to start
  18. SamKnows offers no options on what to start
  19. SpeedCheck offers no options on what to start
  20. SpeedOf.me offers no options on what to start
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page offers 2 options on what to start besides the download test (latency and upload)
  22. SpeedSmart offers no options on what to start
  23. Speedtest4.PHP offers no options on what to start
  24. TestMy.net offers 3 options on what to start (download, upload and latency)
  25. Toast offers no options on what to start
  26. Which Broadband Speed Test offers no options on what to start
  27. Xfinity xFi Speed Test offers no options on what to start
 

Conclusions

Almost all speed tests offer no options on what to start. Astound speedtest, the SpeedOf.me API Sample Page and TestMy.net do allow the user to choose which type of test should be started.