Observatory scan of speed tests

TL;DR

According to HTTP Observatory the most secure speed tests are Internet Speed at a Glance, Cloudflare, Meter.net and Which Broadband Speed Test.

 

Contents

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

Introduction

A well-known tool for testing the security of speed tests is HTTP Observatory.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we let HTTP Observatory analyse the speed tests, and note the results.

 

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 label F, score 10/100
  2. Bandwidth Place label D, score 25/100
  3. Bredbandskollen label D, score 25/100
  4. Broadband Speed Checker label D, score 25/100
  5. Cloudflare label B, score 70/100
  6. Comparitech label C, score 45/100
  7. DSLReports label F, score 0/100
  8. Fast label C, score 50/100
  9. Fireprobe label F, score 0/100
  10. Google Fiber label D, score 30/100
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance label B, score 80/100
  12. LibreSpeed label D, score 30/100
  13. M-Lab label C, score 45/100
  14. Meter.net label B, score 65/100
  15. N Perf label F, score 0/100
  16. Ookla Speedtest label F, score 0/100
  17. Open Speed Test label D, score 25/100
  18. SamKnows label F, score 5/100
  19. SpeedCheck label F, score 0/100
  20. SpeedOf.me label F, score 15/100
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page label F, score 15/100
  22. SpeedSmart label F, score 5/100
  23. Speedtest4.PHP label F, score 10/100
  24. TestMy.net label F, score 20/100
  25. Toast label D, score 30/100
  26. Which Broadband Speed Test label B, score 65/100
  27. Xfinity xFi Speed Test label C, score 45/100
 

Conclusions

There are:

  1. 0 speed tests with label A
  2. 4 speed tests with label B
  3. 4 speed tests with label C
  4. 7 speed tests with label D
  5. 0 speed tests with label E
  6. 12 speed tests with label F

There are no speed tests with label A. Label B speed tests are:

  1. Internet Speed at a Glance score 80/100
  2. Cloudflare score 70/100
  3. Meter.net score 65/100
  4. Which Broadband Speed Test score 65/100