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Re:Speed.cloudflare.com by lucasmullens on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:10PM (#23315231)
I thought one of the goals of fast.com was to let users find out if their ISP is throttling Netflix. ISPs can't only throttle a speedtest if Netflix makes it indistinguishable.
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Re:Speed.cloudflare.com by capableweb on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:36PM (#23315516)
Maybe that is, but one can think of a number of ways for ISPs to work around that. Quick thought: if the ISP is also your DNS resolver (which is the default for most people), check if there been a query for fast.com and if so, stop the throttling for five minutes. After those minutes, start throttling again.
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Re:Speed.cloudflare.com by gonesilent on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @09:21PM (#23318415)
Not so, Viasat will throttle based on headers and even built helpers for speed tests that bypass other limits. Such as forced video resolution down grades.
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