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Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Thursday August 24, 2017 @02:24AM (#15088031)

Dude, I'm in highschool and wanted some experience with shit used in industry, gimme a break.

Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Thursday August 24, 2017 @01:01AM (#15087704)

Ah cool, I'll have to try that, thanks for the information.

Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Thursday August 24, 2017 @12:10AM (#15087533)

Its one hundred and ten percent overkill, like I've said, you can just run the python if you want and I used docker because I've never used docker and wanted too

Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Thursday August 24, 2017 @12:08AM (#15087527)

I've added instructions for pure python if you want it. I used docker because I've never used docker.

Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @07:09PM (#15086009)

Oh yea it entirely is but I wanted to experiment with docker as ive never used it before, you can just pull the python and use export to set the vars if you want.

Edit: Docker is also an easy way to run in the background.

Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:05PM (#15085623)

Then I'll just modify it to directly input a support ticket into their system >:D

Re:Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below t... on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:45PM (#15085502)

Maybe ISPs would get around to fixing their network if hundreds or thousands of people had it running.

Docker container to tweet at your ISP when your speed drops below threshold

Posted by monoxane on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:35PM
from the self-post dept.

I got pretty fed up with my ISP giving me substandard speeds (usually 10 to 15mbps) than what I pay for (30mbps) so I build a docker container that runs a speed test and if its below the level you set it will tweet at your ISP with the speedtest results, go to sllep for 15 minutes and run another speedtest, if the speed is above your threshold it will simply sleep for 5 min and run again.You...

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