Testing internet connection

[jimoblak]

My company needs to test the internet access of our customers to evaluate if they could make use of a new online service that requires a constant high speed connection. I need to check if the customer uses dial-up internet access or a faster, 'always on' connection.

I can already guess a high speed connection is used when the user logs in with the same IP address each time. But not every high speed connection uses a stable IP address. Can anyone suggest a technique to check the speed of the connection?

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[BabyJeffy]

I cannot think of a reliable means to do this every time. I would imagine providing the client with a select drop-down menu and allow them to choose the type of connection they are using (just use plain language when describing the connection type - mom+pop don't know the difference between Cable, Modem, ISDN, etc).

I know it sounds low-tech - that doesn't mean it's not gonna work

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Jeff

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[DRJ478]

PHP might not be the way to go here.
Some Java Applet that reports back the download time of a file (increasing in size to establish approx. speed) may be the way to go.

Another suggestion - again not much PHP here:
A client side XMLRPC call issed with Javascript from a page that determines donwload time and reports back to a PHP backend.

 

[tiborv]

If you want to look the test speed.

http://www.si-storitve.com/speed

, and email me if you need somethnik like that.

 

[jimoblak]

http://gambitdesign.com/bandwidthmeter/

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