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		dmd 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities Unfortunately, it's not actually very useful, as whatever server they're using on the other end is severely constrained. networkQuality gives me: Downlink: 884.856 Mbps, 198 RPM - Uplink: 13.238 Mbps, 198 RPM whereas speedtest (whether to the official speedtest server OR a friend's home server in their basement!) gives ~700 Mbps uplink.

lladnar 10 months ago [–]

try

  networkQuality -s

That's a more apples to apples comparison to speedtest.net; Separate upload and download tests.

dmd 10 months ago | [–]

Somewhat better, 867/114, but still not the symmetric I get on typical real workloads.

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