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[Rod J]

This was my result using speedtest-cli (I'm on Mobile Broadband just now):

rod@Core-i5:~$ speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Two Degrees Mobile Limited (118.148.167.5)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by WorldxChange Comm (Auckland) [7.44 km]: 326.465 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 3.43 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 0.10 Mbit/s

Also, for future reference, these are two of the non-Flash browser internet speed testing sites I found:

http://testmy.net/

http://speedof.me/

[Qqmike]

Thanks, Vinny. I bookmarked this for future. Actually speedtest. net works w/my Flash for now; also CenturyLink test site seems accurate, also. When I dump Flash, then ... thx

[vinnywright]

@Vinny, Kubuntu 14.04:

mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo apt search speedtest-cli
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo apt-cache search speedtest-cli
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install speedtest-cli
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package speedtest-cli

Has that 3rd beer shorted-out one of my brain circuits, possibly?

it would seem as though it is not avalabel in Kubuntu-14.04's repo ,,,,,,if you did the wget thing in your last post it would probably be in the DIR you ran the wget in ,,,,so running the python script from in that DIR should work if it's not in your path,,,,,if it is in your path it should just run .

vinny@debian:~$ cd build/

vinny@debian:~/build$ ls

vinny@debian:~/build$ wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py
--2015-08-02 21:35:25--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 23.235.39.133
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|23.235.39.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 24314 (24K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘speedtest-cli’


speedtest-cli                   100%[=======================================================>]  23.74K  --.-KB/s   in 0.02s  


2015-08-02 21:35:41 (1.26 MB/s) - ‘speedtest-cli’ saved [24314/24314]


vinny@debian:~/build$ ls
speedtest-cli

then of course "chmod +x speedtest-cli"

then maby place it somewhere in your path

vinny@debian:~/build$ echo $PATH[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Consolas]
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/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

VINNY

[Qqmike]

@Vinny, Kubuntu 14.04:

mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo apt search speedtest-cli
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo apt-cache search speedtest-cli
mike@mike-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install speedtest-cli
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package speedtest-cli

Has that 3rd beer shorted-out one of my brain circuits, possibly?

[otisklt]

Dont use chrome unless you trust google

[vinnywright]

This, I guess:

https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/si...eedtest_cli.py chmod +x speedtest-cli

Humm ,,,it was @hear in Debian-8-KDE

vinny@debian:~$ apt search speedtest-cli
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
speedtest-cli/stable,now 0.3.1-1 all [installed]
  Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net

VINNY

[Qqmike]

This, I guess:

https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/si...eedtest_cli.py chmod +x speedtest-cli

[Qqmike]

Yeah, I know --share is an option, I just copied it from your posting that way. But in 14.04, I can't find speedtest-cli, have done everything, not there.

[vinnywright]

Hmmm.
speedtest-cli --share

not in 14.04 repos.

is "speedtest-cli" ,,,,,,,,,the --share is an option of it .

VINNY

[Qqmike]

Hmmm.
speedtest-cli --share

not in 14.04 repos.

[vinnywright]

My ISP sucks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thi s is suposed to be their "high" speed

vinny@debian:~$ speedtest-cli --share
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Windstream Communications (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Spirit Communications (Charlotte, NC) [85.19 km]: 2528.175 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 1.53 Mbits/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 0.57 Mbits/s
Share results: http://www.speedtest.net/result/4552171743.png

VINNY

[life0riley]

Very nice!

life0riley@kubuntu1504:~$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Comcast Cable (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by PEAK Internet (Corvallis, OR) [50.28 km]: 33.108 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 110.08 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 10.76 Mbit/s
life0riley@kubuntu1504:~$

speedtest --share



Not bad for a VirtualBox guest.

[Feathers McGraw]

speedtest-cli if you want one less needs-Flash annoyance.

Nice!

[Rod J]

Thanks ronw,

I hadn't heard of that one before (speedtest-cli). It seems to work well here too.

[vinnywright]

speedtest-cli if you want one less needs-Flash annoyance.

nice one ,,,,,,,,,,,,

VINNY