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sindresorhus / speed-test

Test your internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net from the CLI
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Option to show speeds in megabytes rather than megabits #28

Closed Calinou closed 8 years ago

Calinou commented 8 years ago

There could be an option called --bytes to show speeds in megabytes rather than megabits.

sindresorhus commented 8 years ago

Why?

Calinou commented 8 years ago

Why?

  • It will give you a semi-accurate estimate of how fast you can download and upload files,
  • Speedtest.net and speedtest-cli (Python) do it. :)

Moreover, I think it makes more sense to show large speeds in bytes (but until people are ready to do so, let's keep it in bits by default). A number like 115 is more readable for humans than 925.

SamVerschueren commented 8 years ago

It will give you a semi-accurate estimate of how fast you can download and upload files

Mbps do too :)

sindresorhus commented 8 years ago

@Calinou I agree. Mbps is mostly just useful as a relative measuring unit. People know approximately how fast 10 Mbps is, but they usually don't know what it actually means.

Pull request welcome :)