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		RajT88 on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Overkill Home Network I used to work for a small ISP. The boss specifically wanted speed tests to be exempted from traffic shaping.

smegger001 on Aug 11, 2023 [–]

Not surprised. I have long noted that when my my browser is strugeling to load tabs all i have to do is try connecting to speedtest.net for all open tabs to suddenly load and i have decent speed for the next 15-30 minutes.

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