How to measure network quality (download/upload) on macOS
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This post is part of my Today I learned series in which I share all my web development learnings.
Short'n'sweet: I usually use Netflix' fast.com to measure my internet connection's quality.
Today I learned that macOS Monterey comes with a CLI tool to do exactly this, too.
$ networkQuality
==== SUMMARY ====
Upload capacity: 382.509 Kbps
Download capacity: 8.432 Mbps
Upload flows: 16
Download flows: 20
Responsiveness: Low (109 RPM)
Nice! 👏
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