[UPHPU] "speed tests"

[Victor Villa]

>From: uphpu-bounces at uphpu.org [mailto:uphpu-bounces at uphpu.org] On Behalf Of
>Daniel C.
>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:40 PM
>To: UPHPU General Discussion
>Subject: [UPHPU] "speed tests"
>
>My company is considering paying ookla.com to conduct a "speed test"
>on our server.  I don't know much about this kind of service, but it
>seems to me that we could do something similar or identical on our own
>for free.
>
>Does anyone know what such a speed test consists of and whether
>they're worthwhile?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan

Dan, 

Not sure what they are offering but if you google "speed test" website,
you'll find a couple of cool links that are free, like this one

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

it tells you tons of info on your page, like total page weight in bytes, and
everything else.

m