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maybe it's not as accurate, but on a lot of systems where wget is already installed one can do with a lot less hassle:

Nota bene:

- change the datacenter to a closer one when appropriate.

- Unit is MB/s, rather than Mb/s, which is more common for this kind of test

To get a list of all the other locations go to the DO page (strip the filename): http://speedtest-ams2.digitalocean.com/

It's not https, for performance? ... (My download|upload: 33Mb/s | 8Mb/s)

I've been using the wget method for a long time also.

I think the only downside is that you need to know what you're fetching and from where.

Edit: And for latency, there is /bin/ping

Can't use wget for upload speeds...

While strictly true, if you can download at link capacity it usually means the upstream is okay too.