Andy from SingleHop here. Thought I'd "hop" in to clear some things up.
Everyone was correct in saying that this was an honest mistake, and that the speed test download files were in fact generated with dd and an input file of /dev/zero. We've since corrected this by generating new files using /dev/urandom, and the results are more accurate now.
We were by no means trying to "trick" or "deceive" any customers, or anyone at all. I am personally happy to see the community bring this to light so we could tackle it.
My guess would be that it will prevent an ISP from trying to do naughty things like caching or otherwise cheating the speed test and giving you a result that's better than what you are really getting.
Andy from SingleHop here. Thought I'd "hop" in to clear some things up.
Everyone was correct in saying that this was an honest mistake, and that the speed test download files were in fact generated with dd and an input file of /dev/zero. We've since corrected this by generating new files using /dev/urandom, and the results are more accurate now.
We were by no means trying to "trick" or "deceive" any customers, or anyone at all. I am personally happy to see the community bring this to light so we could tackle it.