Privacy

Methodology, privacy, and limits

How SpeedArc measures

SpeedArc method 2.0 uses @cloudflare/speedtest 1.14.1. Sequential transfers increase in size and may stop early when the engine has enough transfer duration. The headline bandwidth is the 90th percentile of eligible transfer rates, not a guaranteed maximum or a sustained multi-connection capacity test. Idle and loaded latency use resource timing with server-time correction; jitter is the mean absolute difference between consecutive latency samples. Largest-payload sample ranges are descriptive quartiles, not confidence intervals.

Evidence quality

“Usable evidence” requires a completed, visible, uninterrupted run, all core metrics, at least ten idle samples, at least three loaded samples per direction, and three largest-payload samples per direction with an interquartile spread no greater than 25% of their median. This is an evidence check, not an accuracy certification. The diagnostic suggestion flags an added delay above 40 ms only with at least three relevant loaded-latency samples; it cannot locate the cause.

Before-and-after comparisons

Before-and-after comparisons require the same method, engine, profile, and destination hostname, completed visible tests, and no more than 24 hours between tests. One pair cannot establish causation. Cloudflare’s physical edge and route may change between runs. Comparison arrows show arithmetic differences, not statistical significance.

Privacy and measurement limits

Test traffic goes directly to Cloudflare, which receives your IP address. The ISP label comes from Cloudflare’s network metadata and may identify the network owner rather than your retail ISP. SpeedArc disables the engine’s optional result-logging endpoints. Results, raw samples, method settings, and your notes stay in memory unless you opt into local storage or export. No account or SpeedArc results server is involved. Ad placements load Google AdSense, which may use cookies for advertising. Payload estimates exclude network overhead and retries. Cloudflare privacy policy

Activity fit

Activity fit is a SpeedArc estimate from this test, not a service test or a guarantee. Basic browsing reaches its top tier at 50 Mbps based on FCC web-loading observations. Streaming tiers follow YouTube playback guidance. Video-call bandwidth anchors draw on Zoom bandwidth guidance and Zoom call statistics guidance. Gaming latency estimates are informed by EA guidance. The 1–5 tiers and idle-latency and jitter caps are SpeedArc estimates, not service-specific quality standards. Server identity and edge location are not inputs to activity scores. Loaded latency is shown separately and does not lower an activity score on its own. This test measures a Cloudflare route, not a game or video-service server, and does not measure packet loss, Wi-Fi reliability, device performance, or sustained playback.