  Government organizations, regulators, consumers, Internet service providers,
and application providers alike all have an interest in measuring user Internet
"speed". Access speeds have increased by an order of magnitude in past years,
with gigabit speeds available to tens of millions of homes. Approaches must
evolve to accurately reflect the changing user experience and network speeds.
This paper offers historical and technical background on current speed testing
methods, highlights their limitations as access network speeds continue to
increase, and offers recommendations for the next generation of Internet
"speed" measurement.
