Internet boxes will offer more reliable speed tests

The project around reliable Internet speed tests with operator boxes has existed since 2018 and will progress in July thanks to a new API which will make its debut, such as explains it Arcep, namely the telecoms policeman.

This month, operator boxes will add an “access ID card” API to better characterize the environment. Thus, speed test tools will have access to more information such as technology (fiber, ADSL, etc.), type of box, uplink and downlink speeds. The API will also do what is necessary to ensure that there is no cross-traffic, that is to say that other traffic is not measured at the same time.

Operators with more than one million subscribers will be required to offer the API with the boxes. For others, it will not be mandatory but recommended. It is worth noting that the user will have to allow the speed test tools to access the API to provide him with more reliable data. Moreover, the first compatible tools should see the light of day by the end of the year.

Box which integrates the new API

Bouygues Telecom :

• Bbox Wi-Fi 6E FttH (Bbox F@st 5688b-v2) from September 2022
• Bbox Wi-Fi 6 FttH (Bbox F@st 5688b)
• Bbox Wi-Fi 5 FttH / xDSL (Bbox F@st 5330b-r1)
• Bbox Wi-Fi 4 FttH / xDSL (Bbox F@st 5330b)

Free:

• Freebox Pop FttH / xDSL (Wi-Fi 5)
• Freebox Delta FttH / xDSL (Wi-Fi 6E)
• Freebox Delta FttH / xDSL (Wi-Fi 5)
• Freebox One FttH / xDSL (Wi-Fi 5)
• Freebox mini 4K FttH / xDSL (Wi-Fi 5)
• Freebox Revolution Wi-Fi 5 FttH / xDSL
• Freebox Revolution Wi-Fi 4 FttH / xDSL

Orange :

• Livebox v6 FttH (Wi-Fi 6E)
• Livebox v5 FttH (Wi-Fi 5)
• Livebox v4 FttH / xDSL (Wi-Fi 5)

SFR:

• SFR Box 8X Wi-Fi 6 FttH XGS-Pon (NB8 XGSPON)
• SFR Box 8 Wi-Fi 6 FttH Gpon (NB8 FTTH)
• SFR Box 8 Wi-Fi 6 Docsis (NB8 Docsis)
• SFR Box 8 Wi-Fi 6 xDSL (NB8 xDSL)
• SFR Box Plus or “SFR Box 7” Wi-Fi 5 FttH / xDSL (NB6VAC)
• THD AC Wi-Fi 5 Docsis modem (F@st 3686)
• The Box THD 4K or “The Box Fiber Zive” Wi-Fi 5 Docsis (The Box V3)
• La Box THD V2 or “La Box by Numericable V2” Wi-Fi 5 Docsis (La Box V2)
• Box Evolution VDSL or “Neufbox 6V” Wi-Fi 4 FttH / xDSL (NB6V and NB6V2)
• Box Evolution or “Neufbox 6” Wi-Fi 4 FttH / ADSL (NB6)