#!/usr/bin/python import time import subprocess t1 = time.time() rc = subprocess.call(["wget", "http://cachefly.cachefly.net/10mb.test", "-q", "-O", "/dev/null"]) t2 = time.time() if rc == 0: t3 = t2 - t1 speed = 10/t3 print "Time for 10MB was %f; Speed was %f MB/s" % (t3, speed) else: print "Speed Test Failed."