using ipv6 wget -O /dev/null -6 http://dl.xs4all.nl/test/1GiB.bin --report-speed=bits From 300/300 fibre connection in California USA He.net tunnel in LA --2016-05-15 11:01:51-- http://dl.xs4all.nl/test/1GiB.bin Resolving dl.xs4all.nl (dl.xs4all.nl)... 2001:888:0:25:194:109:21:66 Connecting to dl.xs4all.nl (dl.xs4all.nl)|2001:888:0:25:194:109:21:66|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ /dev/null 100%[==================================================================================================================>] 1.00G 82.2Mb/s in 2m 16s 2016-05-15 11:04:08 (63.0 Mb/s) - ‘/dev/null’ saved [1073741824/1073741824] VM in .nl (transip) # wget -O /dev/null -6 http://dl.xs4all.nl/test/1GiB.bin --report-speed=bits --2016-05-15 20:04:33-- http://dl.xs4all.nl/test/1GiB.bin Resolving dl.xs4all.nl (dl.xs4all.nl)... 2001:888:0:25:194:109:21:66 Connecting to dl.xs4all.nl (dl.xs4all.nl)|2001:888:0:25:194:109:21:66|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘/dev/null’ /dev/null 100%[====================================================================================================================>] 1.00G 819Mb/s in 11s 2016-05-15 20:04:43 (816 Mb/s) - ‘/dev/null’ saved [1073741824/1073741824]