lbry-desktop/ui/util/detect-user-bandwidth.js

const imageAddr = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Brandenburger_Tor_abends.jpg';
const downloadSize = 2707459; // this must match with the image above

let startTime, endTime;
async function measureConnectionSpeed() {
  startTime = (new Date()).getTime();
  const cacheBuster = '?nnn=' + startTime;

  const download = new Image();
  download.src = imageAddr + cacheBuster;
  // this returns when the image is finished downloading
  await download.decode();
  endTime = (new Date()).getTime();
  const duration = (endTime - startTime) / 1000;
  const bitsLoaded = downloadSize * 8;
  const speedBps = (bitsLoaded / duration).toFixed(2);
  const speedKbps = (speedBps / 1024).toFixed(2);
  const speedMbps = (speedKbps / 1024).toFixed(2);
  return speedMbps;
}

module.exports = measureConnectionSpeed;