The main testing engine is currently collecting data on a small number of hosts and undergoing evaluation. It is logging data on server TCP connection time and gross bandwidth rates for typical dynamic web pages and static data files.

After a (best guess) statistically significant number of samples are taken the results will be evaluated for testing engine consistency and margin of error. The main difficulty is evaluating and eliminating factors that skew results such as temporal testing node performance. After all if a node is not performing consistently the results it returns will also not be consistent. It may become necessary to add in a benchmarking feature to ensure more accurate and directly comparable results. A less preferred option would be to average a greater number of samples

Once the general trustworthiness and margin of error are determined, the system will be put into production and results will start to be shown at this site after a sufficient amount of data is collected. If operation is shown to be reliable and accurate, data will then be processed and published to this site in real time.

The bottom line is that you will be able to directly compare speeds and reliability of each hosting provider reviewed. The best assurance of the quality of a web hosting provider is seeing the real world performance.