Getting a persistent notification in case the internet connection's parameters are going bad

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As we saw in these two articles (here and here for more details) the Speedtest.net integration allows us to get the status of our internet connection in terms of:

• download speed
• upload speed
• ping time

Today I want to take you through on a way to get notified in case the values above are lower than a threshold set.

Software configuration

1. Home Assistant. I'm currently running version?2022.12.1.
2. SpeedTest integration?configured in?Home Assistant. This integration?is able to measure network bandwidth performance.

Home Assistant code (yaml) / procedure

Take a look at the following video in which I'm going to:

Configure the following input numbers to be used as thresholds:

• input_number.internet_download_threshold
• input_number.internet_upload_threshold
• input_number.internet_ping_threshold

Create a new automation to get a persistent notification in case the above parameters (download speed, upload speed and ping time) are lower than the thresholds set.

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