
Gracias a este articulo:
https://descubriendolaorangepi.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/probando-la-velocidad-de-conexion-a-internet-desde-bash-terminal-linux/
he encontrado esta herramienta que permite comprobar la velocidad de internet desde la terminal pudiendo así automatizar el proceso.
Para instalarlo es fácil:
apt install python
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py
install speedtest.py /usr/local/bin
luego desde el terminal podemos dar
speedtest.py
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Vodafone Ono (194.149.223.10)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Testing from Vodafone Ono (194.149.223.10)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Retrieving information for the selected server...
Hosted by Telecable (Oviedo) [579.35 km]: 53.016 ms
Testing download speed.........................................................
Download: 23.25 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..........................................................
Upload: 21.77 Mbit/s