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Test Your Internet Connection Speed |
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Your Throughput:
K bits/sec
K bytes/sec
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Speed Test Thermometer |
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Off the |
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14 Mbps |
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HSUPA |
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6
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CABLE |
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4
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WyMAX |
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3
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CABLE |
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2
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HSDPA |
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1.5 Mbps |
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ADSL |
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1.4 Mbps |
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T-1 |
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1.2 Mbps |
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CABLE |
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1
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DSL |
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512Kbps |
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SAT |
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448Kbps |
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EV-DO |
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384Kbps |
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UMTS |
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132Kbps |
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EDGE |
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128Kbps |
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ISDN |
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64Kbps |
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ISDN |
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48Kbps |
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MODEM |
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24Kbps |
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GPRS |
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INTERNET CONNECTIONS
Whether you are
using a wireless connection, (WiFi), a Cell Phone or Air Card
with (WyMAX), (HSUPA), (HSDPA),
(EV-DO), (UMTS), (EDGE),
(GPRS) or a wired connection such as
(ADSL), (DSL),
(ISDN), a cable modem, (CATV) or just a plain old dial-up
(Modem), this Bandwidth
Speed Test will give you the answer.
To calculate your connect speed we need
to send a large amount of data to your
computer. Your computer has already
started. When it's done, the results will
be displayed in the box at the top right
and in the Speed Test Thermometer on
the right.
To re-run the speed test, click the refresh button in your
browser.
Questions & Answers:
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How does this page calculate my connection speed?
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Why do I get different speed results each time I run the Bandwidth
Speed Test?
ACRONYMS
WiFi:
Wireless
Fidelity
WyMAX:
Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access (4G)
EV-DO: Evolution,
Data Only
HSUPA:
High Speed
Uplink Packet Access (3G Data +)
HSDPA:
High Speed
Downlink Packet Access (3G Data)
UMTS:
Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (3G)
EDGE:
Enhanced
Data Rates for Global Evolution (2G)
GPRS:
General
Packet Radio Service (1G)
ADSL:
Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line
DSL*:
Digital
Subscriber Line
ISDN*:
Integrated
Services Digital Network
CATV*:
Community
Access Television
Modem:
modulator/demodulator. A communications device that
converts one form of a
signal to another, typically from digital to analog and then from
analog to digital.
*Note: There is no such thing as a DSL Modem
or Cable Modem, since they do not modulate
a signal, they are best described as a terminal device, such as a
DSL Terminal Adapter.
How does this page calculate my connection speed?
Actually, this isn't just one Web page, it's two Web pages, each
with a hidden data file in the header area of the page. When either
of these pages loads, it notes the time just before and just after
the data file loads, then uses this information and the size of
the data file to calculate the rate at which the data arrived at
your computer.
When the first of these two pages was loaded, it did a rough calculation
using a small data file to provide an estimate of how long it will
take the second page, with its much larger data file, to download.
The second page, with its larger data file, allowed the second page
to calculate more accurate figures for the Your Throughput:
box and Speed Test Thermometer above.
Why do I get different speed results
each time I run The Bandwidth Speed Test?
Like any major highway system, the Internet information highway
has many roadways and interchanges, each with their own capacity
and speed limit, and, like highways for cars, sometimes you get
traffic delays. Just as you have to wait in a your car while other
traffic goes through at a traffic light, data sent to your computer
has to wait while other data passes through routers, the Internet
equivalent of an intersection, on it's way to you.
You are more
likely to run into slow Internet traffic during peak use hours than
those times when fewer people are online, such as after 11 p.m.
and before 7 a.m. If you really want to find out what your best
possible Bandwidth Speed Test result is, try loading this
page at 3:00am on a weeknight, when almost everyone is asleep when
Internet use is at it's lowest. (Friday and Saturday nights are
not a good choice.)
Raw Data:
If you're
just dying to see the raw data used to calculate your download speed,
here it is:
- download
start time:
- download
end time:
- download
time:
- download
size in thousands of bytes:
- estimated
line speed (K bits per second):
- estimated
line speed (K bytes per second):
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