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Test the Speed of your Broadband Connection

There are many sites that offer free testing of your broadband speed.

One of my favourites is SpeedTest.Net (http://www.speedtest.net). Not only does it have a nice-looking visual, but it is easy to use and provides useful information.

Steps:

Select the yellow pyramid (Test Using Recommended Server) to begin the test.

It then tests your Download Speeds, followed by Your Upload Speeds.

Once complete it generates a report, as well as other reports such as statistics for the entire world.

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Tests such as SpeedTest are worth running to see how closely they correlate with the Broadband plan you signed up for. They are particularly useful if you feel that the speed of your service has slowed down considerably. Note that there may be a variety of reasons your speed is slower than normal, therefore run the test several times at different times of the day, in case it is a one-off.

Other Speed Tests Links can be found at http://www.geejay.net/links.asp#broadband

December 5, 2007 - Posted by Geejay | Broadband, My favourite applications | , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

3 Comments »

  1. I like that speed tester, another one I really like is

    http://www.pcnineoneone.com/speedtest.html

    Comment by chadnew1 | February 15, 2008

  2. Dear Chadnew1,

    Thanks for sending through this speedtester.

    I agree that it is yet another good tester out there for computer users to check their broadband speed.

    Comment by Geejay | February 21, 2008

  3. I am a speed testing field and checking speeds of internet of various users on their request. I prefer http://www.check-speed.com as a mode to check speed.

    Comment by speedchecker | July 25, 2008


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