| Internet Speed Test - How Fast Is It | | | | Newer is Bettter |
| Make no mistake about it, speed is everything in this | | | | The old way of testing Internet speed was pretty |
| day and age. This fixation with speed has now | | | | straight forward. A file of a known size was |
| transferred over to the Internet as well and it seems | | | | transferred and as it was done the time it took to |
| that nothing on the net now is ever fast enough. So | | | | do so was recorded and it was as simple as that. |
| how fast is your Internet service anyway? Is is up | | | | There is a new way however, that is far more |
| to your standards? These are a few of the | | | | accurate and also far less time consuming. |
| questions that more and more web users are asking | | | | Increase Your Speed |
| themselves and an Internet speed test is a great | | | | It is done through an online service. What the service |
| way to find out. | | | | does, is to send your computer a package of data |
| Download and Upload Data Transfer Rate | | | | that your computer then sends back to them. In this |
| There are two components that actually determine | | | | way an accurate reading of your actual Internet |
| your Internet speed and they are your upload and | | | | speed is ascertained. Why do you need to know |
| your download rate of data transfer. Both of these | | | | your Internet speed? Once you know your Internet |
| functions are measured in kilobits per second, but it is | | | | speed then you can Begin to take actions to increase |
| the download function that tends to be the most | | | | it. As you do these things, then you can go back to |
| important, simply due to the fact that it is the | | | | recheck your Internet speed to gage any |
| function that is most often used by a person on their | | | | improvements that have, or have not taken place. |
| computer. | | | | Written by Jamie Charlesten. |