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