| When you're deciding to check broadband | | | | share them. It is a broadband connection |
| speed, the important first step is to find a | | | | analysis tool with a huge selection of |
| good tool. | | | | geographically dispersed testing servers. |
| | | | They provides this service free to hundreds |
| Where is my good Tool? | | | | of thousands of people every day. |
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| I usually use a file download to check | | | | Let's Start |
| broadband speed which is an easy and simple | | | | |
| way. You can download a 1M file from a | | | | Firstly, let's have a look at the face of |
| server, then you watch your clock carefully | | | | this software. |
| and see how long it will takes to finish. If | | | | |
| it takes 20 seconds, then we can easily | | | | When I firstly look at this picture, I |
| calculate the following result:broadband | | | | thought I am driving a jet airplane:) Yes, it |
| speed = 1024k/20 = 51.2k/s | | | | has a speed panel which allow you easily |
| | | | monitor your upload and download speed. |
| However, this way has some drawbacks: | | | | |
| | | | Then, You need to select a pyramid from the |
| 1. Server's location will affect your | | | | map. (eg. we choose San Francisco to test our |
| broadband speed result; | | | | speed) |
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| 2. Your Operating System may cache the file | | | | If you click San Francisco, you will find the |
| you downloaded before; | | | | panel start to rotate and there is a star |
| | | | moving from destination to your City. |
| 3. You need to watch your clock carefully to | | | | |
| calculate the time. | | | | Is it cool? Yes, it is. After couple of |
| | | | seconds, the result will show up on the |
| This Cool Tool | | | | screen. |
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| Fortunately, I found this cool tool which | | | | Check broadband speed Result |
| will let you feel fun when you check | | | | |
| broadband speed. | | | | Moreover, you can rate your ISP as well. |
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| Yes, this is | | | | Now that's an ending. Short, quick, final and |
| | | | filled with some cool pictures. You can start |
| Speedtest.net is a free broadband speed test | | | | to use this tool check broadband speed any |
| with servers located all over the world. | | | | where any time. |
| Compare your results with others and easily | | | | |