| Ever since the advent of the Internet and | | | | In the past, testing a computers Internet |
| personal computers finding their way into | | | | service bandwidth was done by simply |
| homes around the globe, people have been | | | | downloading a file of specific size and |
| talking about speed. Speed, as it pertains to | | | | timing it as this was done. This was adequate |
| a computer connected to the Internet, | | | | to some extent, but doing it this way made it |
| referres to the time that it takes to | | | | difficult to test the speed of uploading a |
| download or upload files on the Internet. | | | | file. Now however, there are online services |
| While, for some people these tasks can be | | | | that will give you a bandwidth test that |
| quite time consuming for others downloading | | | | effectively tests the speed of both |
| or uploading files happens almost | | | | procedures at once. |
| instantaneously, because their service is so | | | | |
| much faster. | | | | Increase Your Internet Service Speed |
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| Speed is Measured in Kilobits Per Second | | | | A bandwidth test is accomplished by an online |
| | | | service sending your computer a file, which |
| The rate at which a computer uploads or | | | | your computer downloads and then subsequently |
| downloads data files is measured in (kilobits | | | | uploads back to the sender who times the |
| second) and it is the download speed which | | | | total procedure. By doing it this way, a |
| most people are concerned with. This is | | | | complete and more accurate number is arrived |
| simply due to the fact that this is the | | | | at, which can then be used when implementing |
| function that by far most people will find | | | | changes that can increase the overall speed |
| themselves using. Naturally of course, if | | | | of your Internet service. It is important to |
| someone spent their entire day uploading | | | | bear in mind that even if you have snail-slow |
| files then they would be more concerned with | | | | dial up service, there is now the means |
| that function. | | | | available to bring your service speed up |
| | | | considerably without changing your service. |
| Test Download And Upload Speed | | | | |
| | | | Written by Jamie Charlesten. |