Website to Check Your Internet Speed
I came across this site recently and found it works very well in measuring your speed. It's also very easy to remember: www.fast.com Just thought I'd share it for general info.
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fast.com is a Netflix product. It will only tell you the download speed you will get when downloading video. These results may or may not closely match speedtest.net results, depending on whether or not video speeds are being constrained on your account.
AT&T accounts can have Stream Saver turned on or off. IF Stream Saver is turned on (to save data usage), you will see much slower speeds when testing on fast.com then you will see when testing with speedtest.net. If this is the case, you can go into your online AT&T account and turn it off. There is no "up charge" to do this, but you will use more data.
Verizon recently applied a similar speed constraint on video streaming. They will now allow you to turn it off if you agree to pay them $10 more a month.
AT&T accounts can have Stream Saver turned on or off. IF Stream Saver is turned on (to save data usage), you will see much slower speeds when testing on fast.com then you will see when testing with speedtest.net. If this is the case, you can go into your online AT&T account and turn it off. There is no "up charge" to do this, but you will use more data.
Verizon recently applied a similar speed constraint on video streaming. They will now allow you to turn it off if you agree to pay them $10 more a month.
