Website to Check Your Internet Speed

full-timer wrote:
There are several speed test each one will give a different reading.

yup, and none will give you the same results each time. speed depends on many different factors that can change in the blink of an eye. it's the nature of the beast when I care to know I run the test 3-times in a row and average the results.

This tip is as good as your “flip phone is more reliable than a smart phone” posting.

MrWizard wrote:
another one www.speedtest.net

Your link isn't working.

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.

I like speedof.me ... Doesn't require flash, Java or anything but a modern browser.

http://speedof.me

edit: clicky'd

There are several speed test each one will give a different reading.

another one www.speedtest.net