Want to know how fast your Internet connection really is? Measure your internet connection speed and see how fast your download, upload, ping and jitter are.
You pay the provider for an Internet connection, which must comply with certain technical parameters within the selected tariff. Among them are not only the download speed, but also the transfer speed along with the delay or response (ping).
In practice, however, the measured values may differ significantly from those indicated on paper. Sometimes for a long time, sometimes only for a short period of time due to a technical problem or aggregation - the shared potential of an Internet connection between multiple users. Speedtest will help you spot the differences and show you what your connection really is like. And all this within a few tens of seconds and without complicated settings.
From the user's point of view, everything is simple. Directly in the web browser, click on the measurement button and wait. Before running speedtest, it is important to disable all tasks, applications, and devices that might be using Internet connections. This would affect the results, and you would not learn anything, or the conclusions would not have the required accuracy.
The technical decisions and background of speedtest are complex in themselves, but in short and very simplistic, the test simulates the situation when you upload and download data. Based on how quickly these transfers occur, measured values are calculated. You can test the speed of up to thirty test servers located in various geographic locations. What data will you find out?
The test results will present a series of key values against which you can evaluate your connection and immediately choose, for example, a different plan or a different provider. The main values are:
The download will show you in Mbps the data download speed on your device. The higher the value, the better, because the faster the download, the less time you will have to wait while you download a web page, or e.g. an email attachment. Internet connectivity at home tends to be asymmetrical. This means that the upload speed for the user is faster than the upload speed.
The specified upload speed is another main value that the test results will show. Upload again expresses in Mbit / s how fast you can upload Internet data with a given connection. The higher the number, as with download, the better. Fast loading is important, for example, for cloud backup or video streaming. The higher the value, the faster you can upload data from the device to the Internet.
The three main parameters culminate in a response (ping) in milliseconds. On the contrary, the lower the better. Its value is especially important for online game players who need a fast server response when playing so that there is no delay in the game. Everything below 40ms can be considered relatively fast, and everything in the 0-10ms range is really good.
Jitter is also part of the results. It expresses in milliseconds fluctuations in the value of ping, and hence the stability of the connection. The result should be as low as possible. The higher the jitter value in the test, the less stable the Internet connection.
Speedtest results will show in detail how many MB of data you can theoretically download and upload in a given period of time. You can easily find out whether the indicated amount of data, and thus the speed, is sufficient. It's useful, isn't it?. Blog and website owners have the option to embed a connection speed test for free directly on their website via the embed code.
Connecting to the Internet is certainly not the case when what was yesterday is valid today. Don't forget to repeat the speedtest from time to time or use it any time you suspect connection speed problems.
He will answer you immediately, and you have the opportunity to decide what your next steps will be. In any case, wasting time with a slow Internet does not make sense nowadays.
Learning how to measure the speed of an Internet connection correctly. With the help of what resources you can correctly check the Internet, what parameters you need to look at and how to determine whether a good result is in front of you.
I will definitely tell you about Megabit and Megabyte, they are often confused, and I will also tell you what ping (Ping) is and why it is often kicked out of online games because of it. In general, I will show in detail how to find out the speed of the Internet on a computer.
Hello everyone, today I decided to write an article that will allow you to qualitatively analyze the speed of an Internet connection. You can find a lot of materials from different sources, which in one way or another show where you need to go and what numbers to look at. But now you repeated all this on your computer, you saw numbers, large or small with different units of measurement.
Sit, look at them, sometimes you even rejoice, but what do these data mean? It was displayed to you, for example: Input - 10 Mbps, Outcome - 5 Mbps, Ping - 14 and what's next, it's good for you, or if you don't look at it, then you say, they say these numbers are nothing to you do not speak? And in most cases, everything is exactly like that, we see the result, but we can’t analyze it, because we don’t know what each direction means.
In general, I decided to write an article on this topic, just yesterday. I talked with a friend, and it so happened that we started talking about the Internet. He asks me - Vanek, what is your Internet speed? Well, I said, I pay 300 rubles for 8 MB / s. Without hesitation, a friend answered, well, bullshit you have the Internet, I have 30 Mbps for only 250 rubles. The whole thing was also said with such a clever look, I could not restrain myself, I laughed when I walked away, I immediately thought - that's the topic for a new article.
Understanding users have already figured out what the catch is, and for those who haven’t caught it, we carefully read the article and absorb useful knowledge. Probably another 15 minutes I had to explain to a friend that he was a little mistaken with the choice of the Internet and the money he pays can be spent more wisely armed with good Internet. I won't ramble too much, let's move on.
In order to understand and correctly analyze the speed of Internet connections, you need to be well versed in the units of measurement with which you will actually measure your Internet in the future.
This is very important, it is necessary, well, it is necessary, it is necessary, otherwise there is simply no way. After all, when you come to the store, you tell the seller how many kilograms of apples you need to sell, or you yourself calculate how many kilograms of potatoes you need to buy to last at least a week for the whole family, you even tritely consider how many grams of sweets to buy so that you have enough money to pay off. Now closer to the point.
When you start wondering about the internet, you will come across two units of measurement - those will be Megabits and Megabytes. We go in order.
The prefix MEGA is the prefix millionaire, you don’t need to pay special attention to them, it’s just an abbreviation, replacing the number 10 to the 6th power. Once again, we do not look at the prefix, we follow everything that is written further, namely, we look at BITS and BYTES. (megaBIT, mega BYTE)
A bit is the smallest unit of measure used in calculations in the "computer world", think of a bit as one unit - 1
A byte is naturally also a unit of measure, but it contains 8 bits, which means that a byte is eight times larger than a bit.
Once again, BYTE is 8 bits.
30 Mbps or 3.75 Mbps, where you have to understand that these are two identical numbers. That is, when you have taken measurements and you have shown the result in megabits, you feel free to divide it by 8 and get the real result. In our example, 30 Mbps/8= 3.75 Mb
Have not forgotten about my conversation with a friend, now you can go back and see why I did not agree with my friend, what was his mistake? Look, count, it will be useful for fixing.
In addition to units of measurement for a competent analysis of the Internet connection, you need to know that there are two types of connection. Incoming and outgoing.
It's not difficult at all, but you have to read it once just to know. Incoming information is everything that you download to your computer, watch online, listen to music, in general, everything that you browse on the Internet will be called incoming traffic.
But when your computer transmits information, let's say you play an online game and small packets of information that control actions in the game leave your computer without fail, or for example you upload a photo to a social network, all this will be considered outgoing traffic.
Remember:
Everything we take on the Internet is incoming traffic.
Everything we send to the Internet is outgoing traffic.
Now a little tip, when analyzing, you can ignore outgoing traffic. Why? Because with a good performance of the incoming Internet connection, the outgoing one will automatically be good. They go in a complex, but you need to remember that the speed of incoming information is always higher, sometimes even twice, but this is not scary.
When measuring the speed of the Internet, you will see such pictures and this is normal:
I think we have figured out the numbers more or less and now you can easily analyze the speed of the Internet connection as accurately as possible. Although it is probably worth making a small digression to suggest what speed will be enough and for what purpose.
Here is a table that will serve as a hint to this question, and if you do not understand, then write in the comments to this article, as soon as I see it, I will immediately write the answer.
| A task | Internet connection speed | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Viewing text and graphic information | 10 Mbps or 1 Mbps | Slow Internet |
| Watch online movies, listen to music, play, chat on Skype | From 20 Mbps to 40 Mbps | Good multitasking. |
| Browsing the Internet, downloading large amounts of information, high-quality video and other high loads | From 80 Mbps and above | Universal for all occasions |
I often hear the question, but with such an Internet, how long can I download a movie? To be honest, such questions annoy me a little, if you know how to count, then why not do it, it’s forgivable for adults and older people of the past generation, but now young people should be educated and instantly give out information of interest, so I won’t even write about this, but just in case, I will show the principle of calculation in the video, so after reading the text, do not be lazy to take a couple of minutes to watch the video.
And besides this, you should always remember that a virus can get on your computer and the speed will be reduced several times,
As I said at the beginning, there are a lot of different resources that provide an opportunity, so to speak, to weigh, measure your Internet. But as practice shows, only some of them work stably and can give correct information, and not fantasize ...
yandex.ru/internet- for me, this is the best resource for measuring the Internet.
speedtest.net/en/- a mega popular site for determining speed, but it only works fine for me after the second scan. After the first time, it shows not real numbers, so I immediately run it a second time and get a normal, real result.
www.ip.ru/speed/- the site can do a lot of useful things, I like it, but unfortunately it often deceives with Internet measurements, but it gives some useful information, who is served, which provider and where the service platform is located.
By the way, I took examples of pictures from these sites, in the video I will show each site separately, and you yourself will choose which one you like best. When you analyze the results, you may notice another interesting parameter - Ping (ping)
This parameter can often be heard, especially among those who like to play online games. These type of people, to be honest, are a little obsessed with pings during the game.
I even had a case 7-8 years ago when I myself enter the game, as I remember now - it was Counter-Strike. Well, I went in, I play, here I hear a lot of fuss, screams and discontent, and in every sentence they shout at him a high ping, let's kick him out. And in fact, they kicked me out of the room by a general vote, of course I was not very pleased, but there was nothing to do.
On that day, I spent several hours learning the cursed word for me at that time, ping.
But in fact, the essence of its work is very simple, I will not load your heads, but I will only say that this is also a unit of measurement that shows the speed of data transfer from your computer to the server.
Now, quite simply, you entered the game, at the moment when you perform some action for you, the character simply makes a movement. And on the technical side, in order to even just move your character from its place, the computer must send a command (packet of files) to the server, and the time that these files will fly to the server, be processed there and return back will be called ping.
In fact, it turns out Ping is the speed of data exchange between the computer and the server.
Everything is quite simple here, the first and main reason is the physical distance between your computer and the game server. For example, you play in Moscow, and the server is in China, it turns out a very long distance and therefore it takes more time to transfer data packets. And at this moment we are cursing, they say the game lags.
Naturally, the speed of your Internet will affect the ping, the faster the connection, the lower the ping will be. Next, you need to understand that ping can increase if the transmission line is overloaded, that is, your provider serves not just one of your apartments, but a whole house or street, and if everyone decides to surf the Internet at the same time, then you get a little chaos.
Rational use of traffic is when you are sitting at home on the Internet via Wi-Fi, playing, and your parents are watching TV shows through the same Wi-Fi at the same time, your younger sister is sitting on a tablet in the next room and playing her games. The more people using the access point at the same time, the lower the Internet speed becomes and the ping grows accordingly.
There are three ways to lower ping:
Have you figured out what's what? I think that all of you understood a long time ago, so I will round off. Below you can find a video to consolidate the material you read, do not be lazy, you need to watch it.
Well, what have you read? Then we go down below and write our comment on this article, otherwise how will I know if you read it at all or not? See you soon, bye friends.
Hello site readers. IT lessons. Today we will deal with the popular question " how to measure internet connection speed?» Everyone is interested to know if we get those megabits per second that we paid for and why sometimes files or sites load oh-oh-very slowly ...
In this IT lesson, you will use the knowledge gained in the previous two lessons: "" and ""
Of course, you would like to press one button and quickly find out your speed ... this is also possible, but the accuracy will not be high. In addition, you need to take into account some factors that affect the data transfer rate and the result of its testing.
The lesson is great, if you need to find something specific, you can use the content:
First, let's look at what can affect the quality of measuring the speed of an Internet connection. And there are many such factors:
In most cases, the most important item on this list will be the first item - server speed. Let's give some illustrative examples.
Example 1
If you connect your computer to a local area network using a cable (twisted pair), then connection speed with another computer on the same network(in your city) will be very large, for example, 70 Mbps
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Example 2
Now we measure the speed between our computer and some server on the other side of the country. Maybe we'll get about 20 Mbps
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Example 3
Imagine that all 800 regular readers of the IT-lessons site connected to this server at once and started downloading different files. Connection speed with loaded server will decrease and for you it will be, for example, 3 Mbps
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Example 4
Now let's try to download the file from a server in another country, for example, in Australia, we get less 1 Mbps!
Now, I think it is clear that the measured speed depends on which server you have chosen to test: its location, its own maximum speed and its workload affect. That is, you need to understand that:
The speed of all servers (containing sites and files) is different and depends on the capabilities of these servers.
The same applies to other items (for example, the connection speed will be different when connecting to the network directly or through a router, and will also depend on the characteristics of this router).
It is advisable to complete these points if you want to get the most accurate result of checking the speed of the Internet connection. If approximate measurements are enough for you, then you can proceed to the next section of the lesson.
Network Usage in Task Manager (Green line jump - Internet connection speed check process)
In addition, each measurements must be taken several times. to improve testing accuracy.
There are several ways to measure the speed of an Internet connection. Consider them in order of increasing complexity of use.
Since we are now at the “Beginner” level, we will consider the first method in detail, and for experienced users I will briefly describe the remaining two.
This is the one the easiest way to measure"Press one button and find out everything quickly." Accuracy is relative, but simplicity attracts. 🙂
note that online tests have different accuracy!
I will tell you only about the most popular services.
Let's start with the most popular and most accurate online internet speed test(plus it's free). I will dwell on it in more detail and advise all readers of the site to start using this particular method.
2. Find the button " Start verification» and press it:
Click the "Start Check" button
3. At the end of testing, you see three results:
First number indicated by the word "Ping" (read "ping"), denotes network packet transmission time. The smaller this number, the better the quality of the connection (preferably less than 100 ms).
The second number is the data acquisition speed. It is this figure that providers advertise when connecting (it is for these megabits per second that you pay your honestly earned rubles / hryvnia / dollars / yuan 🙂).
The third number is the data rate. As you can see, it can be noticeably less than the download speed, and the provider is silent about this (but, in most cases, a high outgoing Internet speed is rarely required).
If you want to measure the speed of an Internet connection with a particular city, then select it on the map (all major cities on the planet are available) and click the "Start Test" button again.
Thus, you can check the examples I have given for yourself.
The creator of the “speedtest” has another interesting online service that checks internet connection qualityhttp://pingtest.net/.
On the company's main website there are many more interesting opportunities for testing network connections http://www.ookla.com/.
The principle of operation for all services is the same: they pressed a button, waited, got a number ... but the results are different.
2. Add multiple downloads from different fast file servers, like this one (test archive) and this one (Linux distribution)
3. We set in the settings maximum number of threads(sections to download)
4. Keeping track of top speed file uploads:
The maximum achieved speed is highlighted in the image with a red rectangle.
We learned how to measure the speed of data transfer over the Internet, now let's see where it can be applied.
Let's say we want to download average quality movie, which usually takes 1.4 GB. Let's calculate at different speeds:
Compare with time music downloads(for example, an mp3 file in good quality, about 10 MB in size):
At the same time, it is worth remembering that there is a guaranteed speed and a speed not guaranteed by the provider (we dealt with this in the IT lesson).
So, today we learned how to check the speed of the Internet (Internet connection) in three ways. We learned that in addition to speed, you need to take into account the quality of the connection, which is indicated by “ping” (we will deal with it separately). And yet, we clearly estimated what speed would be sufficient to download the movie. Thus, we have completed the topic of information units and data transfer rates. What's next?
Already guessed? Of course, test! This time there will be few questions, but I advise you to re-read (including this one). If you're ready, then
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It seems to you that the Internet is too slow, although the provider claims that the speed is in accordance with the contract. How to check the veracity of these assurances? Unfortunately, the services available on the network for measuring connection speed do not always give accurate results. Sometimes this is because the measurement method is not the most efficient, but often the problem is “on our side”.
Here are four rules to follow in order to measure your Internet speed more accurately.
Restarting the device is a standard first step, usually suggested to solve almost any technical problem, especially important for routers and high-speed digital modems. Both devices are essentially mini-computers. Tiny computers that perform serious functions, such as ensuring that all kinds of traffic from all your desktop and mobile devices connected to the Internet are properly routed. Like desktops or smartphones, they also start to fail over time. This manifests itself in slow loading of web pages or “slowdown” of streaming video. Therefore, rebooting helps to return devices to a fully functional state.
You probably guessed this most important rule yourself. Obviously, a dozen web pages open on a computer will skew the measurement results, but also make sure that all other programs and devices using the Internet are turned off. Here are a few examples off the top of my head: music services running in the background, automatic patch downloads via Windows Update, TV streaming on the TV in the next room, and so on.
Don't forget about mobile devices. Most smartphones detect a wireless network and automatically connect to it. Therefore, for the duration of the test, put your favorite gadget into airplane mode (unless you are using it to measure Internet speed). When you are not sure if a device is currently using the Internet, it is best to disable it before taking measurements.
Another sensible thing to do before conducting an Internet connection speed test is to clear your browser's cache. And you have to do this every time if you want to take several measurements in a row. Most Internet speed tests work by uploading and downloading one or more files of a certain size, and then calculating the connection speed from the amount of time it takes.
Therefore, if you check several times in a row, each subsequent result may be distorted, because. these files remain on your computer after the previous test (i.e. they are cached).
Obviously, you can skip this step if you are using a special application or other (non-browser) method to check the Internet speed.
Last but not least, use HTML5-based internet speed measurement services. Experts believe that tests based on Flash technology have an error of up to 40%.
The most popular speed tester, Speedtest, is currently powered by Flash, but the service will soon switch completely to using HTML5. Although you can try out the beta version of Speedtest based on HTML5 now.
With the help of the above tips, you will be able to minimize the errors in measuring the speed of the Internet connection, which will certainly increase the accuracy of the results. However, keep in mind that you will receive a momentary assessment of the quality of the current connection between your device and the testing server. That is, you will have a general idea of how fast (or slow) your Internet is, but this does not mean that the same bandwidth will be maintained when connecting between your device and any other point on the network.
Have a great day!
“Connection speed” refers to the amount of information downloaded per second.
Bits per second are used as units for this value. A bit is a binary value (1 or 0).
Using single bits to measure the connection speed would give too cumbersome values.
Therefore, to designate a large number of bits, metric prefixes are used: kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-.
That is, a speed of 1 Kb / s (Kbps) means that the device receives 1000 bits of information per second. How to measure internet speed yourself?
Modern communication technologies allow the use of the megabit as a standard unit, at the user level.
The average Internet connection speed in the world in 2014 was 3.9 Mbps.
Modern providers provide tariff plans up to 100 Mbps. This is the maximum limit of most home ports, at least as of today.
The most common connection technology is broadband cable connection. This type of connection has replaced dial-up modem connections.
The use of our own fiber optic lines, instead of the telephone network, has significantly increased traffic volumes.
So the modem connection provided no more than 56 Kbps.
Note! The standard home broadband connection is 10 Mbps. That is, for most users who do not have special requirements for connection speed, this is enough. This value is enough to download files, work with cloud services and feel comfortable online.
With commercial networks, things are somewhat more complicated. Each company has its own needs and, most often, an individual contract is formed on certain conditions.
For small companies and offices, a household connection is enough. 
Important: Providers prefer to remain silent about the fact that the speed of outgoing traffic is an order of magnitude lower than the speed of incoming traffic. For ordinary people, this is not so critical, but if you need to send large amounts of data, then this circumstance is better taken into account.
In any case, the connection speed declared in the tariff is somewhat less in practice. The quality of communication at any given time depends on many factors.
The workload of the provider's nodes and the quality of home device settings affect the connection speed.
Wi-Fi connectivity is affected by even more circumstances:
And this is in addition to the features of the wired connection. As a result, it turns out that the actual connection speed will always be slightly lower than stated in the tariff.
He has more than seven billion checks on his account.
The service allows not only to measure the speed, but also to save the test results in a profile, publish them on social networks and in a public comparison.
By the way, the average value based on the results of all checks is 22.7 Mbps.
Let's proceed directly to the process of measuring speed.
The example uses an ADSL connection via a Wi-Fi router with another active user. Tariff speed 5 Mbps.
First you need to go to the speedtest website.
After downloading, it will look like this (pictured below).
The determination of the region and the most suitable server occurs automatically, but each user can independently select any one of the servers available around the world (1 choice on the world map, 2 - navigation around the site).
The white dots on the map indicate the available servers. 
In addition, the counter of the number of checks (4) is displayed, as well as the current IP address with the name of the provider (5). The check can be started (3) immediately after loading the interface, or after determining the required server.
First of all, the service measures the ping (1). Ping is the time it takes for a data packet to travel from the user's PC to the server and back.
This value is measured in milliseconds.
The higher the indicator, the slower the connection, the longer the sites load and the worse the games work.
This indicator reflects the amount of data received from the server per second. Here you can clearly see how the tariff speed (5 Mbps) differs from the actual one.
The example used an ADSL connection, which is why the spread in values is so large.
In broadband wired connections, it will be an order of magnitude smaller.
Internet speed test completed.
In addition, you can send the results to the public rating (2). There, the results of all checks are collected and compared.
Gratitude to the creators of the resource for the services provided can be expressed not only by good karma, but also by quite material means (3).
The most objective results are usually obtained after several checks. D
To optimize the process, a new check button (4) is provided. It is possible to initiate a check with another server (5).
Interesting! There is a mini version of the service that can be embedded into websites. Distributed for free. It can be used both for personal needs and with registration in the Ookla service, then the load on the channel will increase, because measurements from all over the world will take place using the registered server.
There is also a version for mobile platforms. Download for free in the AppStore or GogglePlay. A mobile version is available for smartphones and tablets that support Internet access.
Once you have determined your connection speed, there are some steps you can take to improve it. Of course, if the values suit you, then there is nothing to worry about.
Connection acceleration options will be discussed later.
The first thing that comes to mind is changing the tariff plan or provider. But these are cardinal steps designed to significantly increase the speed.
Some increase in speed can also be obtained due to small manipulations with your own computer.
Here are a few ways to help increase your internet speed.
In fact, the number of downloaded megabits will remain the same, but by optimizing the work with traffic, you can achieve better browser performance:
With the information given in the material, managing the connection speed, measuring it and optimizing the work with the Internet will not be difficult.
How to measure internet speed yourself?
