Quick, how fast is your Internet connection? Speedtest.net! I mean, everybody and their dog knows about speedtest.net. Kudos to Ookla's marketing department. The good thing about speedtest.net is that they work with around 6,000 servers in over 200 countries and regions, which makes the test results quite accurate, as you're always testing with a "local" server. On the flip side, speedtest.net usage has become so prevalent that quite a few carriers and ISPs have started "optimizing" traffic to/from Ookla's servers. This gives an excellent speed rating, and customers are happy. Win-win!
Did you know there are other (better?) alternatives out there? Why not try Big G's own speed test? Just type in, you guessed it, speed test on the Google search bar, and away you go. Service is provided by Measurement Lab (M-Lab). You can also try fast.com, which is powered by Netflix. Fast.com only measures download speed though. If you like real-time graphs and pie charts, give speedof.me a try. It measure upload speed, download speed, and latency. Download speed is calculated over 9 passes with different file sizes.
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