Speedtest, what’s your speed?
Since the beginning of mankind that we feel the need to measure things. Internet bandwidth is no different. Since the beginning of the Internet, when ISDN was a luxury and downloading an X-Rated picture took more time than a DivX movie nowadays, that we need to know “How much do we have“.
Now more seriously, it’s legit to know, because at the end of the day we pay our ISP for the connection we have, well at least here in Portugal we pay.
This takes me to Speedtest. Speedtest is your convention page to measure your bandwidth. It tests your BW by making you download and upload a specific file. The coolness about this website is the interface and the fact that it allows you to choose from a broad selection of places, servers, in the world. I usually choose the one closest to my home, in my case that is Lisbon.
I have contract for a 24 Mbit/s connection. The catch is that they don’t guarantee 24Mbps, it’s a UP TO 24Mbps, so I have a lot less than that. My measure in the Lisbon server is:
Link: Speedtest
So, what’s your speed?
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