Also, if you have other computers active - such as someone watching a video - this is going to impact the results. The sites can't check upload and download speeds if you're shifting to other tabs. We ran each site three times, and found that the results each time for each site were in keeping with their own range.ĭo note, that as you run these you will need to keep your browser open on the page of the test. (And please, we know this is not the most scientific of tests.) Each one offered different results, and different kind of data. Our results on other sites were fairly varied. We were assured, in our app by Google, that this was "lightning fast." At the time of the test, we were told we had the ability to download at 68.7 Mbps, and upload at 5.76 Mbps. But we wanted to see how others compared to this data. We're not saying that the information is correct or now. We use Google Wifi in our work space, a mesh network that will tell us, happily, in our app what upload and download speeds are. But then you start to find sites loading slowly, or maybe you feel there's some lag at work.Ĭhecking to see the speed of your internet speed can help to ease your mind, and may help to tell you whether it's your set-up - and connection - or whether a particular site you're frequenting as well.
Signing up with an internet service provider, or ISP, the first thing they'll tell you is how fast your internet speed is going to be.