Sunday, January 22, 2023 – Force-restarting a frozen iPhone – Check the true speed of your Internet connection

How to check the true speed of your Internet connection

Is your Internet connection really as fast as your ISP claims it is? In reality, the answer should be yes (or at least fairly close).

Since there are many factors that affect the average speed of a typical high speed Internet connection, it’s unlikely that your actual upload and download speeds to will match your plan’s advertised speeds exactly.

But that being said, there shouldn’t be a whole lot of daylight between the two.

A fantastic website called SpeedTest.net will put your Internet connection through its paces and calculate your true data transfer speeds in both directions.

Running the speed test on your own Internet connection is easy. All you have to do is head over to www.speedtest.net and click the big Go button.

When the test is complete you’ll see the results right on the screen. If you want, you can then click the Go button again to run a second follow-up test.

Important: In order to get accurate results from the speed test you’ll need to make sure that the computer or mobile device you’re using to conduct the test is the only device that’s actively using your Internet connection.

If other devices are using the Internet while the test is in progress it will alter the results.

It’s also best to use a wired Ethernet connection if the device you’re using supports it because wired connections typically give more accurate results than WiFi connections.

That’s all there is to running the tests. If the speeds returned are considerably lower than the speed you’re paying for you should ask your ISP to send a tech out to fix the issue.

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