Monday, March 22, 2010

How really fast is your internet?

     Supposed that you've applied a 256kbps internet connection at your home. Do you think the service was worth it? Well, one thing to put it to the test is by using the speedtest sites that measures actual download and upload speed provided by your ISP for a particular moment. Just visit the site http://www.speedtest.net/ select a particular host server. And just wait for the results.

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     As shown in the figure, it will basically tells you have long will you be able to complete a download depending on different applications such as music files, movie files, or movie clips. Of course, the higher download speed (measured in milliseconds or ms), the better your internet connection at the time being. Now, its time for you to test it and see for yourself if your current internet connections or subscription is all worth the hype...

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