Need To Know Your Internet Speed? 5 Sites To Do So

By: Karan Goel | 14th December 2009

Do you feel your internet is running slow? Do you feel that your Internet Service Provider is playing “games” on you?  Do you feel embarrassed when you show-off your 2mbps connection to your friend just to find that he is laughing at the slow speed?

If yes, then dig in as I introduce you to the 5 websites that will tell you your Internet speed. What else, some of these will also tell your approximate download and upload rate. So, visit these resources and test and measure your internet speed.

1. Speed.io - Speed.io is a modern DSL speedtest to analyze your broadband internet access. You find that your internet connection is too slow or you are just curious how fast you are – speed.io is a perfect tool for a fast speed check – worldwide.

speed.io measures your current internet speed to the nearest server (we have almost 50.000 server worldwide). They test your download (speed with which you receive data from internet), upload (speed with which you send data to the internet), connection test (maximal number of connections per minute) as well as ping (response time between your computer and the internet).

2. 2Wire Speed Test -Simply click on the “Speed Meter” link located at the top. Then leave the page for a few seconds and your results will be shown like this.

3. McAfee Speed Test -Internet Speed testing service from one of the world’s biggest Security Solutions firm, McAfee. Just click the “Start The Test” button, and the results are shown in just a flash with a funky speedometer along the result.

4. Intel Speed Test -Even many techies do not know about the Internet Speed tester by Intel. The layout is really very cool and the graphics along with the result make the overall interface much more interesting.

5. Bandwidth Place -The site has a simple and effective layout. Just hit the ‘Start’ button and get going.

Which service or application do you use to measure internet connection speed? Share with us by adding a comment!