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How to check internet speed of Ookla on phones, computers quickly and easily

Author: Shaine Little
by Shaine Little
Posted: Jul 05, 2019

There are many times when bringing the voice of internet users "dozens of mesmerizing" packages that download too slowly, or sometimes not being able to access the internet is really frustrating, isn't it? Here, I would like to share with you how to check the network speed is as easy as eating candy.

We need to agree a little bit before going into network speed test because this is a lot of people confused. While operators use the term "fancy" to advertise network speed, applications use simpler numbers.

Go to https://speedtestfast.com/ookla-speed-test click the Go to button to start checking the network speed of Ookla. The system will simulate the uploading and downloading of data, after a retry, the results will appear as below.

Here I want to talk about MB / s and Mb / s, these 2 are different, but you can see it at first glance. MB means Megabyte and Mb means Megabit, 1 MB / s is equivalent to 8 Mb / s.

Thus, if the network is using 45 "mesmerizing" (or Mb / s), the corresponding will be 5.6 MB / s.

You will see more clearly the difference between these two numbers when using the Internet Download Manager quick download software to download data, for example, if it downloads 5 MB / s, the network speed will then be 40 Mb / S.

But you also understand, if your home has a lot of people using the network, the speed of giving out is not the same as when the network says, many users share the network, so I can't use the maximum speed of "max speed".

You will see more clearly the difference between these two numbers when using the Internet Download Manager quick download software to download data, for example, if it downloads 5 MB / s, the network speed will then be 40 Mb / S.

But you also understand, if your home has a lot of people using the network, the speed of giving out is not the same as when the network says, many users share the network, so I can't use the maximum speed of "max speed".

Temporarily so, now we go into how to check the network speed, it is easy, we will use some services that provide this feature for free online.

With normal internet, download speed (Download) will be higher than upload speed (Upload) so 2 numbers difference is normal.

Also, don't be happy when the first check of the numbers looks pretty or pretty bad, try running the test a few times and see how the numbers change.

You also notice a bit of response time (Ping), if this number is too large, ie the response time is long, it is clear that your network is slowing down. This one will play the game easily, Ping is high or dropped the game.

Network speed test service provider Ookla also offers an application called Speedtest on popular platforms like Android and iOS, even for Apple TV, Google Chrome, macOS and Windows if you don't like access via website.

Here I try on Android device. After installing the app, open it up, click Next and allow the application to access the location, so that it locates your location to select the appropriate test server, giving you the correct test results.

Touch the Go button to start the test, the alarm clock is almost the same when running on the computer. You can easily review the results of previous tests, to get a better view of the internet you are using.

Alternatively, you can access https://speedtestfast.com, which can also indicate the current internet speed you are using, but not as detailed and specific as the service that Ookla provides.

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Author: Shaine Little

Shaine Little

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