How to Test Your Internet Speed?

3 March 2022, 13:30 GMT

1 min.

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We are living in TL;DR¹ world and I got only 15 seconds to give you an IT advice. In this series, I will try to do this. Here we go with how to test your internet speed, using just an internet browser.

For best (most accurate) results connect your device to your router using a network cable instead of WiFi (if possible). When testing over WiFi make sure you are connected to fast 5GHz WiFi (if available) over 2.4GHz, and you are close to your router.

Fast.com (from Netflix)

Open website fast.com in your browser.
Website will start measuring your Download speed ‌immediately, after this is done
Click Show more info to test your Upload speed as well.

Speed Test (from Cloudflare)

Open website speed.cloudflare.com in your browser.
Website will start measuring your Download and Upload speed immediately.

Internet speed test (through Google, from Measurement Lab)

Open website google.com and search for speed test (or internet speed test).
On top of search results you will have an option to test your speed.
Click blue button Run Speed Test to test your Download and Upload speed.