Speedtest.net
Encyclopedia
Speedtest.net is a free broadband connection
analysis website founded by Ookla Net Metrics in 2006. The company is based in Kalispell, Montana
. Users can test their internet speed against hundreds of geographically dispersed servers
around the world. At the end of each test, users are presented with their download (the speed of data from the server to your computer) and upload (the speed of sending data from your computer to the server) bandwidth speeds. The tests are performed completely within your web browser over HTTP (just like normal web browsing). Since its inception, over 2.8 billion speed tests have been conducted on Speedtest.net.
The site also offers detailed statistics based on users' test results. This data has been used by numerous publications in the analysis of internet speed around the world.
) and a small team of other Speakeasy employees.
, ping
and jitter
.
Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency....
analysis website founded by Ookla Net Metrics in 2006. The company is based in Kalispell, Montana
Kalispell, Montana
Kalispell is a city in and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2010 census put Kalispell's population at 19,927 up 5,704 over 2000. At 40.1% this is the largest percentage of growth of any incorporated city in Montana. Kalispell is the largest city and commercial center...
. Users can test their internet speed against hundreds of geographically dispersed servers
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
around the world. At the end of each test, users are presented with their download (the speed of data from the server to your computer) and upload (the speed of sending data from your computer to the server) bandwidth speeds. The tests are performed completely within your web browser over HTTP (just like normal web browsing). Since its inception, over 2.8 billion speed tests have been conducted on Speedtest.net.
The site also offers detailed statistics based on users' test results. This data has been used by numerous publications in the analysis of internet speed around the world.
History
The owner and operator of Speedtest.net, Ookla Net Metrics, was established in 2006 by Mike Apgar (founder and previous CEO of SpeakeasySpeakeasy (ISP)
Speakeasy, Inc. is a broadband internet service provider and Voice over IP carrier based in Seattle, Washington, United States. They are known for their liberal usage policies for home users whereby subscribers are explicitly permitted to run any number of serversand are permitted to resell their...
) and a small team of other Speakeasy employees.
Technology
The technology behind Speedtest.net is identical to that of the Ookla Speed Test which is provided to a wide variety of companies and organizations on a licensed basis. Speedtest.net Mini is a free stripped-down version of the speed test technology used on Speedtest.net that users can run on their own web server. Together, over 20 million speed tests are generated each month using Ookla's software.Data
Top 5 Countries: Download Speed | ||
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Position | Country | Average Download Speed |
1 | Lithuania | 32.40 Mbit/s Data rate units In telecommunications, bit rate or data transfer rate is the average number of bits, characters, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system. This is typically measured in multiples of the unit bit per second or byte per second.- Avoiding confusion :To be as... |
2 | South Korea | 29.47 Mbit/s |
3 | Sweden | 24.96 Mbit/s |
4 | Latvia | 24.93 Mbit/s |
5 | Kingdom of Romania | 24.05 Mbit/s |
Top 5 Countries: Upload Speed | ||
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Position | Country | Average Upload Speed |
1 | South Korea | 26.27 Mbit/s Data rate units In telecommunications, bit rate or data transfer rate is the average number of bits, characters, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system. This is typically measured in multiples of the unit bit per second or byte per second.- Avoiding confusion :To be as... |
2 | Lithuania | 22.82 Mbit/s |
3 | Latvia | 15.42 Mbit/s |
4 | Kingdom of Romania | 11.38 Mbit/s |
5 | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 10.84 Mbit/s |
Pingtest.net
In 2009, a beta version of pingtest.net was launched. In 2010, the official and final version was released. It allows users to determine the quality of their broadband connection by measuring packet lossPacket loss
Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data travelling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Packet loss is distinguished as one of the three main error types encountered in digital communications; the other two being bit error and spurious packets caused due to noise.-...
, ping
Ping
Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer...
and jitter
Jitter
Jitter is the undesired deviation from true periodicity of an assumed periodic signal in electronics and telecommunications, often in relation to a reference clock source. Jitter may be observed in characteristics such as the frequency of successive pulses, the signal amplitude, or phase of...
.