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Our mission at Speedtest by Ookla is to make the internet faster by providing data and insights on real-world internet speeds. With billions of tests worldwide, we meet you where you are with apps for the devices you use most.
What is FAST.com measuring? FAST.com speed test gives you an estimate of your current Internet speed. You will generally be able to get this speed from leading Internet services, which use globally distributed servers.
Why does FAST.com focus primarily on download speed? Download speed is most relevant for people who are consuming content on the Internet, and we want FAST.com to be a very simple and fast speed test.
How are the results calculated? To calculate your Internet speed, FAST.com performs a series of downloads from and uploads to Netflix servers and calculates the maximum speed your Internet connection can provide. More details are in our blog post.
What can I do if I'm not getting the speed I pay for? If results from FAST.com and other internet speed tests (like dslreports.com or speedtest.net) often show less speed than you have paid for, you can ask your ISP about the results.
I may be beating a dead horse here but I am having confusing speed test checks with my Starlink. (Casper, WY here) So I am running my own router setup (Asus AC3200), and I have a pretty advanced network setup in my home (brand new cat setup through out house, my remodel). Now I can speed test via the Starlink fast app on my phone and get 150 to 200mbps downloads with 25 to 40 uploads on a consistent bases for a month. I test on ookla on my phone and same results as Fast.com. Now I switch to my pc at the same exact times and it will not get more than 40mbps download but will get the same upload? .. "Confusing face".. I have been playing with my setup and laptop for a month regarding this issue and it will not change; Updated drivers, checked by taking my PC to my office, checked hardware in my PC and so forth thinking its my pc but I will get the speeds my office is set for ( 200mbps via wifi), no issue. I ethered direct to router at home and still only get about 40mbps. I have now taken my PC with me to my brothers in Nashville and my pc will register 300 to 400mbps on his fiber via wifi, no issue. So I am officially thinking it is not my PC. Back to my network: My xbox runs 100 to 150 speeds fine. My Cell phone speeds 160 to 200+ consistent just fine... I have direct cat to the router and my pc still only gets 40max.... am I missing something?
If you're on an old T-Mobile plan without unlimited high-speed data, your data feature may have a threshold on how much full speed data you can use during a billing cycle. After you pass the threshold, you can still access an unlimited amount of data, but the speed is reduced.
The internet experiences the most traffic between the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. when a lot of people are back home after work, probably gaming, streaming their favorite shows, and browsing the web. ISPs have a limited amount of bandwidth so they struggle to meet customer demand during these peak hours, causing a log jam that results in slower speeds. This means that to get a true picture of your max bandwidth, you should check your internet speed during off peak hours.
2. Open the Fast app and the speed test will immediately begin. After a few seconds, the app will tell you your internet download speed. Click on the Show more info if you wish to see your upload speed.
4. Ookla begins with a download test (how long it takes your device to save a copy of a file on the selected server) followed by an upload test (how long it takes your device to send a file to the server).
If you want to understand your internet speed test within a context, then TestMy.Net is a great option. In addition to giving you your download and upload speeds, this site also tells you what the average speed is for the chosen host and for specific geographic locations, like your city, your country, and the rest of the world. This allows you to see how your connection ranks among various groups of users, helping you to determine if your internet speed is keeping up with the Joneses, topping them, or lagging behind.
1. On a mobile or desktop browser, go to testmy.net and choose between one of three different network speed test options: Download speed test, Upload speed test, and Automatic speed test. You can tweak different settings depending on which one you choose.
The right internet speed for you depends on how many devices are connecting to your network and what those devices are doing. For casual browsing and streaming, speeds around 25 Mbps may suffice, while more intensive usage like 4K streaming, gaming, and multiple users might require 100 Mbps or more. Gigabit speeds are excellent for heavy usage and multiple users, while speeds above 1 Gbps are typically overkill for standard home use.
In order to get high speed, you need multiple antennas, and also space to separate them. These are big asks for phones, which generally don't need as much data as laptops as they are supporting a smaller screen. Similarly (but only slightly relevant here), the limits of batteries are more pronounced on phones, so they will often trade speed for battery life - and download speed may be a slight casualty of these decisions)
I just set up my new CM600 modem a few nights ago because my Orbi 2200 router was being unreliable. I bought the Orbi router has really helped cover my duplex apartment with good, reliable WiFi. I have the main router hub downstairs near our home office and the satellite upstairs near the living room. Part of the speed problems I've had were related to Spectrum internet service, which can't be blamed on the router.
However, one thing I noticed about the Orbi router is that the app includes a "Speed Test" service. After setting up the router, I was consistently told by the app on my phone (iPhone 8 Plus) that my download speeds were 200+ mbps, which was great and much better than my old internet speeds! My internet service plan from Spectrum is supposed to get me 200 mbps downloads. The Orbi app says their speed test is provided by Ookla, who also have their own speed test website and app on iphone. What I found out was that on my iPhone Orbi app, my download speeds were rated as 200+ mbps, but only 30-35 mbps on the separate Ookla speed test app (both are run from my phone). I checked the Speed Test website on my laptop in the same location and also got 30-35 mbps. This leads me to believe that Netgear may be using the Ookla Speed Test service, but they are manipulating the numbers on the app to make their router look faster and better as the numbers are inconsistent. On 3/26/2019 around 11:09 pm the Ookla Speed Test app measured a download speed of 39.5 mbps, whereas the Orbi Speed Test (powered by Ookla) measured 209.32 mbps download at 11:11 pm. You may notice that on 3/27/19 the Speed Test app screen shot (darker background) the speeds doubled, because that's after I upgraded by cable modem from an older Arris model to a Netgear CM600. However, strangely, the Orbi Speed Test app didn't measure much of a change in download speed after the modem upgrade.
The built in app with the orbi is hardwired into the orbi. So its going off a hardwired speed. I notice your screen shot is from a wireless device. The wireless device might be connected to teh 2.4ghz or if its on 5ghz might be having interference in your area. Try hardwiring in your laptop and testing the speeds that way. That'll give you an accurate measure of your speeds. Your results of that dictate the best way to troubleshoot this to be a connectio problem to a wireless issue.
That makes sense. I was hoping the Orbi app's speed test functionality would allow me to determine the best location for satellite routers by testing the speed from my wireless devices, but if it only tests the speed of the main router connected to my modem, then that doesn't seem to be the case and I would need to use a third-party solution. Thank you.
Speedtest is the app that the built in Orbi uses. You can use the same app on your phone for testing placment. Keeping in mind, you should run the test several times because Orbi will dynamically change 2.4-5ghz as needed for speed.
test on my phone using speedtest app getting 40-50 Mbs only which is hardly any better than the lynksys system I replaced. The brand new Roku Premier devises are also only showing 40-50 Mbs, our Samsung phones show 50-70 Mbs
using the speedtest in the Orbi app I installed during the setup process while in the exact same locations as the above tests getting 206-211 Mbs results - seems very strange that all others show much much slower speeds
It seems to me my remote devices are default connecting to the 2.4 Ghz band resulting in the much lower speed. I would guess the Orbi app is designed to only test on the 5Ghz band using the 802.11ac protocol.
By the way, I ditched the Ookla mobile app due to getting really strange slow readings on it compared to Ookla on the web (independently or through Orbi), and other speed tests using both pc and mobile. Also ditched the Ookla Chrome extension for Google for the same reason. All activity indicates I am getting the speed and those apps are doing somethig else. For me.
The odd thing is I discovered my new Roku Premier device did not suport the 802.11ac protocol (previous generation of the device did) so I purchased a Roku streaming stick + which is a 802.11ac dual-band MIMO only device - set it up and fully expected to see close to the 200 mbs download speed that I am getting on the laptop sitting less than a foot away from the roku device - but nope the connection test feature in the Roku device is showing only 41 Mbs download speed - why - who knows - hopefully that speed suffices for my streaming needs (from what I have read it should) - we are planning to cut the cable cord to save money - and are setting up and testing everything to make sure we are happy with the results before cutting the cord.
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