Speed Test App
Gerarda Zmuda
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.
Download speed measures how fast information can transfer to you. It affects things like how long it takes to download large files, update games, or show pages with lots of photos. Download speed is measured in megabits per second (Mbps). One gigabit is 1000 Mbps, two gigabits is 2000 Mbps.
Upload speed measures how fast information can transfer from you. It affects things like how you appear on video calls, how fast you can upload files to the cloud, and how long it takes to add attachments to emails. Upload speed is measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
Jitter measures the fluctuations in the speeds at which a stream of data is sent. A high jitter score can affect streaming and video calls, making them look and sound choppy or glitchy. Jitter is measured in milliseconds (ms).
When you select an Internet Connection from any ISP (Internet Service Provider) then the connection must meet the technical parameters which your ISP is telling you about on the paper. These parameters include your download speed, your upload speed and your ping (response time).
On paper, your ISP may tell you about different values, but while using the internet connection you will find that the values vary from each other. Therefore, it is necessary to perform speed test after a certain interval of time as it will help you discover the difference between the connection speeds on the paper and in real life.
We perform an internet speed test of your broadband, WiFi or mobile connection and provide you estimated values of certain parameters such as Download Speed, Upload Speed etc. The values that you see on the screen are the values that you are currently receiving from your ISP.
When you perform a speed test then the first that you will notice is the download speed. It shows the actual, real-time download speed of the data to your device in Mbps. The higher your download, the faster your internet connection will be.
Upload Speed is the second basic value that you will get when you perform a speed test. Just like the download speed, the upload speed is also measured in Mbps. Upload Speed means that how fast your internet can upload data to the Internet.
The third parameter that you will notice is Ping. Ping is the response time of your internet connection that is measured in milliseconds. Unlike Download and Upload speeds where higher value is better, for Ping the lower value, the better it is.
The most important use of Ping is for online gamers who need a quick response from the servers when playing online. The lower their ping is, the faster they will get the response from the server. A ping can be considered if its value ranges from 0-40 ms.
Disclaimer: The speed test tool is developed by Ookla. The results may vary and not be accurate for various reasons hence should not be considered definitive but rough estimation. You may furthermore test from other tools such as Speedtest.net, Fast.com, SpeedOf.me, TestMy.Net, Xfinity.
The device speed test checks the speed between your smartphone, tablet, computer, or other device and the internet. You can run the test through a cellular (mobile) network, a wired broadband connection, or your home Wi-Fi.
A gateway speed test checks the speed between your AT&T Wi-Fi gateway and our network. It reflects the speed coming into your home.
Your device speed varies, depending on the number of devices you connect to Wi-Fi, how you use them, their age and type, and Wi-Fi signal strength.
See what speeds you can expect from your devices
Check the speed and performance of your connected devices with the speed test provided by Ookla. A device speed test checks the speed between your smartphone, tablet, computer, or other device and the internet. You can run the test through a cellular (mobile) network, a wired broadband connection, or your home Wi-Fi.
Find the internet download and upload speeds for each of your devices. Device speeds vary, depending on how many devices you connect to Wi-Fi, how you use them, their age and type, and Wi-Fi signal strength.
See what speeds you can expect from your devices
Your internet can be slow for many reasons. Your internet plan may be too slow for your needs, your modem or router may be out of date, your router may be on the fritz, or you might have too many people using your Wi-Fi at the same time. We can help you identify where the problem is and how to fix it.
You can improve your internet speed by upgrading to a faster plan, updating your equipment, or taking simpler measures like closing out apps and browser windows. We can walk you through 10 steps to improve your internet speed in just 15 minutes.
The fastest internet providers are Google Fiber, Verizon Fios, Xfinity, Metronet, and Cox. All of those internet providers offer fiber or cable internet plans with gigabit speeds. See our report on the Fastest Internet Providers.
If you see inconsistent results, there might be a bottleneck on your end. You can troubleshoot poor internet speeds with our guide on how to fix slow internet. But your internet connection may just be slow either from your plan or your internet type.
The time (measured in milliseconds) it takes for a signal to travel from your device to an internet server and back. Lower latency means your connection has a better response time for activities like gaming and livestreams.
Hi there - sorry you've had a poor experience. I have the Orbi RBR50 mesh and the speed test on the browser admin session and Orbi app (same thing different app presentation layer) is not worth writing home about. It does not allow you to select a specific ISP's server like the Ookla Speedtest app itself on the Mac or iPhone or Apple TV, so defaults to some unknown one and never gives results the same as the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac version. I get 800+ down, 350+ up on these when hard wired into the RBR50 from my ISP's 900/400 plan but the Orbi app or RBR admin session gives consistently 500/100 results and the ping response has only just started to work in the newest Orbi app version when it used to show 0ms every time.
I logged a feature request last year for the lack of being able to choose a server and for the ping being wrong. Hopefully they are gradually resolving these quirks or have a bug on your model's firmware that isn't showing it, or they have decided to stop licensing Speedtest and have removed the feature from your model's firmware, but you'd think the6 would be able to confirm this.
As mentioned above, we usually recommend NOT using the Orbi's built-in speed test and instead going directly to speedtest.net or using their phone app. We've seen some cases where the Orbi measurement doesn't match what these direct methods report. Also, your measurement will be more correct because it is from your client (phone, PC) instead of just from your Orbi base router.
There are many reasons why your measured speed at home doesn't match the full capabilities of your ISP. This FAQ gives some basic first steps to diagnose and narrow down where the speed degradation is happening: -WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Community-FAQ-My-Orbi-speeds-are-slo...
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.
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