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Bandwidth Speed Tests
Think your 56K connection feels more like a 28.8? Are you paying for High Speed 3Meg DSL and only getting Low Speed DSL 700K? You might be! Take the Internet speed test to see how fast your Internet connection really is. The following 8 sites allow you to accurately test the speed of ANY internet connection for FREE. Accurate for Dial Up, DSL, EVDO, HSPDA, Cable and any other method of getting to the Net.
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McAfee Speed Test Click here (very fast test)
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Intel : Broadband Speed test from INTEL
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Time Warner Cable Internet Speed Test (Now restricted to only Time Warner Customers)
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Vonage Speed test Click here
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Broadband Reports DSL Speed test
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Toast.net Internet Speed test
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SpeakEasy Speed Test Click here
Reference Chart for Broadband Speeds
| Internet Connection Speed | Time to load a typical web page (assuming 100 kilobytes of data) |
Time to download a typical 5-minute song (assuming a 5 megabyte MP3 file) |
Streaming Video Quality |
| 56K dial-up modem | 14 sec | 12 min 30 sec | |
| 256K broadband | 3 sec | 3 min | Low Quality |
| 512K broadband | 1.6 sec | 1 min 30 sec | |
| 1Mb broadband | 0.8 sec | 41 sec | |
| 2Mb broadband | 0.4 sec | 20 sec | Medium Quality |
| 4Mb broadband | 0.1 sec | 5 sec | |
| 6Mb broadband | Instantaneous | Instantaneous | |
| 8Mb broadband | Instantaneous | Instantaneous | TV Quality |
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