{"id":29591,"date":"2024-12-30T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=29591"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:11:32","slug":"how-to-find-out-if-youre-getting-the-internet-speed-youre-paying-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-find-out-if-youre-getting-the-internet-speed-youre-paying-for\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Out If You’re Getting the Internet Speed You’re Paying For"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Find Out If You’re Getting the Internet Speed You’re Paying For<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are dozens of ways to check your Internet connection speed.\u00a0 You should check your Internet speed occasionally to ensure you\u2019re getting the speed for which you\u2019re paying good money. And if you\u2019re not, you should find out from your ISP (Internet Service Provider), why not.<\/span><\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get started with a few reliable ways you can find out what your Internet download speeds are (as this is what you\u2019ll want to know, not so much your upload speed).<\/span><\/p>\n

You can check your Internet download speed easily. If you use Google Chrome or Firefox with Google as your default search engine, just type SPEEDTEST in the address bar and press Enter. You\u2019ll see some information and a \u201cRun Speed Test\u201d button.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Google's<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, my ISP once told me that this particular test was not very accurate, but I think that\u2019s because it didn\u2019t say what my ISP wanted it to say at the time. They recommended the Ookla Speed Test at https:\/\/speedtest.net\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Speedtest<\/span><\/p>\n

And then we discovered another test \u2026 FAST! It\u2019s owned by Netflix. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? We don\u2019t know, but one thing is for sure, it\u2019s a quick way to find your Internet download speed.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are looking to check your Internet speed quickly without any webpage clutter, you won\u2019t find any cleaner, quicker way than by visiting Fast.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Anyway, we\u2019ll show you:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

What can I say? I can certainly read that. While we are only showing my download speed, it\u2019s what most of us want to see when we want to know how fast our connection is. But, if you want to see more details like your upload speed, no problem. Just click \u201cShow more info\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see my download speed is 590 Mbps according to FAST.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

MBPS vs. Mbps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And just for the record, Mbps is not the same as MBps. Mbps is \u201cMegabits per second\u201d not \u201cMegabytes per second\u201d. So, what\u2019s the difference? We are thrilled you asked!<\/span><\/p>\n

A Megabit is 1\/8 as big as a Megabyte. This means that to download a 1 MB file in 1 second you would need a download speed of 8 Mbps. Mbps means megabits per second \u2013 not megabytes per second.<\/span><\/p>\n

All speed test sites show your internet speed as “megabits per second” not “Megabytes per second.” <\/span><\/p>\n

As you can see from the screenshots shown here, you can get vastly different results depending on the speed testing site you use. We recommend you use two or three different sites and use the average of them to certain your true internet speed.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Having fun? Then wait\u2026 there\u2019s more!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you are having fun testing your internet speed (bless your heart) here are some other sites you can visit to check your speed or lack thereof\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Xfinity<\/strong><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/speedtest.xfinity.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Speakeasy<\/strong> (love the name!)<\/span>
\n https:\/\/www.speakeasy.net\/speedtest\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Speakeasy<\/span><\/p>\n

Google Fiber\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n https:\/\/fiber.google.com\/speedtest\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Google<\/span><\/p>\n

And there are dozens more \u2013 if you\u2019re having fun with this, search \u201cSPEEDTEST SITES\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wait, What is jitter?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

OK, now you\u2019re wondering what the heck is jitter. You\u2019d think, especially in Speakeasy it would be a dance like the Jitterbug, but you\u2019d be wrong. According to Speedtest\u2026\u201dJitter: Also called Packet Delay Variation (PDV), jitter frequency is a measure of the variability in ping over time. Jitter is not usually noticeable when reading text, but when streaming and gaming a high jitter can result in buffering and other interruptions\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So what is considered a high jitter? Well, we are so glad you asked because not being gamers, we didn\u2019t know but Dialpad does. \u201cJitter is measured in milliseconds (ms), and ideally, an acceptable jitter level should stay below 30 ms.\u00a0Anything higher than 30, and you may start to see issues with audio or video quality.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Why it\u2019s important you have an idea of what your download speed is.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can see, in all the screenshots we\u2019ve shown you in this article, that my internet speed (generally my download speed), based on several different testing sites is somewhere between 421 Mbps and 590 Mbps. So I know that I am averaging close to the 500 Mbps internet speed that I\u2019m paying for.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you getting the internet download speed you\u2019re paying for?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not sure what speed you\u2019re paying for, check with your Internet Service Provider to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, we showed you several FAST ways you can make sure that you\u2019re getting the speed you\u2019re paying for.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  How to Find Out If You’re Getting the Internet Speed You’re Paying For There are dozens of ways to check your Internet connection speed.\u00a0 You should check your Internet speed occasionally to ensure you\u2019re getting the speed for which you\u2019re paying good money. And if you\u2019re not, you should find out from your ISP (Internet Service Provider),\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1433,4524],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29592,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29591\/revisions\/29592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}