How to find out the current Internet speed. How to check Internet speed (Speedtest, Internetometer from Yandex). Preparing for measurement

24.10.2019

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Speed Test - Check Internet Speed / Speed TEST

Here you can test the speed of your DSL connection easily, quickly and for free. Click on "Start Test" below. The test usually starts within a few seconds.

DSL Speedtest / Internet Test / Speed TEST

For DSL Speed Test Please note the following: the result is not always accurate, speed test always depends on various factors. Therefore, the measurement should be interpreted as a guide only.

Please leave other Internet applications closed during the measurement, otherwise the speed test result will be inaccurate.

How to measure this?

During Internet speed testing, a test file is downloaded in your browser. After about 10 seconds we check how much data has been downloaded. With reference to the download time of the data, the approximate DSL (internet) speed can be determined. It is important that the server that contains the test file must be fast. We rely on a separate high-performance server, so the result is as accurate as possible.

Internet Speed Test / DSL Speed TEST

Click on “Start Test” in the bottom field to initiate the speed test. Make sure that no other applications will be accessing the Internet during the Internet speed test.

How to start an Internet traffic speed test:

Click on the “Start Test” button in the field above to begin the Internet speed test. The test will then begin and will usually take a few seconds to complete. Once the speed test is completed, you will be given the option to test again on another server that is closer to your current location. What do you need to use the speed test?:

To use the site, all you need is a modern web browser that supports HTML5. Supported Browsers: Chrome 44, Opera 31, Firefox 40, Edge, Safari 8.0, Edge 13, Safari 9.0, Chrome 42, Opera 29, Chrome 40, Opera 26, Chrome 36, Firefox 35, Firefox 37, Chrome 28, Firefox 28, Firefox 18, Safari 7.0, Opera 12.10, Internet Explorer 11, Safari 6.0, Internet Explorer 10, Safari 5.1, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 8. You do not need to install any software to use the site and it works entirely in your browser on Windows, Mac OS X, Android and Linux. A slight difference of 10-15% is normal because the speed test may not be accurate (depending on the server load you may get different cgblntcn results). If the difference exceeds 30%, then measure the speed a little later or try checking on another server (link above). Some Internet service providers offer their own speed tests.

We do not take any responsibility for the results of the Internet Speed Test, as the accuracy of the test depends on many factors.

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DSL Speed Test

DSL Speed Test measures the data transmission performance of your own DSL provider. Both upload and download data are checked and compared to other check values from that DSL provider. The DSL speed test provides important information about whether your own provider's quality is up to par with your DSL contract. It can also provide information about whether your own network is experiencing significant fluctuations.

How does the DSL Speed Test work in detail?

Speed Test is a program available on a web server. When running a speed test using a web browser, the web server first transfers one or more files to the user's browser cache. If multiple files are used, they are designed with different sizes and different compression. When transferring data, perhaps the first measurement of download speed. Subsequently, the data is transmitted back to the web server, so that the effectiveness of the downloaded files can be determined. As a rule, the data transfer speed of uploads is much worse than that of downloads.

What limitations should be considered in the measurement results?

However, it should be noted that the results of one measurement are not very significant. In parallel with the current measurement, other processes are running on the network that can affect the speed. Therefore, you should ensure that there are no more data transfers on the network during the test. In particular, only one computer on the network should be active. Only one instance of the browser should be running and other activities should be avoided on a given computer. It is also necessary to ensure that neither the antivirus nor any other program is updated at the time of testing. When all these things are taken into account, it is still necessary to take several measurements at different times in order to discover a universal value for DSL speed test results. If you have taken several measurements, you can easily determine the average of the measurements as the actual transmission speed for your DSL connection.

DSL and Wi-Fi(WLAN)

The speed test has a big swing if you use Wi-Fi for it. Because an indoor WLAN may be affected by various factors in its performance capabilities. Often located in cities, many wireless networks conflict with each other, especially when they must operate on the same frequency. If you want to have good and meaningful results for your DSL speed test, you should try to connect via a wired network to the Internet. If necessary, you will have success even if you can make sure that your own wireless network has a frequency that is different from all the other wireless networks in the area.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. There are a lot of online services that allow you to do this, and they will be discussed below. But often all this is not needed - all that is required is quickly test your internet channel and understand how well it corresponds to the tariff plan for which you pay money to the provider.

Not long ago, the bourgeois service “nPerf Speed Test” offered me to install their script on the site. It works very clearly and does an excellent job of checking the quality of your connection to the global network. Just click on the “Start testing” button just below (this is not a screenshot, but a completely working speedometer).

At first data download speed is measured from the network (usually this test is the most important for most users), then goes recoil speed measurement, and in the end it is calculated ping, i.e. delays in response when accessing any server on the Internet.

Yes, actually, what can I say. Try it yourself. Just above is the window of this online meter and you just need to click on the button.

Measure your internet speed on your computer right here

Despite the fact that the above speedometer is extremely easy to use and, importantly, is completely translated into Russian, it is worth mentioning several nuances associated with its use. The test usually takes one or two minutes (depending on the speed of your connection), after which you can see the test results in the same window:

You will see the main indicators in the right column:

Download speed- the most important characteristic for those who often download something “heavy” from the Internet.
Unloading— testing the back channel through which you will upload files to the network. It is important for those who post a lot of something on the Internet, for example, upload videos to YouTube, (on,) or something else heavy, or in large quantities. This is also important when actively working with cloud services. Although in the latter case both speed values are important.
Delay- this is essentially the good old one, which is very important for those who play online. It will determine the response speed, i.e. reaction time to your actions (the quality of the Internet channel is tested). If the delay is long, it will be difficult or even impossible to play.

I have an Internet provider MGTS (Gpon) and a tariff with a declared channel width of 100 Mbit. As can be seen from the speed measurement graphs, such a figure did not work out in either direction. In principle, this is normal, because my signal transmission from the router to the computer goes through the electrical network, which apparently has interference. In addition, there are several other Internet users working in the apartment besides me, and it’s beyond my power to force them to stop.

Let us return, however, to our measurement tool. On the right side of its window you will see the IP address of your computer. Under the “Start Testing” button there is a wrench, by clicking on which you can select speed units:

The default is megabits per second, but you can select megabytes, as well as kilobytes or kilobits. , can be viewed via the link. In general, the speed in megabytes will be about eight to nine times less than in megabits. In theory, it should be 8 times, but there are service packets that eat up part of the channel speed.

Let's go over the meter's capabilities and differences from competitors (we'll talk about competitors below):

Like other similar online meters, it runs on Flash, but does not require any additional plugins - it works in all browsers including mobile ones
This speed test is developed in HTML5 and can measure channels wider than Gbit/s, which is not available to many other online services.
You can check any type of connection including WiMAX, WiFi and local networks

Yes, also this speed test allows you to choose a place, where the data will be downloaded from and where it will be sent, by the transmission speed of which you will judge the quality of your Internet channel. By default, the server (?) closest to your current location is selected for testing (it’s not difficult).

But the program may make a mistake, or for some reason you yourself will need to measure the quality of the connection between your computer and a server from another country. This is easy to do by simply clicking on the corresponding line at the bottom of the window (see screenshot above).

How to check internet speed on your phone

In principle, you can do exactly the same. Open this page on your mobile phone, then click on the “Start testing and wait for the result” button at the beginning of it. The meter script works quite correctly on mobile devices and displays the characteristics of the forward and reverse Internet channels, as well as the response speed (ping).

If this method seems somewhat inconvenient to you, you can try install the application on your mobile phone"Speed Test" by nPerf. It's quite popular (half a million installations) and largely repeats what you've already seen:

But after testing the speed of the forward and reverse channels, as well as measuring ping, the Speed Test application also measures the loading time of popular social networks (web surfing) and determines how Internet connection is suitable for watching streaming video(streaming) of various quality (from low to HD). Based on the test results, a summary table is generated and an overall score (in parrots) is given.

Where else can you measure your Internet speed?

Below I want to give examples of free online services that allow you to measure the speed of your Internet connection, find out my or your IP address from which you access the network, determine your location, check a site or file for a virus, find out if the required port is open for you on the computer and much more.

The most famous of them are Speedtest (speedtest.net), Ya.Internetometer (internet.yandex.ru), as well as the universal online service 2IP (2ip.ru), which, in addition to measuring connection speed and determining the IP address, can do many different things , up to anonymous (anonim) surfing the Internet. Let's look at them all in order.

Speedtest (speedtest.net)

The most popular online Internet speed testing service bears the proud name Speedtest(from the word speed - speed).

As a result of its use, you will find out the incoming and outgoing speeds of your Internet connection. However, you can experience the capabilities of a full-fledged tool only by visiting the developers’ website. It is located at SpeedTest.net(speedtest point no), and not.ru, because in the latter case you will end up on an indecent resource.

I got acquainted with the speed test as soon as I connected my first unlimited tariff, because I wanted to check whether my new provider was deceiving me about the speed of the channel provided. It was only later that I became interested in the more advanced capabilities of 2ip and others like it, which will be discussed in the continuation of this publication.

To activate the speed test All you have to do is click on the “Start” button. Although you can pre-select the location of the server from which the check will be carried out (the “Change server” button):

True, I liked their old design much better. Previously, measuring Internet speed in a speed test was very visual (the transfer of data between the selected city and your computer was displayed) and waiting for the result did not cause negative emotions:

Now it's completely boring (bring back the old SpeedTest design!):

Internet meter from Yandex

If the results of the speed test in the Speedtest do not suit you or seem unreliable (or maybe your flash just won’t start), then the Yandex online service will come to your aid - (formerly it was called Yandex Internet - internet.yandex.ru):

Immediately after entering the site, you will see the unique address of your computer from which you accessed the Internetometer, as well as other summary information about your browser, screen resolution and location (determined based on IP).

For that, to determine the speed of your Internet connection, it will be enough to click on the button in the form of a green line on this Yandex Internet service "Measure" and wait a minute until the test finishes:

As a result, you will find out how well your channel corresponds to the characteristics declared by the provider, and you will also be able to receive a code for publishing test results. In general, the Internetometer service from Yandex is simple to the point of disgrace, but it performs its main task (measuring channel width or, in other words, connection speed) quite well.

Testing speed in 2ip and Ukrtelecom

I have been familiar with 2ip for quite a long time, but at the time when I was just starting to use it, I was little interested in all its capabilities that could be useful to webmasters. Or maybe these opportunities weren’t there before.

When you go to the 2 ip main page, you will immediately have the opportunity to find out and use a number of other mini-services:

Well, and among other things, you can measure speed of your Internet in 2IP. Before starting testing, turn off all downloads, close the tabs in the online video, after which you can fill out the fields with the channel width declared by the Internet provider for downloading and uploading, or you can just forget about it and click on the “Test” button:

It will take some time to check the incoming and outgoing speed of your Internet connection, after which you will be able to evaluate the test results, and at the same time receive a code for inserting a widget with the measurement results, for example, into a post on a forum or somewhere else:

You can check the speed of your Internet connection not only in the services described above, but also in a number of others. For example, Speedtest Ukrtelecom— a very laconic, I must say, online service. Nothing superfluous - just speed and ping numbers:

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

Internet connection quality

The quality or speed of your Internet connection is one of the important characteristics that you should pay attention to when choosing a tariff plan. It determines how quickly pages and files from the Internet will load, and whether you can launch your favorite online game or not.

Essentially, this is the time during which information is exchanged between your computer and other servers on the World Wide Web. This value is measured in megabits per second; less often you can find values indicated in kilobits.

Unfortunately, the numbers specified in the contract do not always coincide with the real ones, so special tests should be carried out periodically and if the obtained values diverge significantly from those indicated, contact your Internet provider.

Test mechanism

Analysis on all services follows the same principle. You go to the site and request a speed test. Your computer automatically sends a package of documents to the server, using the line of your provider. After receiving the files, the program sends them back to the computer. In this case, the volume of the packet and the time spent on its receipt and transmission are recorded.

Based on the data received, the following information is displayed:

Ping is the time spent sending data on a computer network from client to server and vice versa. Usually measured in milliseconds.
The transfer rate at which your computer transfers data. It is measured in megabits per second, less often in kilobytes.
The receiving rate at which your computer receives data. Also measured in megabits per second.

How to find out the Internet speed?

You can check your Internet speed from Rostelecom using various services. For testing, you should select a site that you trust, and also disable all programs for downloading files, instant messaging clients such as Skype, ICQ and others, since their work significantly affects the analysis results. In addition, it is recommended to check several times during the day, or even several, in order to draw the right conclusions regarding Internet speed.

Using Speedtest

One of the most accurate is the speed test from the Speedtest service. The check is quite easy. To do this you should:

Upon completion of the test, you will find out the speed of receiving and transmitting data in megabits per second, as well as ping.

Using the official Rostelecom service

Rostelecom also offers its customers a free Internet connection speed check. True, experts believe that its results are less reliable than those obtained when testing using Speedtest.

To measure you should follow these steps:

ping, measured in milliseconds;
incoming and outgoing speed in megabits per second.

Other testing methods

If the test results do not satisfy you, you can also find out the quality of your Internet connection using other equally well-known services, such as:

speed-tester.info;
2ip.ru/speed;
pr-cy.ru/speed_test_internet;

The principle of their operation is the same as those described above. The only difference is that the first two are designed directly for analyzing the Internet connection, the others provide a number of other features, such as checking IP, website traffic, pages, etc. Therefore, the data obtained with their help is considered less reliable.

Causes of poor connection

The test results showed low speed, but what is the reason? There are several options:

Your computer is infected with a virus that uses the Internet to transmit and receive information.
If you have a Wi-Fi router, then your neighbors may have connected to you.
Your modem has broken down or its settings have gone wrong.
Problems with the cable in the house or apartment (pinched or torn cable, damaged terminals, etc.).
Line problems.
Provider's server load.

What to do?

If the test results are bad, that is, significantly lower than the values specified in the contract, then you should definitely take the following steps:

Scan your computer thoroughly using an antivirus program. It is advisable to update it before doing this.
Change the password for the wi-fi router.
Just in case, try connecting another modem (if you have one) and check the integrity of the cable in the apartment.
If all of the above actions do not produce results, you should contact Rostelecom technical support and leave a request to check the equipment and line.

To do this, dial the number 8-800-300-18-00 and tell the operator about the problems that have arisen. He must register your application, which will be reviewed within three days. At the same time, the company’s specialists will not only check your line, but also the equipment, and then provide you with information about the problems found.

In most cases, contacting technical support should solve your problems with your Internet connection. If you do not see a positive result, you should change the tariff plan, choosing one with a lower speed. This way you won’t overpay for the Internet.

Your Internet connection may become slower for several reasons, including your ISPs artificially throttling your bandwidth contrary to the terms of your data plan.

Speed testing services can help determine whether your ISP is to blame for slow connection speeds, but only if the user understands how they work.

While watching a popular TV series, did the main characters begin to stutter? Does it take forever to load a new video on YouTube? Have you started thinking about purchasing a more expensive network connection plan?

Recent research shows that some Internet service providers provide lower connection speeds than they initially advertise. According to a report by popular IT blog WSJ Digits, 41 percent of ISPs do not meet their obligations to maintain contracted Internet connection speeds.

Luckily, there are many free online broadband speed testing services available. On the other hand, the results of different tests on the same machine can vary significantly. Here are the 2 most important tips to keep in mind when you run any connection performance test:

Never rely on single measurements from one speed test (see explanation below).
Local wireless networks can have a large number of potential holes that will affect upload and download speeds. Therefore, it is recommended to run tests on computers directly connected to the network infrastructure using an Ethernet cable.

What Network Performance Tests Measure

Almost all Internet speed tests measure three parameters: download speed from the network, upload speed to a remote server, and latency. The tests themselves are extremely simple: upload and download speeds are calculated by measuring the time required to transfer one file or several files of varying sizes between your computer and an Internet server.

The network latency test (also known as “ping”) measures the time it takes for one packet of data to reach a remote server and then return to the computer. Latency is a critical parameter when using time-sensitive applications, such as online trading clients or interactive online games.

In most cases, you will notice that the upload speed to the server is several times lower than the download speed. This situation occurs because Internet providers have long chosen operating protocols in which downloading is prioritized over uploading.

This mode of operation was especially relevant in the first years of using the Internet: then users uploaded several times less content than they downloaded. Now this trend has formally continued, but to a lesser extent. Now we download gigabytes of streaming music and movies, but at the same time we use video calls, IP telephony and file backup to cloud servers.

In the future, ISPs may reconsider the allocation of download and upload bandwidth. However, nowadays, downloading data to a computer is much faster than uploading data from a computer to a server.

Check your Comcast provider with 8 speed test services

Using Internet connection speed tests is very simple. For example, on the Bandwidth Place website the user is asked to simply press a large start button. Many services also offer to select the web server used for testing.

Figure 1. Like many other similar services, Bandwidth Place offers to find out the connection parameters in one click

It is also worth remembering that for some reasons, the results of connection speed measurements by different services may differ significantly. Here are the results of 8 popular connection speed tests.

The author of the article, Patrick Marshall, lives in Seattle, where the choice of Internet providers is limited. The Comcast subscription used offers download speeds of 50 megabits per second and upload speeds of 5 megabits per second. The numbers in the table below reflect the results of measurements of network parameters at noon. Many tests produce completely different measurement results at different times of the day.

In all but two tests, Comcast met its contractual speed promises, although the differences between tests were significant. General results:

Results table

Service	Incoming (Mbit/sec)	Outgoing (Mbit/sec)	Ping (ms)
Bandwidth Place	53.0	6.11	18
CNET Internet Speed Test	48.85	(n/a)	(n/a)
XFINITY Speed Test	59.3	6.1	8
DSL Reports Speedtest	49.6	5.9	66
Geek Squad	16.8	5.96	106
Ookla Speedtest	59.4	6.15	8
SpeedOf.Me Lite	65.0	6.7	11
Visualware MySpeed	56.1	5.95	26

To summarize, download speeds ranged from 16.8 Mbps to 65 Mbps, with the final difference exceeding 48 Mbps, equivalent to 75 percent. Latency ranged from 8 milliseconds to 106 milliseconds, with even more variation in this test. Even if we discard the results of measurements by the Geek Squad service, the download speed had a spread of 25 percent.

Is one test more accurate than another?

For many reasons, it is impossible to accurately measure Internet connection speed or even say that any service is more accurate than its competitors.

Firstly, the Internet is not a homogeneous structure, it is a huge combination of different routers, servers, cables, etc. Typically, each browser connection to a web server uses a different network router and goes through different Internet traffic management devices - each of which affects the speed of the connection.

Moreover, Internet users may use different browsers or FTP applications at different times. Some browsers may have integrated accelerators that use multi-threaded HTTP channels, while others do not have this functionality. Thus, there is no constancy of multiple factors for Internet connections.

The speed tests themselves are also inconsistent. These services use three types of tests - download speed, upload speed and latency - but the tests themselves can vary greatly. Some services use a single file to measure speeds, while their competitors may use sets of files of different sizes. Even the format of the test can affect the final results, depending on the protocols used, the size of the packets and the amount of service information they contain.

Some services transfer files in a single stream, others use multi-threaded transfer. In most cases, it is unknown whether a test using a single transmission stream will be more accurate than a multi-stream service.

While some tests always use the same server for measurements, others may search for the fastest server or allow the user to independently select a specific server.

Connection performance may vary significantly depending on the location of the servers used in testing. As a general rule, the further the server is physically from your location, the lower the network speeds - especially latency. Some tests, for example SpeedOf.me, pass data through several servers located in different places during measurements.

Figure 2. Graphic representation of measurement results in the SpeedOf.me service

Latency can also have an impact on network throughput because most Internet traffic is associated with TCP's congestion window. Essentially, the system waits for confirmation that packets have been received before sending subsequent data. The longer the delay time, the slower the transmission.

The time of day can also seriously affect your connection speed. During business hours, corporate machines may experience a serious drop in speeds, because... multiple users share the same Internet connection. Home users will notice slowdowns in the evening hours when you and your neighbors are uploading videos to YouTube or streaming movies.

You should also keep in mind that test results may vary depending on the number of other users simultaneously using the local ISP site. For end users, the speed can be reduced by any device connected to the network in a separate apartment building; for corporate users, distortion in the results can be caused by their colleagues using the same network connection. If you notice a strong drop in speed after 15:00, students have probably returned from classes and switched to Internet services.

Most Internet speed testing services download a small application. Some resources use Java, others use Flash. The newest services use HTML5 technology, which does not require applets to be installed on your computer. In theory, HTML 5-based tests should be more accurate due to the lack of transfer of overhead information to the local application. Ookla says its Flash test offsets the protocol overhead and buffering of the application before publishing the final results.

Figure 3. Ookla has a relatively simple interface for displaying speeds and latency

Conclusion: No matter what assumptions an Internet speed test service makes, it cannot create a test that will reflect the real situation. There is currently no practical way to take into account a specific computer's configuration and Internet usage - especially when Internet connections vary by location, session, and web resource.

What to do if the connection speed is lower than expected?

Given the limitations of network speed tests, how can you determine whether the performance is up to par with your billing plan?

Tests can give a rough estimate of actual Internet connection speeds if you run them several times at different times of the day and on different days of the week. If possible, run the test on different computers to get any consistent results. Performing tests multiple times will minimize distortions associated with local PC and network problems.

Let us say once again that to carry out tests you need to use a direct connection from the computer to the network infrastructure using an Ethernet cable. Different types of wireless connections can seriously reduce actual speeds.

Run tests on different services and discard the highest and lowest results. If most of the tests show lower performance than stated by the provider, it's time to contact technical support.

Which service more accurately measures Internet speed?

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For those who not only “surf” sites, but are connected to the network for work or games, the speed of the Internet connection is especially important. Slow connection speeds can lead, for example, to incorrect updating of charts on stock exchanges or lags in online games. How to check your connection speed? Let's consider several ways.

Checking Internet speed through the command line

You can check the speed of your Internet connection without using any programs or services, using the standard Windows operating system. The manipulations described below may require some basic knowledge of system software, but our instructions will allow you to understand everything more easily and quickly.

To do this you need to do the following:

After this, the process of sending data packets with a size of 32 bytes will be visible on the screen. The main indicator to pay attention to is transfer time. A period of up to 100-150 milliseconds is considered normal.

It is worth remembering that the speed of data transfer to a specific server also depends on the quality of the resource itself. That is, when accessing different sites, the speed and transmission time may change.

How to check connection speed through special services?

To check the Internet speed on your computer, you can use special online services. This is the most accessible and simple method that even inexperienced users can do. There are many verification resources, but we will look at the 2 most popular and, as experience shows, the most accurate.

All of the resources described below can be used both to check speed on laptops and desktop PCs. It also doesn’t matter to them how the connection is made – via cable or via Wi-Fi.

speedtest.net

Perhaps this resource is the most common among users. It has a clear graphical interface, and the verification procedure itself is accompanied by pleasant animation. Using the service is quite simple:

Visual instructions for the online service are given in the following video:

It is important to note that the tariffs of providers always indicate the speed of receiving data, not their upload. The second indicator, as a rule, is always lower than the first, but this is not so critical and does not matter for you as a user.

2ip.ru

This site is multifunctional and provides access to various services that in one way or another relate to the Internet. Among them there is connection speed testing. To open the test, go to the “Tests” tab and find “Internet connection speed” in the list:

This site also implies the ability to select a server, but if you do not specify it, the system itself will select for you the most optimal option, in its opinion. To start the test, click the “Test” button located at the bottom of the active window:

On average, the check takes a few minutes, and the result is displayed in the following form:

Thus, in a matter of minutes you can find out the speed of your Internet connection without using any complex programs or manipulations.

Remember that when connecting via Wi-Fi, the connection speed will be slightly lower than with a direct cable connection. This is due to limitations of the equipment itself.

Checking Internet speed using Torrent

There is another way to check your Internet speed. To do this, you will need to download any torrent client if it is not on your computer. After that, in the list of trackers you need to find any file, the distribution of which is carried out by more than 1000 users, and the number of downloaders is minimal. This is the file that needs to be loaded.

After the download starts, about 2-5 minutes should pass for the speed to reach its peak. It is this indicator that will be an indicator of the download speed, that is, the receipt of packet data. Usually it is equal to the one indicated by providers.

It is worth noting that torrents use kilobytes and megabytes as the main units of measurement. To convert data into kilobits and megabits, which are used by providers, you need to multiply them by 8. That is, with a download speed of 1 megabyte/sec, the Internet speed will be 8 megabit/sec.

The Internet has long become a real necessity for many users and its speed plays an important role, so it is important to monitor its stability. The methods described above will allow you to simply find out the speed of your connection, and if any problems arise, you can quickly begin to fix them.