Choosing a provider and connecting to the Internet, each subscriber wants to get quick access to the World Wide Web. But what if the speed of the Internet, in your opinion, does not correspond to the one prescribed in the tariff plan and you suspect that the line is damaged, or even worse, the provider does not provide you with services in the specified volume? In this case, you should check the quality of the connection and, if it turns out to be low, take appropriate measures.
Internet connection quality
The quality or speed of the Internet connection is one of the important characteristics, which you should pay attention to when choosing a tariff plan. It depends on it how quickly pages and files from the Internet will load, whether you can run your favorite online game or not.
In fact, this is the time during which information is exchanged between your computer and other servers of the worldwide network. Measured given value in megabits per second, less often you can find the values specified in kilobits.
Unfortunately, the figures indicated in the contract do not always coincide with the real ones, therefore, special tests should be carried out periodically, and if the obtained values differ significantly from the indicated ones, contact your Internet provider.
Testing mechanism
The analysis for all services follows the same principle. You go to a website 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 directs them back to the computer. At the same time, the volume of the packet and the time spent on its receipt and transmission are recorded.
Based on the received data, the following information is displayed:
- Ping - the time it takes to send data to computer network from client to server and vice versa. Usually measured in milliseconds.
- The transfer rate of the information at which your computer transmits data. It is measured in megabits per second, less often in kilobytes.
- The receive rate at which your computer is receiving data. Also measured in megabits per second.
How to find out the internet speed?
You can check the speed of the Internet 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 results of the analysis. In addition, it is recommended to check several times during the day, or even several times, in order to draw correct conclusions regarding the speed of the Internet.
With Speedtest
One of the most accurate is the speed test from the Speedtest service. Verification is fairly 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.
With the help of the official service Rostelecom
Rostelecom also offers its clients to make free check internet connection speed. However, experts believe that its results are less reliable than those obtained when testing with 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 suit you, you can also find out the quality of the Internet connection using other equally well-known services, such as:
- speed-tester.info;
- 2ip.ru/speed;
- pr-cy.ru/speed_test_internet;
Their principle of operation is the same as described above. The only difference is that the first two are designed directly for analyzing the Internet connection, the rest provide a number of other features, such as checking IP, site traffic, pages, etc. Therefore, the data obtained with their help are considered less reliable.
Poor connection reasons
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 neighbors may have connected to you.
- Your modem is broken or has lost settings.
- Cable problems in the house or apartment (pinched or broken cable, damaged clamps, 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:
- Check your computer thoroughly with antivirus software... It is advisable to update it before that.
- Change the password from the wi-fi router.
- Just in case, try to connect another modem (if any) and check the integrity of the cable in the apartment.
- If all of the above actions do not work, you should contact the technical support of Rostelecom 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 you have encountered. 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 Internet connection problems. In case you have not seen a positive result, you should change your tariff plan by choosing the one where the speed is lower. This way you will not overpay for the Internet.
ISPs boast about maximum data rates, but what's the real story? The speed depends on many factors: the time and day of the week, the load of the communication channel, the technical condition of the servers, the condition of the communication lines, and even the weather. When buying a certain package of services, you want to be sure that the money is not paid in vain, and the Internet speed corresponds to the declared one.
We will check using special services online, because it is the most convenient, affordable and exact way determining the speed of the Internet. Speed is measured from the computer to the server running the service. Accordingly, the indicators from different services will differ.
Measured:
- incoming speed, i.e. the one with which we download from the Internet
- outgoing - the speed of sending information, i.e. when data is transmitted from our computer, for example, when you send an email or file, or when a torrent is opened.
As a rule, these two indicators differ, for me - up to three times, depending on what to test. The outbound speed is usually slower because it is used less frequently.
The baud rate is measured in kilo- or mega-BITS. One byte contains 8 bits plus an overhead pair of bits. This means that with a result of 80 Mbit / s, the actual speed is 8 MB per second. Each speed test consumes about 10-30 megabytes of traffic!
Ookla SpeedTest
The best service for today, sharpened for testing the bandwidth of the Internet connection. Precisely determines the maximum possible speed for your computer on this moment.
To start the test, press the big button "START". The service will determine the optimal server and start transmitting data. During testing, the current speed is displayed. It usually grows as the process progresses.
Pay attention to what indicators are determined:
Very exemplary good values for wired internet:
- "Download" - incoming speed: 30-70 Mbps
- "Download" - upstream speed: 10-30 Mbps
- "PING": 3-30 ms
For mobile 3G / 4G internet:
- incoming: 5-10 Mbps
- outgoing: 1-2 Mbps
- PING: 15-50 ms
PING is an important indicator, it is the time it takes to establish a connection. The closer the server is, the less value and so much the better.
SpeedTest has servers all over The globe so your location and closest server is determined first, then test data is transmitted. The measured speed is the maximum possible for your computer at a given time. This is achieved due to the fact that the server for data exchange is located in your city or region, and the closer the server is to the computer, the higher the speed. But you can choose any server!
Thus, it turns out that we will get a speed that is not achievable for most sites on the internet, well, because their servers are located further away. Thanks to this "trick" I got the best results. The obtained figures can be compared with those declared by the provider, but the real speed on the Internet is still lower.
The speedtest has applications for smartphones:
After testing, a permanent link to the results and a picture is provided, which you can brag about in social networks
By checking the speed several times in a row, you will notice that it is different each time. It depends on the load of the provider and the server. Therefore, I recommend that you run the test several times and calculate the average speed, this will be more correct.
After registration, the history of all checks becomes available and the ability to compare them, which is also important. You can run a test from time to time and then look at the history for a year, and in a graphical representation. It will immediately become clear where your provider is developing (or, on the contrary, it will turn out that it is time to change it).
SpeedTest app for Windows 10
Using the application, you can find out what the quality of your Internet connection is.
Communication quality differs from speed. For example, a file may be downloading at a breakneck speed and suddenly the download is interrupted, you have to start over. After the end of the test in the application, you need to click on the results:
To determine the quality of communication, the following indicators are used:
- Ripple (jitter) - phase ripple, the less the better. Up to 5 ms.
- Packet loss - how many percent of the data was lost and had to be re-sent. Should be 0%
Internet meter from Yandex company
Unlike Speedtest, Yandex's service measures the speed of data transfer between your laptop and its servers, only its own. It turns out that here the speed should turn out to be lower than in the speed test, but it is closer to reality for working in RuNet.
We press the "Measure" button and wait a while while Yandex tests. The time will depend on the speed itself, and if it is too low, or there are interruptions in communication, then the test may freeze or end with an error.
Yandex tests in the following way: it downloads and uploads a test file several times, and then calculates the average value. Strong dips are cut off for better accuracy. However, after every re-check, I got different results with an error of 10-20%, which, in principle, is quite normal, since speed - the indicator is not constant and jumps all the time. It was during the day, and then I tested it early in the morning and the result jumped with a difference of up to 50%.
Yandex Internet meter also shows the IP address and detailed technical information about the browser.
Service 2ip.ru
I have been using this wonderful service for a long time. The 2ip.ru service will also show, give full information at this address, will check any of your files for viruses, tell a lot of interesting things about any site on the Internet (IP, site engine, presence of viruses, distance to the site, its availability, etc.).
2ip determines your provider, the optimal server and checks the speed between you and this server, just like SpeedTest.Net, but 2ip has fewer servers, so the PING will be higher. But there are statistics on the average speed in your city and your provider. With each repeated test, my speed changed insignificantly - within 10%.
Another service, works in HTML5, without Flash or Java, however, like the previous services.
OpenSpeedTest will help you measure the bandwidth between Western servers. You will notice that the pings are even bigger.
Works stably, averages the values obtained, fairly predictable and repeatable results.
Service does not represent special interest for testing high-speed Internet, but it may be of interest to those who use a modem or another not the most fast internet... The results show the average results for different network interfaces (modem, coaxial cable, Ethernet, Wi-Fi) and yours for comparison.
There is a percentage accuracy of measurements. It is calculated based on whether the speed was stable during the data transfer, or jumped strongly. The more stable, the higher the accuracy.
Separately, I would like to note the testing method using. To do this, take a torrent from big amount seeders and see the real speed of data reception.
For everyone, before testing it is desirable:
- Close all programs except the browser (especially those that can download something) and leave only one tab of the speed testing service active
- Wait until the end or stop all downloads in your browser!
- Check if any program is using the network. To do this, open the "Task Manager" using the "Ctrl + Shift + Esc" buttons, go to the "Performance" tab and click on network adapter... If there are several of them, then there will be only one with the data:
See how much data was sent and transferred for last minute... If no program uses the network, then there should be units-tens, maximum one hundred kbps. Otherwise, reboot and check again.
Summing up
Finally, I want to say that not a single service was able to determine the maximum possible indicators for my Internet connection. I say this because when downloading from torrents, my speed reaches 10 MB / s. This is due to downloading from various sources scattered all over the world at the same time (this is how torrents work). And services work with only one server, albeit a powerful one. Therefore, I can recommend the uTorrent program as a tester, but it works on active distributions, where there are dozens of seeders.
Do not forget that the low speed may be due to, or due to a weak Wi-Fi adapter. In the comments, please write your results and do not forget to upload the article to social networks.
Video review:
Internet speed test - free service, which will check the real state of affairs with your Internet provider.
A unit for measuring the speed of an Internet connection.
Providers indicate the speed in kilobits or megabits. The exact picture can be found when converting the declared amount into bytes. One byte is translated into eight bits. For example: your contract specifies a speed of 256 Kilobits. A little calculation gives a result of 32 kilobytes per second. Does the real time of loading documents give reason to think about the honesty of the provider's company? Internet speed test will help.
How does the online service work?
The program determines the exact data using the transmitted information. It is sent from your PC to our website. And then - back. The test reveals the average value per unit of time. The process is simple enough, just a little waiting.
What factors affect the connection speed?
- Bandwidth.
- Connection quality.
- Line load at the provider.
Concept: channel bandwidth.
What is this factor? Everything is very simple. This is the maximum amount of information that is theoretically possible to transfer using this provider. The specified data is almost always less than the bandwidth. Only a few companies managed to come close to this figure.
Several online checks give different results.
Is that possible. The multiplicity of influencing factors leads to a slight variation in the result. A constant match is unlikely. But there shouldn't be a big difference either.
How to check internet speed?
- Close and disable all broadcasting programs (radio, torrents, instant messaging clients).
- Start the test with the "test" button.
- A little time and the result will be ready.
It is better to measure the speed of the Internet several times in a row. The error of the result is no more than 10 percent.
Let's conclude:
If you have doubts about the correctness of the data provided by the provider when connecting, you can act in different ways.
- Use the "Internet Speed Check" service.
- Believe the information in the contract.
- Measure yourself - by the time of loading documents.
The first point will help you check quickly, efficiently and simply. No calculations, disputes or difficulties. Our tester is minimally loaded. Has only one control button. And it gives the right results.
Hello site readers IT lessons. Today we will deal with the popular question “ how to correctly measure the speed of an Internet connection?»Everyone is interested to know if we are getting those megabits per second that we paid for and why sometimes files or sites load well, oh, very slowly ...
In this IT lesson, the knowledge gained in the previous two lessons will be useful to you: "" and ""
Of course, you would like to press one button and quickly find out your speed ... this is also possible, but the accuracy will be low. In addition, you need to take into account some factors that affect the data transfer rate and the result of its testing.
The lesson is great, if you need to find something specific, you can use the content:
What affects internet speed?
First, let's figure out what can affect the quality of measuring the speed of the Internet connection. And there are many such factors:
- Speed with whom you are connecting, checking the speed of the Internet (this can also include the speed of access to the site from which you download something)
- Speed and settings if your computer is connected to local network through him
- Working on the computer at the time of check
- Antiviruses and firewalls running in the background
- Computer and operating system settings
In most cases, the most important item on this list will be the first item - server speed. Let's give you some illustrative examples.
Example 1.
If you connect your computer to a local network using a cable (twisted pair), then connection speed with another computer on the same network(in your city) will be very large, for example, 70 Mbps
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Example 2.
Now we measure the speed between our computer and some a server on the other side of the country... Maybe we'll get about 20 Mbps
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Example 3.
Let's imagine that all 800 regular readers of the IT-lessons website connected to this server at once, and started downloading different files. Communication speed with a loaded server will decrease and for you it will be, for example, 3 Mbps
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Example 4.
Now let's try to download the file from a server in another country, for example, in Australia, we get less 1 Mbps!
Now, I think, it is clear that the measured speed depends on which server you have chosen to check: its location, its own maximum speed and its workload. That is, you need to understand that:
The speed of all servers (containing sites and files) is different and depends on the capabilities of these servers.
The same applies to other points (for example, the connection speed will differ when connected to the network directly or through a router, and will also depend on the characteristics of this router).
How to improve the accuracy of the check
It is advisable to complete these points if you want to get the maximum exact result checking the speed of the Internet connection. If approximate measurements are enough for you, then you can proceed to the next section of the lesson.
- Connect the network cable directly to the computer(v )
- Close all programs, except for the browser (in which one bookmark with this IT lesson should remain)
- Stop programs downloading in the background(torrent clients, download managers, etc.), except for those that you have chosen to test the speed of the Internet
- Temporarily disable the antivirus (do not forget to enable it later), because in some cases, it can interfere with the readings of online tests.
- Launch the Task Manager (simultaneously hold down the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys) and go to the "Network" tab. Make sure the network is not loaded (Network Usage should be less than 1%). If the network is actively used, it is possible that a program or Windows update is taking place. In this case, wait for the download to finish or restart your computer.
Network usage in the task manager (green line jump - the process of checking the speed of the Internet connection)
Moreover, each the measurement needs to be taken several times to improve testing accuracy.
How to measure the speed of an Internet connection
There are several ways to measure your internet connection speed. Let's consider them in increasing complexity of use.
- Online services
Since we are now at the "Beginner" level, we will consider the first method in detail, and for experienced users I will briefly describe the remaining two.
Method 1. Measuring speed using online services
This is the one the easiest way to measure"Press one button and learn everything quickly." The accuracy is relative, but the simplicity is attractive. 🙂
note that online test s have different accuracy!
I will tell you only about the most popular services.
SPEEDTEST.NET
Let's start with The most popular and most accurate online internet speed test(also free). I will dwell on it in more detail and advise all readers of the site to start using this particular method.
Here's a quick guide:
2. Find the button " Start check"And click it:
Click the "Start Checkout" button
3. At the end of testing, you see three results:
First number denoted by the word "Ping" (read "ping"), means network packet transmission time... The lower the number, the better the connection quality (preferably less than 100ms).
The second number is the speed of data retrieval... It is this figure that providers advertise when connecting (it is for these megabits per second that you pay your honestly earned rubles / hryvnia / dollars / yuan 🙂).
The third number is the baud rate... As you can see, it may be noticeably lower than the receiving speed, and the provider is silent about this (but, in most cases, a high outgoing Internet speed is rarely required).
If you want to measure the speed of the Internet connection with a particular city, then select it on the map (all big cities planets) and click the "Start check" button again.
Thus, you can check the examples I have given for yourself.
The creator of the "speedtest" has another interesting online service that checks internet connection qualityhttp://pingtest.net/.
There are many more on the main website of the company interesting opportunities for testing network connections http://www.ookla.com/.
Other online services for checking Internet speed
The principle of operation is the same for all services: they pressed a button, waited, received a number ... but the results are different.
2. Add several downloads from different fast file servers , for example this (test archive) and this (Linux distribution)
3. We expose in the settings maximum amount streams(sections for injection)
4. Watching the maximum speed file uploads:
The maximum speed achieved is highlighted in the image with a red rectangle.
What speed do I need to download movies?
We learned how to measure the speed of data transfer over the Internet, now let's see where it can be applied.
Let's say we want to download medium quality movie which usually takes 1.4 Gigabytes... Let's calculate, at different speeds:
- Speed 100 kbps- about 32 hours (we'd better not wait until the movie is downloaded using the mobile Internet)
- Speed 1 Mbps- such a movie will be loaded for 3 hours
- Speed 3 Mbps- 1 hour download
- Speed 15 Mbps- less than 15 minutes to download
- Speed 50 Mbps- about 4 minutes
- Speed 100 Mbps- about 2 minutes
Compare with time music downloads(for example, an mp3 file in good quality, about 10 MB):
- Speed 100 kbps- less than 15 minutes download
- Speed 1 Mbps- 1.5 minutes download
- Speed 3 Mbps- 0.5 minutes
It is worth remembering that there is a guaranteed speed and a speed that is not guaranteed by the provider (we figured it out in the IT lesson).
Outcome
So, today we learned how to check the speed of the Internet (Internet connection) in three ways. We learned that in addition to speed, we need to take into account the quality of the connection, which is indicated by the "ping" (we will deal with it separately). And also, we have clearly estimated what speed will be sufficient to download the movie. Thus, we have completed the topic of units of measurement of information and data transfer rate. What's next?
Have you already guessed? Of course, the test! This time there will be few questions, but I advise you to reread (including this one). If you are ready, then here
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