For internet users like us, it is very easy to notice whether internet connection is normal or not. Personally, I’m easy to get irritated specially when something is not normal in my Internet Speed. I’ve been refreshing, this browser many times and still the page isn’t loading.. I’m pretty sure that it’s not because of my PC as I have the latest version of Kaspersky Anti virus running in my PC - its a 6 months FREE Kaspersky antivirus by the way so if you havn’t heard of the KASPERSKY FREE LICENSE KEY offering you better check my previous post about it.

Back to the INTERNET SPEED TEST, I suspect something is wrong with my ISP so I verify my broadband speed performance. You should know the speed of your internet connection too. Time is money! so speed is a key

Searching online here are the links I found that offers Internet Speed Test. Please note that the speed of internet connection varies according to the ISP, interface hardwares (modem, router), browser, time of day, operating system and lot more.

Definition of Terms:

Download Speed: the speed downloading data from internet to your PC. Example is the speed when downloading images, files, shareware, freeware online.

Upload Speed: the speed of uploading data from your PC to internet. How fast you upload images in friendster, or flicker? how quick you send email?

RTT: Round Trip Time which reports the total time in milliseconds (ms) to send a small dta packet and obtain a reply black. The smaller the RTT score means faster connection. This is also known as “Pinging”

Here is the list of links where you can test internet speed:

InternetFrog - a java based internet speed checker where download and upload speed is calculated. How fast or how slow the connection can be easily identified by a speed graphic ranging from 14.4 modem(14.4 kbps) to T4 lines (274 Mbps).

Intel - simple and fast way to test internet speed. Only the download speed is calculated.

GigaNews - download time is recorded by sending a large data file to your browser. Download rate result is shown in graphic ranging from 56K to 10Mbps speed.

Speedtest - automatically detects your location and provides you with the closest server to run the internet speed test. Listed also is a list of the top 5 continents, countries and ISPs - categorized by average page results.

Primus (Canada) - speed test for dial up and DSL internet connection.

Cogeco (Canada) - java based internet speed test - this is not recommended for firefox users.

Vianet Speed Test (Canada) - another site that estimate the speed of your internet connection.

ZDNet (UK) - internet speed test ranging from dial-up(28.8K modem) to 1.5Mb DSL/cable

Broadband Choices (UK) - enter your ISP and your expected connection speed to verify if its the actual speed you subscribe.

OZ Broadband Test (Australia) - test the download and upload speed of your internet connection that supports dial-up, ADSL, cable or wireless

ZDNet Australia (Australia) - compare connection test results with fancy graphics

ConsumerSpeedTest (New Zealand) - test measurement for download and upload speed

Speedtest (New Zealand) - choose the server location to run the test - New Zealand, Auckland and US.

So there you go, if you know a other Internet Speed Test site other than mentioned above please let me know so I can add it on the list.