Internet Speed Test

A concern to many people is that they pay for an 4 or 8 meg connection but what is the actual speed that they get. Sadly the results can vary so rapidly from one site to another so it can be difficult to judge. sites such as http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ can offer you a speed test but depending on the server that you connect to even these results can vary quite dramatically. It is however worth trying them as it will at least give you some idea. If having run the tests all results give you a 1 meg or less connection and you are paying for an 8 meg... then you may have some concerns to think about. There are other sites that you could try just do a search in Google for "Internet connection speed test" to find them out. If you want to see if your download speeds are high look to Microsoft.com for a download.... anything at all just to see how it moves. These servers tend to be very quick so you have a better chance than from a normal download server.