<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>So, with all the talk about cutting the cord, and such ... here are some ammo for wasting some more time ...<br><br></div>Testing the speed of your connection can be done in several ways.<br>
<br></div><a href="http://SpeedTest.net">http://SpeedTest.net</a> is a web site that runs a Flash application in your browser. You select the host to test to, and get some results.<br><br>I found lots of variance. For example, testing on WiFi is slowed than when you are on a wired Ethernet connection via the LAN to the same WAN connection.<br>
<br>Testing to servers in Kitchener or Waterloo is always slower than some servers in Toronto (including some run by Teksavvy and VMedia, among others). I got some results that are faster than my nominal connection on download (e.g. 49Mbps on a 35Mbps down connection).<br>
<br></div><div>They also have an Android app.<br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://testmy.net">http://testmy.net</a> frowns on testing via a Flash app, and does its tests differently. They always report lower results than SpeedTest, but these are not to the same hosts, so understandable.<br>
<br></div>You can also download a file from a server that you manage somewhere, via wget, and measure that.<br><br></div>Also, time of day varies for cable connections, as well as what others are doing on your connection.<br clear="all">
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