Slow loading of pages sometimes appears due to a malfunction in the Internet service provider or router, or simply problems with the requested website. All factors must be taken into account, but first you need to check the speed of the Internet.
Speedcheck is a free service where you can find out the speed of your Internet in just a few seconds.
Speed diagnostics
The site’s interface is intuitive - on the main screen there is a blue button for quick start of diagnostics.
After a while, the results of the check appear. What do these indicators mean? Scroll down the page further and see the detailed “Guide to speed and Internet connection” of 6 chapters. It has everything for self-troubleshooting in your system and improving Internet speed. Users who are far from the basics of Internet connections will find out what an Internet Service Provider (ISP) is, an IP address, how an Ethernet cable affects Internet speed and can understand if the test results are good enough for their needs.
- Time delay (ping) of data to move to the destination (milliseconds). The result - up to 100 ms - is good. You will notice a delay above 200 ms when your video chat will “hang”.
- Download speed (Mbps) shows how fast your device downloads data from the Internet. When, for example, you watch a video, pages with many photos or download documents.
- Download speed (Mbps) determines how your device downloads data in Internet. It affects the amount of time it takes to upload photos, documents or videos, for example, to email.
It is advisable to do speed tests at different times of the day. If it slows down only during peak hours, and then becomes fast again - this situation is normal. But, if your speed is constantly lower than that promised by your ISP, then this is a problem and needs to be addressed.
All your results of speed tests done in Speedcheck are saved so that you can review them and draw the appropriate conclusions for yourself.
What to do next
Even if your download and download speeds are good, there are other factors that slow down your internet. Check:
- Your type of internet connection;
- Time of day. When many people use the Internet at the same time, speed drops. The highest rates are usually late at night or in the early morning;
- High traffic sites. This problem cannot be solved - you just need to be patient and go to the site later;
- Your gadget. You will not even feel very high Internet speed if your computer / smartphone / tablet is outdated or infected with a virus.
Service benefits
There are two distinct advantages to Speedcheck:
- Server networks consist only of 40 Gb / s servers. Thus, the user can measure a really high-speed connection along the entire route, while in other online tests the speed is measured only from his access point to the server of the Internet provider, which is not entirely correct, from which the performance is always high.
- There is a detailed guide that helps users troubleshoot connectivity issues.
There is also a convenient mobile application for iPhone and Android smartphones:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.speedspot.speedanalytics&hl=en
