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My Go-To App to test and diagnose my internet connection and speed issues
I’ve been using this app for Years now, and I just want to start by saying that I do NOT EVER write reviews for apps, so the fact that I’m taking time out of my day to write this one just shows how amazing I believe this app is and always Has been. If I ever feel like either my home WiFi speed or my cellular data speed is messed up and is not working in the correct way that it should be working at, I open this app and it Quickly runs a test that tells me Multiple data points associated with my current connection. It also offers a video stream test that can (also extremely quickly) let you know what quality your internet connection can stream video at at the moment. There’s a Ton of other features, and I haven’t ever paid a Dime for any of them. One more feature I’ll mention is a Free VPN that gives you a couple Gigabytes worth of private network security per month, and it works Very well. If you want more than that amount of use, you just have to upgrade to a paid monthly subscription, which I believe is pretty cheap, especially for what you get for the cost!!
THANKS OOKLA!! You are an amazing company and I absolutely love and support this product with all of my heart and soul.Show lessECKorey
Random fact: my phone connects faster after testing with this app.
OK, this is gonna sound crazy, but when my cellular Internet starts moving slowly, I open Speedtest and check the Internet. (Ready for the crazy part?) Somehow my Internet ALWAYS get stronger immediately after running a speed test. I have no idea why this is. Maybe the test or prompts my phone to find a better signal? Who knows. But this hack has worked for me all over the world. Colombia, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Austria, USA, Argentina, Hungary. Using this app to test your speed CLEARLY does something that actually improves speeds, but I don’t know how or why. Anyhow I wanted to share this tip/trick with everyone else. I love this app for this reason alone.Show lesstjiffy
App needs better ways of finding closer alternative testing servers
It’s good but I’d like to see a way for using alternative testing sources that would allow for favorite sources. Today using the so called best source my ping rate was rather higher than normal. I retested using a major university in my state and my overall score was much higher. I’d also recommend you add the ability to search for alternative sources using a city, state search. I’ve got a couple of sources very very close to me but the app often has me connecting to servers in a major city 110+ miles away. Say I had a server only 2 miles away from Columbus, Georgia. The app was conducting me too servers 50+ miles away, or 100+ miles away in places like Montgomery, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.Show lessJohn Goodin