Awesome.
Always loved the Speedtest app, and now it’s got down detecter included in the app too it’s extra awesome, just tried to sign into a game on Xbox and it wasn’t loading due to server issues, I googled if the game was down and got redirected to the Speedtest app which I already had downloaded but didn’t know they’d added down detector, now I can see a whole list of things that are down including the game I’m trying to play along with other websites and services, great stuff
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Too dirtyxwhitexkid
Your question why the large difference download to upload speed. I am almost 70 and I’ve been messing around with computers networking for quite a few years. I believe they want to discourage people from sharing files or trading files without paying extra for it. There’s a name for that type of action and I forget right now.
I’ve had AT&T for many years and there’s always been a large discrepancy (like you said) upload 3 MBS download 500 MBS. AT&T is selling download speed, but they didn’t really address upload speed. They would probably charge more if one asked (at least up until 2024, see below). (I’m assuming other companies use the same strategy. UPDATE! I’ve noticed something and that is my kids have bought Xfinity for their home this year and the Xfinity now offers the equal download and upload speed for the same cost. And then I noticed at no extra charge. They increased my upload speed significantly so there’s probably a change in their sales strategy. I hope this makes sense.
I’ve had AT&T for many years and there’s always been a large discrepancy (like you said) upload 3 MBS download 500 MBS. AT&T is selling download speed, but they didn’t really address upload speed. They would probably charge more if one asked (at least up until 2024, see below). (I’m assuming other companies use the same strategy. UPDATE! I’ve noticed something and that is my kids have bought Xfinity for their home this year and the Xfinity now offers the equal download and upload speed for the same cost. And then I noticed at no extra charge. They increased my upload speed significantly so there’s probably a change in their sales strategy. I hope this makes sense.
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Slow
Even though my LTE is working fine and eventually shows high speed, the app many times takes forever to "connect". Useless.
Better than I thought
Yeah works well and kinda stylish
Go Ookla
Speed Test is an awesome tool, we signed up to an NBN plan and immediately cancelled it after testing it. Customer service told us that the wireless router provided by them would make things faster but we didn’t buy it as testing with another provider proved our router (wifi6 so relatively new), is not the issue. I also use it for testing video streaming capability of our connection. I love the timeline, would be awesome to export it to excel to use later.
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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.
THANKS OOKLA!! You are an amazing company and I absolutely love and support this product with all of my heart and soul.
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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.
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Excellent network speed test app
As a network engineer I have been using this app for years and years. Gives me all the info I need for a quick test. Download, upload and jitter.
I can choose which server to use which is useful to me as I actually know how the important ones are connected to the internet backbone in Queensland, Australia.
Combined with separate traceroute tests I can quickly determine where a bottleneck may be for a particular client.
I can choose which server to use which is useful to me as I actually know how the important ones are connected to the internet backbone in Queensland, Australia.
Combined with separate traceroute tests I can quickly determine where a bottleneck may be for a particular client.
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App forces you to track and share data
Completely stupid. This app shouldn’t be allowed on the App Store. Forces user to get tracked otherwise the app can’t be use.
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.
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