Here is a sample session, where we transfer the 20MB file. You will be connecting via FTP to as user “anonymous” You are asked to provide your email address for the password but you can just type any string of characters. Windows does not have the curl command installed, so we will need to use FTP. Windows 7 and up users can just hold down the Windows key and press R to get the Run dialog. From the Start menu choose “Run” and enter the command CMD. Open up the Windows DOS or Command prompt window. So for this test we were getting 6,800 kbps (or 6.8Mbps). Since bandwidth speed is traditionally measured in BITs per second, we need to multiply this by 8. The Average Dload is the number we are interested in. Let’s look at the output: > curl "" -o /dev/null The larger files will take longer to download, but perhaps give you a more accurate average speed. Just adjust the file name above accordingly (i.e. We also have files of 20, 50, 250 and 500Mb sizes.
(the command deletes the file when it was been transferred). This will transfer a 100MB file to you computer, but not actually create a disk file. In the new terminal window, paste in this command: You can find this in your Utilities folder, or just used the Spotlight menu to find “Terminal”. To assist in such a test, we have created an anonymous FTP server, and have loaded several files of varying size. This is more reflective of a real-like scenario when you are actually downloading a large file, or streaming a movie. However, a more accurate test involves actually downloading a sizable file and measuring the speed averaged out over a few minutes. No smoke & mirrors, no unicorn dust, just 1GB of data from an internet location 1/2 a world away to my hard drive in 35 seconds.Ĭan someone explain the differences in the speed tests, specifically why the TestMy.Many people use speed test websites to measure their connection speed.
The REAL WORLD test is, to my way of thinking a true test. From their site I downloaded a 1GB (1024MB) file in 35 seconds (2nd try was 1GB file in 37 seconds) This is way faster than suggests & slower than the other 2 tests. Various sized zip files you can download & time to see how fast your connection is. has what I'd consider a REAL World speed test from their UK site. Rogers Speedtest said 303.8Mbps & 12.3Mbps I'm in Toronto Ontario Canada & Rogers is my provider. Running Win7 on a X220 Thinkpad with a wired connection to my router/modem. Today I tried a few different speedtests to see what the results were. However I'm lazy & haven't contacted my provider to get it checked out. I've been using the speedtest at for a while now, & I've been bothered by my slow internet.
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