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Notable is that AT&T also punctuated this site with links on how to "upgrade to blazing fast internet" which I guessed would not send me to Google or Spectrum. The site also told me it would take 2 seconds to upload an email attachment of 1 MB, and take one second to download a video clip of 35 MB. AT&T notes that the data comes from another provider, called DSL Reports, which looks to be an aggregator of news on ISPs.Īfter about 30 seconds, we were told we had a download speed of 63 Mpbs and an upload speed of 6.01 Mpbs. We then went to AT&T's and its own speed test, which gave us far (far) different numbers, enough of a variation that we aren't sure, for upload speeds, this is a site we would use again. The upload speed? Not as much, as you will see.ĪT&T's Speed Test produced upload speeds that also correlated with other tests we had tried GearBrain It wasn't exact but it was close.These numbers were worth noting, as the download speed in particular would be closely mirrored in other tests. This was within a decent range of what Google Wifi told me I had. The test, which took about 30 seconds for download and a minute for upload, showed us we had 59 Mbps for downloading, and 7.1 Mbps for uploading - and also showed us the ISP we used and our IP address. Over at Fast, we were told that our speeds were a bit different from what Google Wifi promised us. Here are 6 sites we recently used and tested - and the results for upload and download speeds, comparing them to each other.įast showed us the upload and download speeds that was slightly in range of Google Wifi's results. We ran these tests while no other computer was active on our connection. Also, if you have other computers active - such as someone watching a video - this is going to impact the results. The sites can't check upload and download speeds if you're shifting to other tabs. We ran each site three times, and found that the results each time for each site were in keeping with their own range.ĭo note, that as you run these you will need to keep your browser open on the page of the test. (And please, we know this is not the most scientific of tests.) Each one offered different results, and different kind of data. Our results on other sites were fairly varied. We were assured, in our app by Google, that this was "lightning fast." At the time of the test, we were told we had the ability to download at 68.7 Mbps, and upload at 5.76 Mbps. But we wanted to see how others compared to this data. We're not saying that the information is correct or now. We use Google Wifi in our work space, a mesh network that will tell us, happily, in our app what upload and download speeds are. But then you start to find sites loading slowly, or maybe you feel there's some lag at work.Ĭhecking to see the speed of your internet speed can help to ease your mind, and may help to tell you whether it's your set-up - and connection - or whether a particular site you're frequenting as well. Signing up with an internet service provider, or ISP, the first thing they'll tell you is how fast your internet speed is going to be.