Test your bandwidth internet connection at home, or at work using a High-speed cable modems, DSL, T-1, or Satellite connections, broadband.. To run a speed test, click the ‘Speed Test" menu button from right, you could also use the advanced network tools: whois, ip check, ping, traceroute, adsl tools, domain or email check, or more bandwidth test. This speed test is one of the most comprehensive and free internet speed tests on the internet today. If you haven't taken this test, you should; it's very accurate and will help you determine the speed of your internet connection...

Bandwidth - The amount of data that is able to be sent over a network, measured in Kilobytes and Megabytes per second (Kbps and Mbps). Modern low bandwidth communications include dialup modems and ISDN, ranging from 56Kbps to 128Kbps, but actual downloading times are closer to 1/10th of this speed. High-speed cable modems, DSL, T-1, and Satellite are much faster, by factors of as little as 10 or even higher than 100. Any connection of two or more computers that enables them to communicate.

 

ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) - a technology for bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines. Assuming your home or small business is close enough to a telephone company central office that offers DSL service.

Whois - is a program used to interrogate a public database that provides information regarding who owns domain names. This program has become less useful as many domains are now 'locked' to prevent spammers from acquiring email addresses. Whois records store the identity of the owner of each domain online, except for those that hide such information. Indeed, some domain registrars allow the ownership information to remain hidden, a feature often taken advantage of by large scale spammers.