The more better the communication link is, the work on the Internet is more comfortable. Pages open very quickly, even big files are downloaded for a short period. Nevertheless, even at the good channel the user sometimes has a desire to learn actual data transmission rate.
Instruction
1. Use special network services for assessment of your channel. They work by the following principle: on your computer the small file is transferred, time spent on its reception is measured. On the basis of this information the data reception speed is also calculated. For example, follow this link: http://ip-whois.net/test-speed-internet/ Select any server on the card, click it the mouse. In the appeared window click a line "Begin the test of speed of the Internet". Testing takes less than a minute, after its termination you will see test results.
2. It is necessary to know that the speed of the Internet strongly depends on time of day – it worst of all when communication lines are most loaded and increases when most of users are out of network – for example, at night. Therefore carry out this test several times at different times day, it will help you to learn how the speed of the Internet during the day changes.
3. You can evaluate the actual speed of your Internet when downloading big files – for example, files with movies, images of DVD disks, etc. Data transmission rate in kilobytes per second is usually specified in a download manager. Pay attention that providers specify the speed of the Internet in kilobits.
4. To learn speed in kilobytes, divide the speed stated by provider into 8. Let's say the speed of your connection is equal 1024 kilobits per second. Separate it into eight, receive the 128th kilobyte per second. It means that you should download the file of 10 megabytes in size approximately in 78 seconds.
5. Remember that the speed of downloading is influenced by not only the speed of your Internet, but also server options from which you download the file. If the server is strongly loaded, speed considerably will fall. In certain cases for acceleration of downloading it is possible to use the good proxy server. Thanks to the wide channel it is capable to download very quickly the file and after downloading to transfer him to you. As a result loading of the file through a proxy can quicker appear, than without it.