One of the most important characteristics of connection about the Internet is the width of the channel of access. When signing the contract on service of the subscriber, the provider states a certain speed, usually greatest possible. But in actual practice or when using wireless connection width of the channel can differ considerably from specified by provider.
Instruction
1. Start the application via which you browse Internet resources. It is applicable as for computers, tablets, laptops and netbooks, and for mobile phones with enhanced features.
2. Open the page of service which makes check of characteristics of your connection, for example, of http://2ip.ru/speed/ or http://www.speedtest.net/. Press the button of start of the test and wait several minutes. The website will make the necessary calculations and will give the communications given about speed. For more exact results it is worth repeating the procedure several times. If you are connected via the mobile device, keep in mind that tests spend a number of traffic, and at a limited package you should not check too often.
3. Pay attention that results of testing of access rate do not guarantee constant and invariable width of the channel, especially when using different resources of network. For example, a network game can slowly work even at the wide channel if signal delay is big. Also width of the channel does not guarantee that the speed of downloading will be the same.
4. One more way to measure width of the channel is to use a download manager or a torrent client with the disconnected speed limit. This way badly suits owners of smartphones, but will suit users of the "senior" computers. Download the mu-torrent program, http://www.utorrent.com/intl/ru/ from the official site. Double click on the downloaded file and install the utility.
5. Then start the browser and open the www.rutor.org page - it is the free tracker without registration and with a large number distributing, as it is necessary for check. Open the section "Top" and download any distribution. Double click on the downloaded file to begin loading. The mu-torrent window in which bottom line you will see the speed of downloading and speed of return will open, they are marked with letters D: and U:. For more exact result wait five-ten minutes.