Our use of the internet has gone beyond mere browsing. As we move from cable TV to streaming and also depend on our connection for videoconferencing with friends and family, adequate internet speed is important.
Have you ever checked your connectivity speed? Are you getting the speed for which you're paying? Are there some places in your home that the speed declines?
There's a tool that's easy to use that will help you answer those questions. Speedtest.net In addition to the website, the Speedtest app can be downloaded and used on your phone. It takes less than a minute to check both your download and upload speeds. All you have to do is click "Go" once you're on the website or in the app.
Things to know:
*Download speed will almost always be faster than upload.
*You will rarely get the "maximum" speed promised by your ISP unless you are working on a hard-wired computer, but it should be relatively close.
*Try Speedtest in different rooms of your home. Unless you have a mesh network which Valu-Net here in Emporia now offers as their router (the Plume), speeds will vary throughout your home. Consider using the faster areas of your home for videoconferencing (Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, etc.)
If you create a free Speedtest account, the results are recorded for your reference. Those results can be reviewed and if your connection is significantly slower all the time, you can use that data to share with your internet service provider when trying to solve the problem.
It's a rainy day here in Emporia (3.5 inches in our rain gauge overnight), so while stuck inside it might be a great day to try out Speedtest!
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