Testing your Internet Speed

Why Test? Testing how fast your internet connection speed lets you know that you're getting the most out of your Internet Service Provider. If you happen to experience slow pageloads, downloads and uploads, you can use the data you gathered from internet speed tests when you report you problem to your ISP. There are a lot of bandwidth tests available on the internet. But one of my favorite is the one by auditmypc.com

http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp

It gives you a nice graph where your connection speed falls. The graph shows both download and upload speed. I got a rating of 445kbps out of my max 512kbps connection. Not bad at all. Try it out. Most cust care reps get intimidated when the caller knows their exact internet connection speed rating. lol