Internet Speed Test

Measure the Internet correctly

Have you noticed that Internet service providers (ISP) usually recommend measuring Internet speed on their official websites? Then you probably saw that the results of an Internet speed test usually do not correspond to the actual speed. The reason is that they measure the speed of data transmission to the first server of their network. We believe that such approach is fundamentally incorrect that only creates the appearance of a test, but shows inaccurate or completely incorrect statistics. Unlike other resources, Speed Limited measures the speed of your communication channel by a third-party, independent service. This allows you to check your Internet speed:

• more accurately
• unbiased

Even unlike many well-known Internet speed testing tools!

How to check the Internet speed on the site speed.limited?

On the initial page of the resource, the user immediately sees the «Start» data and getting the speed value. Do not rush to press the button immediately. The speedcheck service by default offers to transfer data from your computer to measure speed to a geographically closest server, often the same Internet provider. You need to click on the link « Change server» and choose a provider other than your provider, preferably in another city (for example, if the user lives in Washington - you need to select, for example, a server in Los Angeles of another Internet service provider). After that you should click on the button «Check» and get the result of internet testing. It is important to note that the true performance can be determined when the computer is directly connected to the local network, and the wireless connection can underestimate the test results.

How can I decode the speed test data?

The browser window shows the measurement results in three indicators:

1. Ping (Ping) – value in milliseconds and indicates the server response time when sending packets to it. The smaller the ping value, the better the communication channel works.
2. Download – megabits per second, the speed of data transfer to the user's computer. Theoretically, it should correspond to the declared rate of the tariff.
3. Upload (); – rate of data transfer from a computer to a remote provider. Always less than the download value, but not much different from it. This indicator is especially important if the user regularly sends large packets of information from himself to the Internet (uploads data to the cloud, photos and videos to social networks, etc.).