Tuesday, April 19
Your need for speed
So, you have broadband in your house or you have a portable PC with wifi with you and you're surfing merrily in a hotspot. Ever curious how fast you're going?
When I first started surfing wirelessly at Basti's Brew I was curious on how fast the connection was. I looked for bandwidth meters on the internet. I used a couple and eventually settled to using just one: Globequest.
I don't have any real technical reason why I settled with Globequest's bandwidth meter. The only three reasons that I can give is, first, since Globequest is based here in the Philippines, it might give me a better picture on my actual speed. Second, the URL is pretty much easy to memorize. Lastly, I was lazy to look for other DSL bandwidth meters.
Fortunately, I stumbled into a couple of other bandwidth meters in a forum I regularly post at. And these are:
DSL Reports
2Wire
McAfee
Bandwidth Speed Test
So, how fast are you really going?
When I first started surfing wirelessly at Basti's Brew I was curious on how fast the connection was. I looked for bandwidth meters on the internet. I used a couple and eventually settled to using just one: Globequest.
I don't have any real technical reason why I settled with Globequest's bandwidth meter. The only three reasons that I can give is, first, since Globequest is based here in the Philippines, it might give me a better picture on my actual speed. Second, the URL is pretty much easy to memorize. Lastly, I was lazy to look for other DSL bandwidth meters.
Fortunately, I stumbled into a couple of other bandwidth meters in a forum I regularly post at. And these are:
DSL Reports
2Wire
McAfee
Bandwidth Speed Test
So, how fast are you really going?
