How fast is your computer? Test it with this...
By Ray on May 8, 2008 - 8:28am
If you'd like to test your computer's download and upload speeds, there's a free test you can use at this site to find out. Just select a test site from the list (for example, 'Seattle') click that button to start the test, and wait for the speedometer to finish working and show your results. Works for me.
Using the Seattle test site, my numbers are:-
Downloads at 1432 kbps = 179 Kb/sec.
Uploads at 540 kbps = 67.5 Kb/sec.
The first number is in kilobits per second, and because there are 8 bits in a byte, the second in kilobytes is 179. Kilobits divided by 8 equals kilobytes, and it's kilobytes that most of us use in reference to transmission speeds.