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Testing your connect speed

Although our preferred method for determining your connect speed on the Internet is with the INETBENCH utility (for more info, click here), there are a variety of online speed tests that you can use.  Most of these are geared towards measuring file download speeds that you might see when downloading files like MP3's or software applications -- and thus aren't really relevant to the speeds you get when you are just "surfing" the Internet.  And because there are so many variables involved, you'll likely see some wide variations in the speeds reported.  All of which is why we prefer tests such as INETBENCH, of course!  But these other tests do serve some purpose, so here are some of the better ones: