How to measure Internet connection speed. Why do speed tests have different results? Measurement of actual Internet speed

What does the concept of “normal Internet speed” mean, what it should be for optimal work and leisure time on a personal computer. The same connection will seem quite sufficient to some, but to others it will seem like an inability to work effectively. What is normal for an Internet cafe, for Moscow State University, for example, “will not be enough.”

Using computers at home raises reasonable questions for users: what Internet speed is considered normal for home and how to choose the appropriate tariff plan.

If a PC owner’s finances are limited, when choosing a tariff for home Internet, he will certainly be faced with a number of offers from providers that make it difficult to make the right decision. To avoid mistakes, you should know some parameters that determine the quality of the Internet at home.

To determine what Internet speed standards are, you first need to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts.

Bits, kilobits, megabits

Data transfer speed is usually measured in bits/sec. But since a bit is a very small value, kilobits or megabits are used:

• Kilobit = 1024 bits.
• Megabit = 1024 kilobits.

With the advent of optical cables, Internet speeds have increased dramatically. If previously 128 kbit/sec was considered normal, today the parameter is measured in megabits and amounts to 100 megabits per second (Mbit/sec).

Therefore, megabits per second is the standard unit of measurement for modern Internet speed. The conditional classification of Internet communications is as follows:

• slow – 512 Kbps;
• low – 2 Mbit/s;
• average – 10 Mbit/sec;
• high – 50 Mbit/s;
• very high – 100 Mbit/sec.

You must understand that the lower the speed, the lower the tariff.

A byte is not a bit

Internet users are interested in working with files; their size is usually measured in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes, equal to:

• Byte – 8 bits.
• Kilobyte = 1024 bytes.
• Megabyte = 1024 kilobytes.
• Gigabyte = 1024 megabytes.

Inexperienced users confuse a byte with a bit. And they get megabits (Mbits) instead of megabytes. This leads to a serious error, for example, when calculating the download time of files.

It is impossible to accurately determine the period for downloading a file, because:

• Providers indicate the maximum connection speed. The average (working) will be lower.
• Speed ​​is reduced by interference, especially if a remote router is used.
• A remote FTP server limits the ability to download, so much so that everything else becomes unimportant.

But it is still possible to establish an approximate time. Calculations will be easier if you round:

• byte = 10 bits;
• kilobyte = 1 thousand bytes.

But it’s better to just start downloading and determine the download time using the program than to calculate the time theoretically.

What tasks influence the choice of speed?

The lower the Internet connection speed, the smaller the range of available tasks, but the tariff is cheaper. The right choice allows you to feel comfortable without wasting money.

Outlining the circle of interests

The Internet is used to solve various problems:

• Surfing social networks, listening to music.
• Online games.
• Organizations of streaming broadcasting (stream).
• Video calls.
• Watching videos online.
• Download music, movies, and other files.
• Uploading files to cloud storage.

Selecting a connection

When the range of interests has been determined, we set goals for ourselves and choose the appropriate tariff.

Providers offer various types of connections, for example, 300 rubles per month for Internet access at a speed of 15 Mbit/sec.

The tariff descriptions contain two numbers:

If the second number is missing, then the speeds are equal. If necessary, this should be clarified with your Internet service provider.

What internet speed is enough?

A number of tasks that are necessary for him to work with a PC help the user determine this indicator:

For social networks and music

You don't need high speed to surf social networks and listen to music. The user will feel quite comfortable with 2 Mbit/sec. Even a speed of 512 Kbps will do, but website pages will open slower.

To watch videos online

The following speed indicators are considered normal for watching videos online, depending on the quality of videos and films:

• SD video (360 p, 480 p) – 2 Mbit/sec.
• HD video (720 p) – 5 Mbit/sec.
• Full-HD (1080 p) – 8 Mbit/sec.
• Ultra-HD (2160 p) – 30 Mbit/sec.

100 Mbps - this speed is more than enough to watch online videos in any quality. Because browsing occurs buffering, minor speed dips do not affect viewing.

For streaming

To organize streaming broadcasts, you need a stable Internet connection. For a high-quality stream, the speed should not fall below a critical level. For video stream:

• 480 p – 5 Mbit/sec.
• 720 p – 10 Mbit/sec.
• 1080p – 20 Mbit/sec.

But these are risky values. Transmission is the most critical, since broadcasting is uploading data to the Internet, so we focus on it.

No matter how stable the Internet is, surges are still possible. The tariff is chosen to level them out.

We calculate the optimal speed for the Internet by multiplying the speed of a high-quality stream by 2.5. For example, let's calculate the speed for 480 p: 5 x 2.5 = 12.5 Mbit/sec.

Taking into account the fact that the boundary values ​​are risky, we select Upload no lower than 15 Mbit/sec.

Online Games

Games are not demanding on speed parameters. For most popular games, 512 Kbps is sufficient. This value is suitable for:

• "Dota 2".
• "World of Warcraft".
• "GTA"
• "World of Tanks".

But loading the game and downloading updates at a speed of 512 Kbps will be very slow, since you will have to download tens of gigabytes. In order not to wait for hours, it is better to ensure a speed of up to 70 Mbit/s.

For games, the determining factor is the quality of the communication channel, characterized by the “ping” parameter. Ping is the time it takes for a signal (request) to reach the server and return (response). Ping is measured in milliseconds (ms).

Ping is affected by:

• The reliability of the Internet provider, which consists in the ability to maintain the declared quality of communication.
• Distance from client to server. For example, the player is located in Sevastopol, and the World of Warcraft game server is in London.

Acceptable ping values:

A constant ping value above 300 ms on any server is considered a symptom of serious network connection problems. The reaction time is extremely low.

For smartphones and tablets

If the device is connected to a router via Wi-Fi, it will work in the same way as a computer. The difference is that advanced sites offer pages for gadgets with convenient placement of information on a small screen.

But smartphones and tablets are designed for mobile Internet. Cellular operators for working with the Internet offer:

• 3G standard – up to 4 Mbit/s;
• 4G standard – up to 80 Mbit/s.

The operator's website contains a coverage map with marked 3G and 4G zones. The terrain of a particular area makes adjustments, then instead of 4G there will be 3G, and instead of 3G there will be 2G - the standard is too slow for the Internet.

4G communication is provided only by devices equipped with modern radio modules.

On the mobile Internet, the client pays for traffic, not for speed. There is no question of choosing a normal Internet speed for the device. The user selects the appropriate number of megabytes of traffic.

For video calls

• voice calls – 100 Kbps;
• video calls – 300 Kbps;
• video calls (HD standard) – 5 Mbit/s;
• voice video communication (five participants) – 4 Mbit/s (reception) 512 Kbit/s (transmission).

In practice, these values ​​are multiplied by 2.5 to level out the jumps.

Factors affecting connection speed

The quality of the connection is affected by the following factors:

• Wi-Fi standard supported by devices.
• The frequency at which data is transmitted.
• Walls and partitions in the signal path.
• Computer and browser settings.
• VPN and proxy.
• Outdated drivers.
• Interference from other networks.
• Viruses and malware.

You can find out the current connection speed (it’s better to check at night) using the SpeedTest service. If it differs greatly from that stated by the provider, you need to find the reason.

When choosing a connection speed, the number of users connected to Wi-Fi and the speed characteristics of tasks used in parallel mode are taken into account when choosing the appropriate tariff.

Conclusion

You can use the Internet in different ways. It is difficult to list all the assigned tasks. But among those considered, you need to find a similar one and decide on the connection.

Learn how to correctly measure the speed of your Internet connection. What resources can you use to correctly check the Internet, what parameters should you look at, and how to determine whether the result in front of you is good.

I’ll definitely tell you about Megabit and Megabyte, they are often confused, and I’ll also tell you what ping is and why people often get kicked out of online games because of it. In general, I will show in detail how to find out the Internet speed on a computer.

Introduction

Hello everyone, today I decided to write an article that will allow me to qualitatively analyze the speed of my Internet connection. You can find a lot of materials from different sources, where one way or another it is shown where to go and what numbers to look at. But now you have repeated all this on your computer, you have seen numbers, large or small, with different units of measurement.

You sit, look at them, sometimes even rejoice, but what do these data mean? It was displayed to you, for example: Input - 10 Mbit/s, Output - 5 Mbit/s, Ping - 14 and what next, is this good for you, or if you honestly look at it, then you will say that these numbers have nothing to do with you do not speak? And in most cases, everything is exactly like this, we see the result, but we cannot analyze it, because we do not know what each direction means.

Funny conversation with a friend

In general, I decided to write an article on this topic just yesterday. I was talking with an acquaintance, and it so happened that we started talking about the Internet. He asks me - Vanek, what is your Internet speed? Well, I said, I pay 300 rubles for 8 MB/s. Without hesitation, the acquaintance replied, well, what bullshit is your Internet, I have 30 Mbit/s for only 250 rubles. This whole thing was said with such a smart look, I couldn’t restrain myself, I laughed, when I walked away, I immediately thought - this is the topic for a new article.

Users who understand have already figured out what the catch is, and for those who didn’t catch it, read the article carefully and absorb useful knowledge. For probably another 15 minutes I had to explain to my friend that he had made a little mistake in choosing the Internet and the money he paid could be spent more wisely if armed with good Internet. I won’t mutter too much, let’s move on.

How is Internet speed measured?

In order to understand and correctly analyze the speed of Internet connections, you need to have a good understanding of the units of measurement that you will actually use to measure your Internet in the future.

This is very important, it’s a must, well, it’s absolutely necessary, it’s necessary, there’s simply no other way. After all, when you come to the store, you tell the seller how many kilograms of apples to sell you, or you yourself calculate how many kilograms of potatoes you need to buy so that there is enough for at least a week for the whole family, you even tritely calculate how many grams of candy to buy so that you have enough money to pay. Now let's get down to business.

When you start wondering about the Internet, you come across two units of measurement - Megabits and Megabytes. Let's go in order.

The MEGA prefix is ​​a million-dollar prefix, you don’t need to pay special attention to them, it’s just an abbreviation, a replacement of the number 10 to the 6th power. Once again, we don’t look at the console, we follow everything that is written next, namely, we look at the BITS and BYTES. (megaBIT, mega BYTE)

A bit is the smallest unit of measurement used in calculations in the “computer world”, think of a bit as one unit - 1

A byte is naturally also a unit of measurement, but it contains 8 bits, which means a byte is eight times larger than a bit.

Once again, a BYTE is 8 bits.

Examples. When testing Internet speed, you may be shown:

30 Mbit/s or 3.75 MB/s, where you should understand that these are two identical numbers. That is, when you took measurements and were shown the result in megabits, you can safely divide it by 8 and get the real result. In our example, 30 Mbit/8= 3.75 MB

You haven’t forgotten about my conversation with a friend, now you can go back and see why I didn’t agree with my friend, what was his mistake? Look, count, it will be useful for consolidation.

In addition to units of measurement, for proper analysis of an Internet connection, you need to know that there are two types of connections. Incoming and outgoing.

It’s not at all difficult, but you have to read it once just to know. Incoming information is everything that you download to your computer, watch online, listen to music, in general, everything that you view on the Internet will be called incoming traffic.

But when your computer transmits information, let’s say you play an online game and small packets of information that control actions in the game are necessarily sent from your computer, or for example you upload a photo to a social network, all this will be considered outgoing traffic.

Remember:

All we take on the Internet is incoming traffic.

Everything we send to the Internet is outgoing traffic.

Now a little advice: when analyzing, you can not pay attention to outgoing traffic. Why? Because if the incoming Internet connection is good, the outgoing one will automatically be good. They come in a complex, but you need to remember that the speed of incoming information is always higher, sometimes even twice as high, but this is not scary.

When measuring your Internet speed, you will see pictures like this and this is normal:

I think the numbers are more or less understood and now you can easily analyze the speed of your Internet connection as accurately as possible. Although it’s probably worth making a small digression to suggest what speed will be enough and for what purpose.

What kind of internet do I need for stable operation?

Here is a table that will serve as a hint to this question, and if you haven’t figured it out, then write in the comments to this article, as soon as I see it, I’ll immediately write the answer.

I often hear the question, but with the Internet like this, how long will it take me to download a movie? To be honest, such questions irritate me a little, if you know how to count, then why not do it, this is forgivable for adults and elderly people of the previous generation, but now young people should be educated and instantly give out the information of interest, so in the article I won’t even write about this, but just in case, I will show the principle of calculation in the video, so after finishing reading the text, do not be lazy to spend a couple of minutes watching the video.

And besides this, you should always remember that a virus can get onto your computer and the speed will be reduced several times,

Where can you test your Internet speed?

As I said at the beginning, there are a lot of different resources that provide the opportunity, so to speak, to weigh and measure your Internet. But as practice shows, only a few of them work stably and can provide correct information and not fantasize...

yandex.ru/internet— for me this is the best resource for measuring the Internet.

speedtest.net/ru/- a mega popular site for determining speed, but it works fine for me only after the second scan. After the first time it shows unreal numbers, so I immediately run it a second time and get a normal, real result.

2ip.ru/speed/— the site can do a lot of useful things, I like it, but unfortunately it often cheats with Internet measurements, but it gives some useful information, who serves it, what provider it is and where the service site is located.

By the way, I took examples of pictures from these sites, in the video I will show each site separately, and you yourself will choose which one you like best. When you analyze the results, you may notice another interesting parameter - Ping.

What is ping on the Internet?

This parameter can often be heard, especially among those who like to play online games. These types of people, to be honest, are a little obsessed with pings during the game.

Even 7-8 years ago I had a case when I entered the game myself, as I remember now - it was Counter-Strike. Well, I came in, I’m playing, I hear a lot of fuss, shouting and discontent, and in every sentence they shout, he has a high ping, let’s kick him out. And in fact, they kicked me out of the room by general vote; of course, I was not very happy, but there was nothing to do.

That day I spent several hours studying the cursed word ping at that time.

But in fact, the essence of its work is very simple, I will not load your heads, but will only say that this is also a unit of measurement that shows the speed of data transfer from your computer to the server.

Now, quite simply, you entered the game, at the moment when you perform some action for you, the character simply makes a movement. And from the technical side, in order to even simply move your character from place, the computer must send a command (packet of files) to the server, and the time during which these files will fly to the server, be processed there and return back will be called ping.

In fact, Ping is the speed of data exchange between the computer and the server.

What does ping depend on, and how can it be lowered?

Everything here is quite simple, the first and main reason is the physical distance between your computer and the game server. For example, you play in Moscow, and the server is in China, the distance is very long and therefore it takes more time to transmit data packets. And at this moment we are swearing that the game is lagging.

Naturally, the ping will be affected by the speed of your Internet; the faster the connection, the lower the ping will be. Next, you need to understand that ping can increase if the transmission line is overloaded, that is, your provider serves not just your apartment, but an entire house or street, and if everyone decides to surf the Internet at the same time, then there will be a little chaos.

Rational use of traffic is when you are sitting at home on the Internet via Wi-Fi, playing, and at the same time your parents are watching TV series through the same Wi-Fi, your little sister is sitting on a tablet in the next room and playing her games. The more people use the access point at the same time, the lower the Internet speed becomes and the ping increases accordingly.

There are three ways to lower your ping:

• Change provider or tariff plan to a more powerful one
• Make some changes to the operating system registry (the improvement is not significant)
• Loading specialized software. (we immediately throw this method out of our heads and use the first two)

Have you figured out what's what? I think you all understood a long time ago, so I’ll wrap it up. Below you can find a video to reinforce the material you have read, don’t be lazy, you have to watch it.

Watch video: How to find out the Internet speed on your computer?

Well, have you finished reading? Then we go below and write our comment on this article, otherwise how will I know whether you have read it at all or not? See you soon, bye friends.

Have you ever asked yourself the question - how to check the Internet speed? And this question is really important, because we pay money for the Internet, and sometimes quite a lot. And it is simply necessary to be sure that you are not being deceived.

Now, every day, the number of Internet users is growing, and accordingly, many new companies are appearing that provide their services. Often, people pay quite a lot of money to use the Internet. But a non-professional is unlikely to distinguish a speed of 10 Mb per second from a speed of 20 Mb per second, and if the difference is not visible, why pay more? There are several services that will show you how to find out internet speed.

How to check Internet speed on a computer? A little clarification...

To begin with, take it for granted that it is impossible to absolutely accurately measure the speed of access to the Global Network. Internet- this is a constantly changing environment, and such a concept as “constancy” cannot be applied to it. In addition, if you noticed, modern Internet operators in contracts indicate a phrase like: “speed up to X Mbit/sec,” that is, in reality the speed will be less than this X value.

There are two Internet speeds:

• reception speed
• recoil speed

The ratio of these two speeds plays a very important role, both in determining the speed of the Internet and in assessing its quality. The connection channel to the World Wide Web can be synchronous or asynchronous, symmetric or asymmetric.

Every Internet user should understand that the Internet connection speed will be different for each direction. For example, you are in Kyiv. Connection speed to Kyiv - 10 Mbit/sec, to Russia - 6 Mbit/sec, to Paris - 2 Mbit/sec, to America - 1 Mbit/sec. However, such a situation is not an indication that your provider is somehow deceiving you. And believe me, this is a reasonable "price". You pay several times less for access to the World Wide Web than legal entities.

Below, I will tell you about several ways to check speed. Read everything to the end and choose the method that is convenient for you, or better yet, try everything.

How to find out the Internet speed on a computer? Several ways.

For the average user, it may be enough to simply estimate the speed of the Internet connection without directly measuring it. Why do most of us use the Internet? For, and music.

Here is one of the simplest ways. Call a friend from your computer (for example, via Skype) whose stated Internet speed is at least 4-8 Mbit/sec. If during communication the image is normal, no wheezing or extraneous sounds are heard, then the speed of the connection channel is normal. To evaluate your connection speed, you can also use download managers and . Of course, it is impossible to draw exact conclusions this way - the download speed will depend on the source. To estimate the speed, you can use the download graph in the Bittorrent application.

To estimate the current speed, you can use. To call it, you need to press the three key combination “CTRL+ALT+DELETE”. Go to the "performance" tab, and then - to your connection (for example, Wi-fi). The graph shows the change in speed while downloading a file from a torrent.

This is how the task manager looks in the Windows 8 operating system, but in earlier operating systems the principle remains the same.

Checking Internet speed using special Internet services.

In order to evaluate the speed of your channel, you can use the services of special services.

How to check Internet speed using Yandex?

Yandex has a special service that helps to understand this issue. The service is called Yandex.Internetometer. His only problem is that he doesn’t always show the truth, or rather greatly exaggerates. It is very easy to use. Go to the parcel website above and click on the “Measure speed” button.

After which the verification will begin.

When it finishes, a picture with the results will appear.

But I’ll tell you honestly, here they don’t show the truth, because... My Internet speed is half as fast. That's why, if you want to know, how to check internet speed In real life, I advise you to use another service.

If your Internet pages take a long time to load or YouTube videos slow down, you should first check the speed of your Internet connection. How to check the Internet speed on Windows 7 or Windows 10 will be discussed below.

Note! Certain processes may affect the accuracy of the results. Before testing, you should turn off video, music, downloading files, etc.

Windows Standard Tools

First of all, you need to know what speed your provider provides to you. To view, you can use standard system tools.

Advice! If you have an agreement with a provider nearby, you can check the speed of your Internet connection.

1. On the toolbar, click the PMC on the Internet connection icon.
2. Open Network and Internet Settings.
3. Next, go to the “Network and Sharing Center”.
4. By clicking on the “Ethernet” icon, see the connection speed.
   
   

Internet resources

Now let's move on to online services that give us the opportunity to see the speed of the Internet connection in a few clicks.

Yandex Internetometer

This is a popular service from Yandex, which is used by most users.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated. All actions occur automatically.

This service is popular all over the world, not just in Russia. It quite accurately determines the maximum download speed limit and indicates the ping.

It is worth noting that the results are quite accurate. No wonder the service has gained popularity all over the world.

2ip

A site with a huge number of possibilities. Starting from checking IP and Ports, ending with checking passwords for vulnerabilities. The most functional site from the entire RUNet.

Additionally, the site will show your location, browser, IP and provider.

The service is designed for German users, but this does not prevent us from using it.

Once finished you will be able to view your speed, ping and location.

“Connection speed” refers to the amount of information downloaded per second.

The units used for this quantity are bits per second. A bit is a binary value (1 or 0).

Using single bits to measure connection speed would produce very cumbersome values.

Therefore, to denote a large number of bits, metric prefixes are used: kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-.

That is, a speed of 1 Kbps (Kbps) means that the device receives 1000 bits of information per second. How to measure Internet speed yourself?

Modern communications technologies allow the use of the megabit as a standard unit at the user level.

The average Internet connection speed in the world in 2014 was 3.9 Mbit/sec.

Modern providers provide tariff plans up to 100 Mbit/sec. This is the maximum limit of most home ports, at least for today.

The most common connection technology is broadband cable connection. This type of connection has replaced dial-up modem connections.

The use of our own fiber optic lines, instead of the telephone network, allowed us to significantly increase traffic volumes.

So the modem connection provided no more than 56 Kbps.

Note! The standard speed for a home broadband connection is 10 Mbps. That is, for the majority of users who do not have special requirements for connection speed, this is enough. This value is enough to download files, work with cloud services and feel comfortable online.

With commercial networks, things are somewhat more complicated. Each enterprise has its own needs and, most often, an individual agreement is formed under certain conditions.

For small companies and offices, a household connection is sufficient.

Important: Providers prefer to keep silent about the fact that the speed of outgoing traffic is an order of magnitude lower than the speed of incoming traffic. For ordinary people, this is not so critical, but if you need to send large amounts of data, then it is better to take this circumstance into account.

In any case, the connection speed stated in the tariff is somewhat lower in practice. The quality of communication at any given time depends on many factors.

The load on the provider's nodes and the quality of setup of home devices affect the connection speed.

The Wi-Fi connection is influenced by even more circumstances:

• Distance to access point;
• Physical barriers to the signal path and their material;
• Presence of radio interference;
• Quality and receiving device.

And this is in addition to the features of the wired connection. As a result, it turns out that the actual connection speed will always be slightly lower than stated in the tariff.

Measurement of actual Internet speed

He has already completed more than seven billion checks.

The service allows you not only to measure speed, but also to save test results in your profile, publish them on social networks and in public comparisons.

By the way, the average value based on the results of all checks is 22.7 Mbit/sec.

Let's move on directly to the process of measuring speed.

The example involves an ADSL connection via a Wi-Fi router with one more active user. Tariff speed 5 Mbit/sec.

First you need to go to the speedtest website.

After loading it will look like this (pictured below).

The determination of the region and the most suitable server occurs automatically, but each user can independently select any one of the servers available around the world (1 choice on the world map, 2 – navigation around the site).

White dots on the map indicate available servers.

In addition, a counter for the number of checks (4) is displayed, as well as the current IP address with the name of the provider (5). The check can begin (3) immediately after loading the interface, or after identifying the required server.

First of all, the service measures ping (1). Ping is the time it takes for a data packet to travel from the user’s PC to the server and back.

This value is measured in milliseconds.

The higher the indicator, the slower the connection, the longer sites load and the worse the games perform.

This metric reflects the amount of data received from the server per second. Here you can clearly see how the tariff speed (5 Mbit/s) differs from the actual one.

In the example, an ADSL connection was used, which is why the difference in values ​​is so large.

In broadband wired connections it will be an order of magnitude less.

Internet speed testing is completed.

In addition, you can send the results to a public rating (2). There the results of all checks are collected and compared.

Gratitude to the creators of the resource for the services provided can be expressed not only through good karma, but also through material means (3).

The most objective results are usually obtained after several checks. D

To optimize the process, a new check button (4) is provided. It is possible to initiate a check with another server (5).

Interesting! There is a mini version of the service that can be embedded into websites. Distributed free of charge. It can be used both for personal needs and with registration in the Ookla service, then the load on the channel will increase, since measurements will be taken from all over the world using the registered server.

There is also a version for mobile platforms. Download for free on the AppStore or GogglePlay. A mobile version is available for smartphones and tablets that support Internet access.

Once you determine your connection speed, you can take some steps to improve it. Of course, if you are satisfied with the values, then there is nothing to worry about.

Possibilities for speeding up the connection will be discussed below.

Increase Internet speed

The first thing that comes to mind is changing the tariff plan or provider. But these are drastic steps designed to significantly increase speed.

Some speed increases can also be obtained through minor manipulations with your own computer.

Here are some ways to help increase your Internet speed.

In fact, the number of downloaded megabits will remain the same, but by optimizing the work with traffic, you can achieve better browser performance:

• Dosing the load on the network. While surfing, you don’t need to open many tabs with different sites at once. Network load causes performance to slow down. In systems with small RAM, the drop in speed is also caused by the fact that there is not enough memory;
• Disable automatic updates. This point is most true for automatic Windows updates. Other programs can also take up traffic by searching and downloading updates. Disabling updates will help relieve the network load;
• Disabling torrent managers. The operation of such programs and various downloads in general “eat” a lot of traffic. Timely disabling unnecessary downloads can save a lot of traffic;
• Disable advertising. Many pages are overloaded with advertising banners and other marketing gimmicks, and their loading also affects speed. Using special browser extensions, you can reduce the amount of downloaded advertising content;
• Browser turbo mode. Most browsers have it. Enabling it reduces the quality of images, or even disables them altogether. This move allows you to reduce page loading time;
• Reducing the distance between the access point and the device. The signal will travel a shorter distance, therefore, the Internet speed will increase slightly. Reducing the number of obstacles in the signal path will also lead to an increase in speed;
• The speed of Wi-Fi connections drops when many users connect to one router. Changing the access password will help eliminate the possibility of unauthorized connections.

With the information provided in the material, managing your connection speed, measuring it, and optimizing your work with the Internet will not be difficult.

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