If a person wanted to know what the speed of his or her Internet connection is, they would either download a file from the Internet and see the transfer rate, or visit a website that provides Internet speed testing services.
Doing that may be effective and accurate in most cases, but it really takes a lot of time and effort to do such thing. Many times, you may find yourself asking how fast your current Internet connection speed is but it takes a lot of your time to do so. The good thing is there is a software that you can use to automatically check your connection speed in just a few clicks of your mouse.
There are so many computer programs of this type available on the Internet for downloading. Many of them are free, but there are a few which are commercial. Basically, what this program does is the same thing as what a manual speed test does. The only difference is it automated. You do not have to input the URL or the address of the site where you can test the download speed.
Some of these computer programs can also passively measure your current bandwidth. This is done by monitoring all Internet-related activities and usage and reports it to you. This is applicable if you have several programs running that use the Internet (Internet browsers, FTP servers/clients, messaging programs, and file sharing programs are some examples).
A good bandwidth testing software must be very easy to use. It\'s interface must be intuitive, which means you do not have to read much of the documentation to figure out how to use it. It also must provide several servers to which it can connect to, so that it can provide you with several choices on testing your speed. Other features like bandwidth monitoring and other statistics is a plus, though is not that necessary for average Internet users.
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