Checking your Internet speed
Step 1 β Navigate to a web search engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.)
Step 2 β Search "internet speed test"
This search, depending on your browser and web search engine, will prompt you with an in-browser test that will provide you with live information of your internet speed. In these cases, simply click "Run Speed Test" or "Start", as shown below.
Some search engines may not prompt you with an in-browser test. In these cases, simply navigate to a website designed to test your Internet speed.
Upload speed is the rate that data is transferred from your computer to the Internet.
βDownload speed is the rate at which data is transferred from the Internet to your computer.
βMbps stands for "megabits per second," a unit used to measure Internet speed.