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The Cox Internet Speed Test is backed by Ookla and measures the ping (latency), download speed and upload speed between your device and a test server. Note that it does not measure the speed Cox is delivering to your modem since many factors affect the speed in your home as it's processed by your modem, device, and everything in between.

I have a question regarding internet connection speed. Are the so-called 'speed checks' rigged? I ask this because recently I received an email from CNET that contained a solicitation inviting you to check your connection speed. Well, I did and my result averaged around 6Mbps. My ISP is AT&T, which boasts its U-Verse is superior. I'm subscribed to their 12Mbps plan. So after I learned that the solicitation link clocked me at 6, I tested my connection on U-Verse's speed check which shows me clocked at around 12Mbps download and around 3 upload, which is fine but makes me wonder which is right? I've always kind of wondered what the actual speed is when at times I find myself waiting patiently staring at a screen as the page loads. Any thoughts or previous discussions on this subject? I'm wondering if speed is just a marketing scheme to entice one believing their connection is better than their competitor. And is there a trustworthy method of finding out my actual connection speed without bias? Thanks.
--Submitted by Alan L. of Columbus, Ohio

I ran my Internet connection through SpeedTest.net which claims that it finds out the actual Internet speed, much lower than that promised by my ISP.

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But—while downloading—the speed is much lesser than the test results. Even after using download mangers like Internet Download Manager, there isn’t much difference.

Are some background apps consuming my Internet bandwidth? If so, how can I divert all of the bandwidth towards one application?

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Are you sure you got control of BITS and BYTES?

When testing your speed with speedtests online, you're measuring BITS per second. When downloading files, your speed is in BYTES per second. As there is 8 bits in a byte - Your download speed 'should' equal your speedtest-result /8.

Getting 8mbps on speedtest, would give you 1MB/s download-speed.

Also check your sources. (Local-FTP???)You should also run different speedtests to verify a result. You will almost never get a 100% correct answer by running a speedtest, but it will give you a pointer.

To answer the question - there is software to monitor your computers bandwidth use, but it's not likely that's the culprit.

My guess is mixed terminology if you say the speed is 5 times higher on speedtest. Sr-71 tomorrow download.

Addition: I just did a speedtest on speedtest.net. In my example, I 'should' get a download speed of 32,5MB/s. Game music. Now - with that speed there are other things limiting downloads (like disk-speed+++) but it should give me a pointer of what I could expect with hardware that supports it.

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To test your ACTUAL download speed, you can go to http://speedtest.tweak.nl/.
It generates a binary file on-the-fly, so no matter how fast your line, you will always get what is possible with YOUR connection, not limited by the remote server.

For traffic monitoring you could use one of the many free network monitors out there, to find out, which application produces how much traffic.

As for bandwith shaping, I do not know any free/open software that does this; they all cost money, afaik.

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