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Overview

Speedtest has a rating of 3.72 stars from 41 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Speedtest ranks 26th among IT Services sites.

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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • The #1 place to check on your internet speed and quality.
  • This website allows you to see valuable information like download speed, upload speed and ping.

Critical highlights

  • then the download speed (and the point where I knew they where scammers) followed by 3.
How would you rate Speedtest?
Top Positive Review

“Fast and easy diagnostic tool”

Darren L.
4/29/20

Really easy to use. Useful for diagnosing performance issues. One click is all you need to do, and results appear seconds later.

Top Critical Review

“Scam!”

Rob P.
9/9/20

Pretended to be from Sky and was calling got help my broadband speed. I believed it as I'm having an upgrade from Sky tomorrow. Very difficult to understand, wasted my time for 20 minutes before I realised they were trying to sell me something. Not rude or aggressive at all, just annoying. Maybe they have a great product, I didn't get that far. But pretending to be from Sky is not a great way of building trusting customer relationships

Reviews (41)

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download speed (4) internet speed (6) upload speed (3)
Thumbnail of user ammep
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 9th, 2020

Speed test called me yesterday and today pretending to be from sky. When I wouldn't go to the web address given, the man started shouting "you stupid stupid woman!" At which point I said I was reporting the call to the action fraud UK (which I did), and was told by the "sky" employee to F*%K off. Called sky to report it. Never type in a web address from a cold caller.

Thumbnail of user darrenl22
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
April 29th, 2020

Really easy to use. Useful for diagnosing performance issues. One click is all you need to do, and results appear seconds later.

Thumbnail of user reallys2
1 review
4 helpful votes
November 18th, 2020

Speedtest from OOkla used to be a very good place to get information about your internet speed, but apparently they've hired some new programers who think they know how to do things better, and have destroyed the once "good" application. I have been using CLI for 4 years now and as of 21 Sept. 2020 it is no longer dependable. Strange results on pings for server selection tens of thousands of miles away and latency speeds better from servers on the other side of the planet make absolutely no sense at all. Too bad, I was hoping to use it for proof of speed to my internet provider, now I have to use something else.

Thumbnail of user stephenf739
62 reviews
37 helpful votes
December 1st, 2023

This is an excellent test site to help you determine the speed of your internet connection. It helped me confirm the difference between two different SIM cards that were allegedly connected to the same network provider (Three) but the speed of each card was radically different.

Thumbnail of user muhammadnurhakims
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 30th, 2022

Its completely not worth test at this site since its gonna show what their customer (Telco) want not us (Consumer). I tried various site such Fast.com and Speedcheck.org which shown same result while Speedtest just overly shown otherway.

Tip for consumers:
try Fast.com or Speedcheck.org

Products used:
Internet speed Check

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Thumbnail of user robp236
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 9th, 2020

Pretended to be from Sky and was calling got help my broadband speed. I believed it as I'm having an upgrade from Sky tomorrow. Very difficult to understand, wasted my time for 20 minutes before I realised they were trying to sell me something. Not rude or aggressive at all, just annoying. Maybe they have a great product, I didn't get that far. But pretending to be from Sky is not a great way of building trusting customer relationships

Thumbnail of user lawrencef29
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 13th, 2018

The only real speedtest is googles version because it gives me close to exact information. speedtest.net said i had 20 ping but when i went to play a game it was in actuality 3000ms and unplayable. The fake website said i was getting 300kp per sec download but when i went to check on one of my downloads i was only getting around 20kbps. Please don't trick yourself into thinking that your internet is good and don't use this website. Ps my wifi sucks

Thumbnail of user fabianom15
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 2nd, 2019

speedtest.net will not detected simple download or upload problems and so it is a pretty fake and inaccurate tool and it's been that way for a loooong time now. It will be accurate only if you have no problems with your ISP.

Thumbnail of user pavithag
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 27th, 2018

My opinion About Airtel Add, they says that ookla says India's fastest network is Airtel in this I can say that u people spoiling your name plzzzz. Please remove that word because Airtel is a worst network ever I seen...
Tied of complaining to dem so bringing to your notice hoping for the best..

Thumbnail of user aditig18
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 20th, 2023

A procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use.

Thumbnail of user patrickf33
9 reviews
15 helpful votes
June 6th, 2017

I saw the complaints of unfairness, scamming, etc. I just ran approx 15 speedtests on 5 sites OTHER than speedtest.net. All were the same +/- 10 Mbps (normal). All put me at an average of 60 Mbps download and 5.70 upload.

It should be noted that for an accurate test, you should run it with a wired (ethernet) connection, not over wifi, which can cause extremely varied results.

If you don't trust me, or speedtest.net do your own tests.

Of note is that AT&T is one of the sites that put my speed as almost equal to what speedtest said. They have no financial interest in fudging my data upward--if they were trying to benefit, they'd fudge it downward, and try to convince me to leave my isp.

Thumbnail of user lamonte5
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 21st, 2018

I received a call on my landline asking about my internet speed, claiming to be from BT Broadbrand. They were very insistent on me needing a "computer". It was a man with an Indian Asian type accent! He asked me to go on the website and consent. Something told me to check reviews first as the man on the phone seemed unprofessional and suspicious. Upon checking I alerted him to the fact that there were negative reviews of this website. He immediately said "hang up and I will call you back on another line, which didn't make any sense. Needless to say he didn't call back and realised that I was on to him! AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Do not press "I consent"! THEY STEAL ALL DATA FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND SELL IT TO THIRD PARTIES!

Thumbnail of user markr266
4 reviews
0 helpful votes
July 2nd, 2017

Works most of the time - sometimes it shows that my connection lags super hard but in real life it's fine. Weird. But i'll use it anyway - there is no real competition for it.

Thumbnail of user robertc6868
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 21st, 2023

I use 4 different tests after trying 16. I want the speed before it enters the router and when it is exiting. The big O has the exact result by 2mbs EVERY time. It doesnt work that way, speed changes in ms. Unless it is averaged over a wiiiide spectrum. It annoys me that they have so many using O, knowing that my speed is probably over 40gbs understated. It also shows stats almost the same with towers 1500 miles away, are we that dense.

Thumbnail of user aliab5
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
June 7th, 2017

Good thing to check the connection speed + an app to do so on the wireless networks I`m on. Easy to use with quite a few ads though.

Thumbnail of user tomc107
12 reviews
15 helpful votes
February 13th, 2016

I use several of these Intertnet speed sites and they always always agree including this one.

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Thumbnail of user davidf332
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 22nd, 2018

I compared the web page tester against the Windows 10 app rating both out of 10.
Web page tester: 9 (Acceptable: No way to report issues)
Windows 10 app: 1 (Terrible: Very Inconsistent test results, no Help About and no way to report issues)

Clicking GO several times in the Windows 10 App provides a high variation in results (download: 10-138mbs, upload: 14-18mbs). The web page tester provides expected results (download: 100-150mbs, upload 11-13mbs).

I suspect the implementation of the Windows 10 app was assigned to someone who knows about implementing apps on Windows 10 but less about handling network events and measuring throughput.

I rate the Windows 10 app as extremely poor -- app needs testing before distributing. To be a network distributed application it must have Help About with software version and provider and any legal notices, especially if there are privacy considerations.

I have uninstalled the Windows 10 app for fear of privacy violations.

Thumbnail of user alanc376
1 review
2 helpful votes
June 12th, 2020

This speed test only shows the maximum speed regardless of the average speed during the test, which does NOT give an accurate picture. Many times my average speed during the test may be 30-40, but at the last second or two it jumps suddenly to 90-100 and that shows as the final speed - which is not the real picture of the average internet speeds. This test needs to be changed to reflect an average test speed or else it's not worth using. Speedof.me does an average of several quick tests and is a much more accurate and honest picture of what to expect coming from your ISP.

Thumbnail of user deepaks37
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 5th, 2017

Speedtest.net is awarded Airtel to the fastest data 4g, but what I get result is 0.03 mbps etc etc I dont find to attach a screen shot of my discussion with my FIL

Thumbnail of user miker223
1 review
4 helpful votes
November 28th, 2016

I recently detected my internet was very sluggish on my pc, tv and laptop at my home. So I checked Speedtest.net and it's telling me I have a download speed of 244 mbps! No freaking way! So I tried another site Measurement Lab which came in at 73 mbps. Which to me sounds more realistic. I'm apt to believe the other reviews here regarding Speedtest's association/involvement with the ISPs.

Tip for consumers:
Check other sites as well.

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Thumbnail of user armaans
1 review
8 helpful votes
March 2nd, 2016

The results given on this site are in favor of ISP's, incorrect and not consumers. They must be cheating or drowned into corruption with ISP's.

Thumbnail of user jayc53
1 review
18 helpful votes
January 25th, 2014

I went to this site at the advice of my tv provider Direct TV (bundled with AT &T internet). They stated my internet speeds were 4.0 and. 75 respectively which is simply not true. The worst is about to come, they offered a simple scan to boost my computers speed so I clicked the button it finished the scan and told me to reboot my computer and it hasnt worked since. It says I have a missing dlnet file and won't boot up. Be warned! Stay away from this site. Any site that has software that ruins computers should be banned from the internet.

Thumbnail of user ah425
5 reviews
4 helpful votes
March 25th, 2013

Whenever my internet speed is slow, this is where I go to figure out if it's a local or regional problem.

Thumbnail of user sabinm
1 review
4 helpful votes
August 25th, 2016

Speedtes.net takes money from ISPs to fake internet speed. My idea broadband connect is having a pathetic 0.2Mbps speed, this useless site is saying that my speed is 2.5Mbps. Even in Playstore this useless service is number one. They might have made 1000s fake reviews in Playstore. Use testmy.net to get good speed results.

Thumbnail of user naveens7
1 review
7 helpful votes
March 1st, 2016

Speedtest.net is a completely scam site, it is faking the internet connection speed. There might be a possible chances of tie up with ISP's. You can check the proofs in the below link

https://www.tinycent.com/Speedtestnet--is-a-SCAM-SITE-

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