What is the Bandwidth Meter?
The Bandwidth Meter DSL speed test measures the information-carrying capacity, or bandwidth, between the client and the server. In this case, the client is the user on the Bandwidth Meter, and the server is our Internet site located in the United States, Atlanta, Georgia. Our servers are housed in a Class A data center with connections to multiple major backbone providers via multiple Gig-E, OC3 and DS-3 lines. What does the Bandwidth Meter do? During the initial ‘spike test’, a 50 Kb image file will be downloaded to help determine the throughput to your computer. Once the connection speed has been estimated, Bandwidth Meter DSL will then download a larger image file to your computer. The file size during final testing will vary between 50 Kb to 3.0 Mb. Once the ‘final test’ is executed, the amount of time it takes for the larger file to be completely downloaded will be reported to our servers. The results of your test will be displayed adjacent to the maximum speeds offered by various
