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Methodology
How the live internet test works.
Every displayed result comes from network traffic generated after you press Start test. This page documents the method, formulas and limitations.
Test sequence
- Latency and request loss: the browser sends 24 uncached requests to the test route. The progress view updates as samples return.
- Download: after a small warm-up request, three parallel response streams transfer incompressible data for about ten seconds.
- Upload: after a warm-up, two parallel requests send generated binary payloads for about ten seconds.
How each metric is calculated
Ping
The median completed round-trip request time, in milliseconds. Median is used to reduce the influence of a single unusually slow sample.
Jitter
The mean absolute difference between consecutive latency samples. It indicates how consistently the connection responds.
Request loss
Timed-out or failed samples divided by the 24 attempts. Browsers cannot expose raw ICMP or UDP counters, so this is application-level request loss.
Throughput
Successfully transferred bits divided by elapsed measurement time, converted to megabits per second (Mbps).
Published quality thresholds
| Metric | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ping | ≤ 40 ms | ≤ 80 ms | ≤ 150 ms | > 150 ms |
| Jitter | ≤ 10 ms | ≤ 20 ms | ≤ 35 ms | > 35 ms |
| Request loss | ≤ 0.2% | ≤ 1% | ≤ 2.5% | > 2.5% |
| Download | ≥ 100 Mbps | ≥ 25 Mbps | ≥ 8 Mbps | < 8 Mbps |
| Upload | ≥ 25 Mbps | ≥ 10 Mbps | ≥ 3 Mbps | < 3 Mbps |
Why another test can show a different result
Two services may use different servers, routes, payload sizes, connection counts, warm-up periods and test durations. A nearby native app can also bypass browser overhead. For a useful comparison, test the same device, connection and time of day, close other traffic and run at least three tests.
Known limitations
- Wi-Fi quality and device performance are part of the result.
- A short test may not fully saturate very fast multi-gigabit lines.
- VPNs, proxies, data savers and security software can alter traffic.
- The nearest route is not necessarily the route used by every app.
- Ratings are guidance, not a service-level certification.
Measurement references
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