Have you ever wondered how fast your Internet speed actually was? Your ISP gives you a set of numbers, but these are connection speeds in ideal circumstances which may not be what you get in day-to-day usage.

Instead of relying on what your ISP tells you, you can test your own speed with Speedtest.net. The graphics in this web application are very impressive. You determine your Internet speed by selecting the closest city to you. It then displays an analog gauge that shows the speeds being returned by the tests.

The interesting thing is that you can test your speed to other cities around the world. My speed locally (Vancouver) was 1324 kb/s (download) and 546 kb/s (upload). I got about the same results against various locations around the Americas with download speeds, but the further away I went, the lower the upload speed.

Cape Town, South Africa returned 513 kb/s (download) and 153 kb/s (upload). Rome, Italy: 1323 kb/s (download), 224 kb/s (upload). Moscow, Russia: 245 kb/s (download), 133 kb/s (upload). Bamako, Orange Mali: 540 kb/s (download), 107 kb/s (upload). Yokohama, Japan: 1327 kb/s (download), 291 kb/s (upload). Quezon City, Philippines: 1326 kb/s (download), 205 kb/s (upload). Sydney, Australia: 1324 kb/s (download), 248 kb/s (upload).

I was surprised at the number of good connection speeds around the world. This is definitely a web site that you want to have bookmarked.

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