Don’t you want to know how fast you are going today? The Bandwidth Tester extension for Firefox does just that. It gives you the bandwidth of your current Internet connection. This extension is about much more about bragging rights over your friends. Sometimes you need to know if you are getting exactly what you paid for from your Internet service provider.
Here is what the author has to say about this Firefox extension:
This tool is more accurate than many of the website testers because it downloads several files at different sizes to find your average connection speed. However, this is also dependant on where you are in relation to where the test files are being served from. You can change the test files used in the Bandwidth Tester options.
Now the Internet speeds that were advertised to you by your ISP are very rarly the speeds you travel through the Internet with. This Firefox extension should give you a better idea of the speeds you are getting though. The default test files are hosted by APlus.net located in New York, so that might be something to keep in mind as well.
One of the exciting new features that has been promised is active background bandwidth monitoring which will watch your bandwidth in the background and report it in the status bar at all times.
So there you have it. Testing your bandwidth has never been so much fun. Oh, and forget what I said earlier about not bragging. If your speeds are amazing to you, go ahead and brag a little to your friends.
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