Today Internet speed test becomes a very popular way for users to check their 3G wireless or home office broadband network downloading and uploading speed in Kbit/S or KBytes/S.

The primary reason to test the speed of your internet connection is to simply see if you're getting what you paid for. First you should know what is the advertised download and upload speeds for your broadband package by checking your contract or by contacting your internet service provider's customer service. These numbers are usually either Mbps (megabits per second) or kbps (kilobits per second). You can use this page to convert between them. Note that the speeds they list are typically the theoretical maximum. As long as you achieve close to them (90 percent is a fair expectation), then you are getting what you pay for!

Testing your internet speed is also applicable when additional VPN connection is involved, the speed test is a good measure to verify if the VPN service provides promised network performance. Another common reason to conduct a speed test is to troubleshoot broadband connection problems. If web browsing, downloading or any other bandwidth dependent Internet application seems slow, then use Speedtest.net to check on the issue. By testing your speed frequently you can assess a baseline to compare against. This will allow you to identify if the lag is your actual broadband connection or something else on the Internet.

So whenever you start a new internet connection, before any web browsing activities, we strongly suggest everyone to perform a reliable network connection speed test, here is our compilation of the best online network speed test websites, bookmark this website and come back to perform speed test whenever you need.

SpeedTest.net  - Global most popular speed test service provided by Ookla

Speedof.me  - speedof.me is an Internet speed test service that works via HTML5 instead of Flash or Java.

Consumer Broadband Test  - The Consumer Broadband Test is an Internet speed test setup by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at Broadband.gov.

AuditMyPC.com Speed Test  - Another good Internet speed test site is this one hosted at AuditMyPC.com.

CNET Bandwidth Meter Online Speed Test  - "An Internet speed test that functions like most others.

SpeakEasy.net SpeedTest - best speed test website since day one

BandwidthPlace.com - Fancy speed test web from USA, Europe and Aisa

Speed.io - All-in-one versatile network speed test and connection performance test

DSLreports.com - One of the oldest speed test service for Java, Flash and Mobile

www.zdnet.com/broadband-speedtest - Broadband speed test from ZDNET

www.youtube.com/my_speed - Google YouTube Video Speed 30 days History

ipv6-test.com/speedtest - Speed Test from France, Romania and India

speedtest.xmission.com - XMission Speed test web app

speedtest.vonage.com - Speed test for Vonage VOIP phone service

www.schoolspeedtest.org - USA school campus network internet speed test

speedtest.sonic.net/ookla - Internet speed check from Sonic ISP

Here are several "official" ISP-hosted Internet speed tests:

• AT&T Speed Test
• CenturyLink Broadband Speed Test (Quest)
• Charter Speedtest
• Cox Data Transfer Test
• FrontierNet Network Speed Test
• FGCI Speed Test
• Knology Speed Test
• Midcontinent Speed Test
• Sprint Network Speed Test
• SureWest Internet Speed Test
• Verizon FiOS Speedtest
• XFINITY Speed Test (Comcast)
• Zoom Internet Speed Test (Armstrong)

Am I missing the official Internet speed test site for your ISP? Let me know the name of the ISP and the link to the bandwidth test and I'll get it added.