Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

68 TECH ADVISOR • JULY 2020

WORKING FROM HOME TIPS

(anddon’twantitinstalled).There’sanHTML 5 version

ofOokla’sSpeedtest.net,oryoucanuseSpeedof.me,

whichalsousesHTML5.

Allyouhavetodoatthispointis clickthegreen

‘BeginTest’buttonandSpeedtest.netwillcheck

bothyourdownloadanduploadspeed.Thismay

takeanywherefroma fewsecondstoa fewminutes,

dependingonyournetworkspeed.

Those aren’t your only options for testing your

broadband connection; MegaPath also offers a speed

test (fave.co/2XybxMj), as well as what it calls Speed

TestPlus(fave.co/3b96MNl), whichevaluatesthe

qualityofyourconnectioninadditiontoitsrawspeed.

YourISPmightalsooffera speedtesttool,thoughyou

mayneedtodoalittlepokingaroundforit.Androuter

manufacturersareincreasinglyincludingspeedtestsin

theirproducts’firmwareand/orthemobileappsthey

Google’s speed test,

alongside its results