Speed Test Guides

Browse practical guides to improve speed, reduce lag, and understand your results.

Speed Test Basics

How to read speed test results

Practical tips and guidance.

Speed test accuracy tips

Practical tips and guidance.

Why speed tests vary by time of day

Practical tips and guidance.

Test speed on multiple devices

Practical tips and guidance.

Does your browser affect speed tests?

Practical tips and guidance.

Does a VPN affect speed tests?

Practical tips and guidance.

Download and Upload

What is a good download speed?

Practical tips and guidance.

What is a good upload speed?

Practical tips and guidance.

Fix slow download speed

Practical tips and guidance.

Fix slow upload speed

Practical tips and guidance.

Latency and Stability

What is latency?

Practical tips and guidance.

Ping vs jitter explained

Practical tips and guidance.

Fix high jitter

Practical tips and guidance.

Fix latency spikes

Practical tips and guidance.

Packet loss and fixes

Practical tips and guidance.

Wi-Fi Optimization

Best router placement

Practical tips and guidance.

Improve Wi-Fi speed in apartments

Practical tips and guidance.

2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz Wi-Fi

Practical tips and guidance.

Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 5

Practical tips and guidance.

Mesh vs extender

Practical tips and guidance.

Hardware and Wiring

Upgrade modem or router

Practical tips and guidance.

Router firmware updates

Practical tips and guidance.

Ethernet vs powerline

Practical tips and guidance.

Ethernet cables: Cat5e vs Cat6

Practical tips and guidance.

Wi-Fi vs Ethernet speed tests

Practical tips and guidance.

ISP and Policies

Detect ISP throttling

Practical tips and guidance.

ISP fair use policies explained

Practical tips and guidance.

Bandwidth vs speed

Practical tips and guidance.

IPv4 vs IPv6

Practical tips and guidance.

Best DNS for speed

Practical tips and guidance.

Gaming and Streaming

Low-latency gaming setup

Practical tips and guidance.

Speed test tips for gaming

Practical tips and guidance.

4K streaming requirements

Practical tips and guidance.

Speed test tips for streaming

Practical tips and guidance.

Improve video call quality

Practical tips and guidance.

Mobile and 5G

Speed test on mobile (4G/5G)

Practical tips and guidance.

5G vs fiber vs cable

Practical tips and guidance.

Best internet setup for work from home

Practical tips and guidance.

Troubleshooting

Why is my internet slow?

Practical tips and guidance.

Background apps that slow your internet

Practical tips and guidance.

Do parental controls slow your internet?

Practical tips and guidance.