Broadband Speed Test Ireland

The above broadband speed test is simple and easy to use. Just click 'start speed test' and the checker will start to download safe data via your line or mobile dongle. When this part of the speed test has finished your download speed will display in mbps (megabytes per second). After this the upload part of our speed test begins, when this is finished there will also be a mbps reading. In our experience you will usually have a faster download speed than upload.

If you buy music etc online the download speed gives you the average time it takes per second to receive data. The broadband speed check is only a guide because other factors come into it when your downloading. Things such as how busy the server is you're buying from.

A good example is if you are sending computer files via email, lets say a photo from holiday. Upload speed is the length of time it take for your computer to send. Other people may work on websites and the upload speed is the time it takes the file to get onto the webmasters server.