This is needed for applications where timing is everything, such as interactive video games.

More responsive connections are those with a low number of ms (meaning they take less time to respond).

shows how quickly you get a response after you've sent out a request.

The tool measures the response time – also known as latency – of your broadband connection, as well as your download and upload speeds. If you would like to take a look at how this test looks on both the desktop and mobile versions of the Spectrum website, check out the screenshots we took during and after testing.What do the broadband speed test results show? These speeds were right in line with our expectations, and the results were pretty steady from test to test, so we believe the Spectrum test to be quite accurate. The average download speed registered at 149.0 Mbps, while the upload speeds were all recorded at the exact same speed of 6.0 Mbps. Considering that the vast majority of internet speed tests do analyze ping times, this was a disappointing discovery. However, one fairly major gripe we have with this test is the fact that it does not record ping or latency times. Getting down to the specifics, the Spectrum speed test took an average of 5.3 seconds to load and 35.5 seconds to run, which are typical times compared to most competitors. The Spectrum speed test also produced results in this range, and we were impressed with the general reliability and consistency.

For these tests, we used a connection that advertises download speeds of up to 150 Mbps, and competing speed tests confirmed that we were indeed receiving speeds at or exceeding the advertised rates.

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